Sunday Funday Workday!

I have been feeling so much positivity the last few days.  Maybe it's school, I'm sure it's partially that and the new things that are developing.  My schedule freeing up to be able to do the things that will help me grow my business.

 But first let's get into the recent eats and other miscellaneous things!

The BEST protein shake around is with Equip foods!  No whey, no egg.  1/2 an avocado, 4 ice cubes, some leftover latte or water and a scoop of each.  It's thick and creamy and oh so good!  It tastes like a brownie in a cup.  Who could want anything more?

Felix is exploring more and not really caring what Nostrand is doing or where she is at.  Stryker just doesn't know what to do in general and Jack just doesn't care and lays out on the couch!

Friday's dinner was a burger with bacon and avocado.  I mean really?! Bacon and avocado on all the things!  I had some roasted cauliflower left and a small side of tomato and bib lettuce under the burger.

I thought I would show some of them work at Birmingham Roast.  The bagel sandwich on the left is the creation of the coffeehouse manager.  He's calling it the Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich.  It has 3 eggs, cheddar, grilled red onion, chicken, bacon, avocado and spinach.  This one happens to be on a everything bagel, but could be on any bread and even done gluten free.  My creation on the right is a creme brulee french toast with coffee butter and pure maple syrup!  We could also do this one gluten free.  Rave reviews on both and they will be on the special menu starting this week!

Sunday I had no lunch prepared so I prepared food at work.  Grilled chicken, bacon and smoked salmon on top of arugula with a sprinkling of grilled red onion and avocado.  I haven't had this is a while and it was really good.  I also got to meet one of my group leaders from NTA, Jennifer!  I was so excited to meet her and fabulous she has a practice in Birmingham.

That bring us to tonight's dinner which was roasted dijon chicken with balsamic roasted brussels and bacon and a small side of maple glazed white sweet potato.  This really was an easy meal.  I cut the backbone out of a whole chicken and roasted it in a cast iron skillet for 40 minutes.  Once it was done  I took it out to rest and added 1 cup bone broth, 1 tbs dijon mustard and an 1/8 of an onion and simmered until reduced.  The brussels were roasted in the oven for 30 minutes and added cooked bacon and 1 tbs. balsamic vinegar and mixed.  I roasted the sweet potato in the oven at the same time for 30 minutes in coconut oil and maple syrup then seasoned it with salt and pepper.

There it is!  Easy peasy.

I'm testing out meal delivery with a friend to see if it's something I want to add to my NTP.  I already cook for a living and I love it so I figured why not?!?  Who wouldn't want to not have to worry about cooking at night when they get home?!  So more on that to come!

Things have been on the crazy side here.  So much so I haven't meditated in 3 days!  The self care I need the most is the one I end up skipping.  I will get back into it tomorrow though.  I started a new strength program and it's throwing me all off!  Prior to that it's been the dogs and now classes are starting which I am total stoked about!  LOL - Does anyone say that still?!  Dating myself here.  So I thought I would play catch up since snowmagendon last week!  YIKES!  I think we got somewhere between 10 and 14 inches but after so many who keeps counting?!

Friday I figured I would show what I put in my protein shake every morning.  I do alternate between Equip Prime Protein and BioChem Whey Isolate.  I haven't noticed any difference with how I feel consuming either.  I am currently standing behind the research that since it's an isolate and eliminates 99% of the lactase I am good.  Of course I just thought of, what that 1% is doing.  What will I do when I am at the bottom?  I will probably stick to the Equip.  The flavor is fabulous and the thickness is perfect!  It tastes like a brownie shake,  Super good here!  It will be even better when it gets warm again.

Super thick and creamy with the added avocado!

At work I made my own Cortado, cause sometimes you just want to or the barista is busy.

One of my work lunches.  So glad I got this metal bento box.  It's super deep so I can really pack it full of all the tasty yum I can.  I love mixing food, doesn't matter what it is!  This was the last of my chicken sausage, some avocado, roasted cauliflower and bacon.

Friday night we have dinner at home and Saturday is our night out.  From my Real Plans list was Citrus Ginger Marinated Salmon with simple braised root veggies.  I believe the salmon was Autoimmune Wellness and the root veggies were from Steph at Stupid Easy Paleo, here is the recipe.  I have to say that D has been loving all her recipes!  Me too!

Saturday morning I know I was up early and did the use, which was feed everyone and go get coffee for us and a donut for the dogs and Nostrand.  Felix has no clue and I hope he doesn't catch on.  Currently I am trying to get him off Fancy Feast Broths and on RadCat raw food.  Not going too bad either.

After the gym I came home to have lunch.  D says I am too skinny still so I said I would come home and eat pancakes and pb.  I did too!  I had 3 leftover coconut protein pancakes and added this fab nut butter Performance Nut Butter.  I may have had some blueberry preserves on that too.

Saturday night we headed to the mall for a white button down shirt for D for work and went to J Alexanders for dinner.  I ended up with the NY strip since it was soaked in soy! I paired it with their broccoli and D got an extra side of coleslaw which is so tasty!  I think the strip was 20 ounces.  I ate most of it there and then finished it at home before going to bed.  We did eat at 4:30.  Funny thing is that Jason Seib said not too long ago.  "No one got fat eating steak and broccoli!"  Hilarious and I tried!  Confession, I've been eating too much sugar again!  Nothing crazy but we stopped at Rocky Mountain Chocolate and I got a cashew bear claw.  It was worth it!

Sunday night dinner.  Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Baked Jerk Chicken from Juli with cinnamon plantains.  You can find it here with coconut cinnamon rice.  I paired mine with left over spaghetti squash and added more jerk sauce on it.  Tasted just like being back in Jamaica!

Monday morning's random cuteness.  He likes the sink and he also loves my new blanket from my bestie!  Hop over to Instagram to see what he was up to with it!  Monday was my usual.  Had a shake for breakfast and headed to the gym for my new routine from Stupid Easy Paleo - Steph Gadreau.  The program is called Made Strong.  In and out of the gym in under an hour!  Only 3 main lifting moves with a few optional functional movements.  I still felt like I was missing something.  There is! It's decided I need to up my weights to make it feel like I'm getting the worth out of it.  The shorter time frame is perfect right now since class started today.  It's 3 days of lifting too, which is what I am currently doing.  After the gym I got a huge latte macchiato from Starbuck's and headed to the pet store and Whole Foods for groceries.  I got home and had lunch which didn't look photogenic.  I had the rest of my leftover cabbage with a mix of jerk chicken and mayo.  Super tasty but ugly! LOL.

Hours later of doing things around the house D got home as I was starting dinner.  Earlier I made Nom Nom Paleo's All-Purpose Stir-Fry Sauce.  So instead of the exact recipe for beef and broccoli I added her sauce and it didn't disappoint.  Plus I have enough for other things later on in the week if I choose.  I added cauliflower rice to mine and D had white rice and green beans that I steamed.  Very filling and really good.  The cut of beef could have been better but I used what I had.  The broccoli had the perfect crispness to it and absorbed the delicious sauce.  There was a little extra to drizzle over the rices so made it perfect!

I'm hoping with class will come some epic meal creations and some treats that are AIP spot on!  What to create first is the question!

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