Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Commute Rant, New Mexican Recipe, 7 Miles, Upper Body ST

Thanks for your suggestions on the posting, guys! I decided that i'd post the full recipe on Healthified Kitchen - but put the picture, serving size and review over here and just link over there - why not? haha Thanks for your feedback and for reals - EASY peasy bake. Loves. So cool that so many of you have already tried it and loved it!! Yesterday was pretty chill, just work, 4 miles during lunch with Stacy, more work and then a 1-mile walk + 2-mile run after work. Not too bad. Then I did this chest, tricep, shoulder workout again. OMG.
After ST I went ahead and showered and blowdried my hair at the gym because OMG my traffic has been HORRIBLE this week. Like no 1-hour roundtrip commute, more like 2-hour roundtrip commute. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving some James Patterson 8th Confession audio book but this is just ridiculous! :( I stayed at the gym until 7:30 p.m. and traffic was STILL bad. Sigh. Anywho, enough complaining. Here is another new recipe I whipped up this weekend:

Ranchero Macaroni Bake
Recipe adapted from a Recipes for Moms recipe
Makes 6 Servings

Nutritional Information: 401 calories, 47 carbs, 6 fat grams and 32 protein grams.

Review: Very good. The green salsa really added some extra fire that I think I would have missed if I hadn't added. The soupiness helped - I was nervous at first to stir before adding the chips, but it made a big difference and helped it cook more evenly. I liked the chip layer too - very crunchy, especially against the pasta/soupiness of the rest of the recipe. All in all, I would make this again and wouldn't change anything, great pastsa bake!


Needless to say, once I got home at 8:15 (after talking with my mom the whole way home!), I just had dinner, got in bed and had a piece of cake and some milk. No joke - I needed a dessert like no other! We settled in for Duplicity with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. It wasn't bad or anything but I passed out about one hour in. Oops!

Q: What's your commute like? Mine is usually 30 - 40 minutes to work and 20-30 minutes home. So an hour. Except for Friday's - it's WIDE open, like I can do round-trip in 40 minutes - woo! For the record, i'm exactly 16 miles from my office.

P.S. Only tell me if your commute is as bad or worse than mine. J/k!