Greens Make Me Happy

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a great day so far. It is rather warm and muggy here due to a cold front and storm that will be moving in later this evening.

Last night, I was exhausted. I had been up since 4am and it had been a long and emotionally tiring day. As I mentioned in a previous post, my mom was diagnosed with a neurological disease called Huntington's Chorea. This disease affects her balance among many many other things. Over the weekend she fell and yesterday we found out she has a broken wrist. As of now, she does not have to have surgery (Thank you Lord), but if it moves she will have to. She is a strong woman who has to endure more than anyone ever should. Unfortunately, this disease will keep progressing and her (our) journey of fighting has only just begun. Please say a prayer for protection and healing of my mom. I would be forever grateful.

Today was a two snooze button morning. When the third round went off, I really had to convince myself to get up, get dressed, and go sweat! So I simultaneously got out bed and caught my girl dachshund in midair and got my day started. I ate a piece of the Cinnamon Swirl protein bread (heaven!!) and headed out the door.

Today was upper body weight day, finished with 12.5 miles on the bike. Once home, I made a kale, spinach, banana and pineapple smoothie. It was so good!

For lunch, I prepared an organic spinach salad, topped with broccoli, radish, cucumbers, and a grilled chicken & apple sausage. In place of dressing, I used yellow mustard and Sriracha for added flavor. For a side, I had some butternut squash. I did eat a few raw almonds for my healthy fat, not pictured. 

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Photo by JP

This chicken apple sausage is FANTASTIC! I highly recommend it. 

"Salsa Chicken" is cooking in the crock pot at this very moment for dinner.  I followed this recipe: 

Ingredients: 
3-4 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 large diced tomatoes
1.5 cups (roughly) of your favorite salsa
2 tbsp granulated garlic
2 tbsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper (if you want to make it spicy)


Directions:
1.  Mix all ingredients in crock pot and cook on low for at least 7 hours.
2.  After 7 hours, shred the chicken in the crock pot and let it cool before placing it in a container.

You can find it here: Salsa Chicken

I am going to add red onion, jalapenos and a dollop of greek yogurt on top of a bed of organic spinach.

My husband bought these for me today and I am so excited to read and learn all about Clean Eating from Tosca Reno! 

I will leave you with some advice from the famous Tosca Reno :)

So true! I hope everyone has a blessed day!  Make sure you eat your greens! :)
JP