Getting Hammered In the New Year

I should have known better. I saw it with my own two eyes in November, the blogging wheels were starting to fall off. We start out with the best intentions, then life happens. In my case, life happened, so did the holidays, my full-time job, and winter blahs.

The good news? I documented a lot of my cooking adventures along the way. I have plenty of recipes to share!

Three weeks ago, I embarked on the new BeachBody program, The Master's Hammer and Chisel. HOLY COW! It is awesome and challenging and pushes you like no other program. Unfortunately, I came down with bronchitis and I am back to day one this up coming Monday.

It is a 60-day program and is intense. If you haven't checked out the FaceBook Challenge page, you should. The results to-date are incredible. In the two weeks I did the program, I was down 5 pounds and was already starting to see toning results. Not to mention a dropping fat percentage.

Day 6 was rough, but was probably one of my favorite workouts to date. A workout I definitely wanted to highlight. After the difficult workout, I finally got to dive into my new Shakeology!

My newest creation, a twist on the recipe from BeachBody.

The Muddy Buddy Twist

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk,
1.5 tbsp Justin's chocolate hazelnut butter (my favorite!!)
1/4 banana
A splash of coffee (it wouldn't fit in my travel mug) 
Packet of Shakeology Cafe Latte

I tossed all the ingredients into my VitaMix, whirled away, and enjoyed. It was INCREDIBLE! (And my go-to now when I'm not dealing with bronchitis) 

My favorite!!

Anyhow! I can't wait to re-start this blogging journey in the new year, document my recipes, and progress with Hammer and Chisel. 

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Peppers, PiYo, Perfection!

I love stuffed peppers. The one problem with them, the rice! With that said, I have been on a mission to find a healthier recipe that my husband would also enjoy. Additionally, my full-time job has limited my ability to food prep and come up with cooking-intense recipes.

I introduce you to:

Cauliflower and Turkey Stuffed Peppers
Serves 3

3 Peppers (You can be colorful!)
1 package of ground turkey
1 bag of frozen cauliflower
1/2 cup Tomato Sauce
21 Seasoning Salute
2 tbsp of EVOO
Sriracha (optional)

The first thing to do is turn your oven on to 350 degrees. Start boiling a pot of water that will fit 3 peppers. Next, cut the tops off of your peppers. This should go without saying, but de-seed your peppers!

After this, put the peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes.

While the peppers are boiling, microwave the cauliflower (I make sure to use the bags that are ready to pop in the microwave to save some time) Then, add your turkey to the pan to start browning.

Once your cauliflower is done, if you have a food processor, add it into the food processor to make it into a rice consistency. Then add your "rice" into the ground turkey to get some flavor. Finally, add in most of your tomato sauce.

After your peppers have hung out in the boiling water for 5 minutes - take them out and let them dry a bit. (I put mine onto my cookie baking rack)

Once the peppers have cooled off and dried - start scooping in the turkey into the pepper. To complete the peppers, I added a splash of Sriracha onto of each of the peppers. This is completely optional depending on your spice tolerance.

I let the peppers back for 25 minutes in the oven. They came out perfect!

I had plenty of cauliflower rice and turkey leftover for lunch.

These were a great compliment to my PiYo Sweat Workout tonight. The many pushups and warrior three poses had me ready for some dinner!!!