My quinoa recipe and how not to fuel a speed workout.

The quinoa looks like a great recipe! I’m going to give it a try, but don’t worry I’ll give it it’s proper name. ;) A dessert I don’t like is really hard….maybe lemon meringue pie.

I don’t like mint flavored ice cream, but I would chow down on those brownies. That whole dessert picture is amazing. The picture of Brooke looking up at Billy melted my heart!

Brooke is in Daddy Love! Too cute!!!
You have the best group of friends. I love pecan pie, not that I eat it very often. I hope we can still be friends. ;-)

I don’t care for bread puddings or jello with fruit in it. They seem like something you would get in the hospital. I love pecan pie though! We don’t make anything too creative for our healthy meals, we always have a huge bowl of tossed salad in the fridge and have some grilled chicken with it. We do that probably 3 to 4 nights a week. Easy, quick, delicious & healthy!

I’m trying to lose weight at the moment so all of my dinners are healthy!

I actually don’t like quite a few desserts… mostly those that involved dried fruit (fruitcake, Christmas pudding) or weird textures (creme brulee, pavlova). Anything cake-based is a winner though!

I don’t like anything with nuts or fruity desserts. Basically anything chocolate or vanilla or caramel is fair game. Those sugary desserts are perfect run fuel. I can’t remember the last healthy dinner I made. I’m pretty sure I’ve eaten Mac and cheese and Pizza for the last four days…

Yesterday I put a couple of frozen chicken breasts in the crockpot with some salsa, black beans, and corn. It was really good! I took it to the ballpark with us last night with some watermelon for a little picnic.

I don’t like nuts in my brownies either but I love pecan pie…especially chocolate pecan pie! I have been on a vegetarian cooking streak and loving it. Last night I made stuffed eggplant. So tasty. I am also on the RW Streak! I am loving my daily miles :)

Desserts I don’t like? Anything with peanuts in it because that just means I can’t have it… and it’s cruel to toy with me like that! As for healthy dinners… does a bowl of whole wheat cereal count? Lol, I’ve been kind of failing on the cooking front lately, so most of my dinners end up being thrown together in 10 minutes or less, but grilled chicken salads are a pretty big staple around these parts.

I don’t like pecan or pumpkin pie! I’ve been eating a lot of Salmon with a brown rice quinoa mix and cooked with mixed veggies. I also make a spinach salad with balsamic vinaigrette, slithered almonds, flower seeds
And parm cheese.

I think it’s cute that Brooke follows Billy around. Izzy is stuck to James as soon as he walks in the door and cries when he goes to work now.

the only desserts I don’t like are any with bananas in them. everything else is fair game!

I love that Brooke follows Billy around – I used to be just like that with my dad!

Last night we had vegan Moroccan Chickpea stew with red quinoa :)
Too funny, my little brother was just saying the other night how brownies and carrot cake should not have nuts in them! I am not a huge fan of pie (unless its pumpkin), anything with whipped cream and strawberry ice cream.

I just made this ground turkey and veggies calzone type thing using a pillsbury wheat pizza crust. It turned out amazingly well!

You took the words right from me….nuts should NEVER be in brownies.

That dressing is soooo good!!

And how funny, I just posted a thin mint brownie recipe on my blog yesterday.

You don’t like pecan pie?! I don’t know if I can read this blog anymore.. haha, kidding. My grandma makes the best pecan pie ever, its one of my faves. My all-time fave dessert though is cheesecake with raspberries on top, I want my future wedding cake to be all different tiers of cheesecake. haha, aaaand I’m not even engaged yet. lol

Also, Brooke following Billy around everywhere is so cute!

Brown rice topped with steamed veggies (I like broccoli) and blue cheese. Takes no time at all and tastes delicious.

Our dinners are always pretty healthy and we just keep it basic with some meat, a carb and lots of veggies. It’s not super exciting but it’s healthy and easy

I made a tofu scramble the other day, but I love stuffed mushrooms (without the cream cheese), salads, and “pastas” (aka spaghetti squash or I use squash/zucchini ribbons as a base) topped with lots of vegetables.

I don’t think there is a dessert that I do not like, unless it involves marshmallows. Or jello. Does jello count as a dessert?

Salad with tomato, avocado, bell pepper, chicken – had it the other day and had to have it again! With a side of green beans!
Hmmmmm the only thing I can think of that I don’t like (which is amazing I thought of one) is Custard, it’s just weird to me lol.

Good luck with your speed workout! I did mine yesterday, ugh they are too hard :)

I don’t like banana splits either! I also don’t like coconut, so macaroons and nanimo bars are out too.

Last night, we had rotisserie chicken from the crockpot and broccoli. That was it. But I was trying to recover from too much snack mix in the afternoon.

The Kidless Kronicles

I cook healthy most of the time. I make lots of tilapia. The Man’s fave is my ‘fishiladas’. Super easy. Tilapia, onion, garlic, mushroom, cilantro and cayenne. Rolled up in soft corn torts w/ some cheese and baked. I also make fresh salsa, and boil black beans seasoned w/garlic, onions, lime juice and cilantro. Pretty low fat and low cal. Mmmmm. I’m hungry just thinking about it!

I have never liked baked fruit, with the exception of blueberries and blackberries. I don’t apple pie, peach cobbler, etc… I have to have my fruit fresh and cold. I will kill some blackberry cobbler though. :)

I have a major hate on for sugar pie. I cannot stand it. One time at a wedding (when I was preggo and could not partake in “refreshments”), I was sooooo looking forward to dessert. I may have had a silent, inner meltdown when the dessert arrived and it was sugar pie.

Adore the chocolate mint combo…so I would be all over those brownies! And tonight I’m making salmon with rice and green beans, so that’ll easily be the healthiest thing I’ve eaten all week.

Last healthy meal was grilled vegetables (carrots, yams, peppers, jicama, parsnips) with feta and balsamic reeducation. Delicious!

I don’t like Black Forest cake… Not a big cherry fan (cherry flavor/candied cherries- I love fresh wild cherries). Other than that I like pretty much every dessert!

I usually run in the evening and by the time I get back home it’s late and I’m STARVING! So what I do is I stock my freezer with salmon burgers, chicken patties, and grass fed angus burgers (all from Trader Joe’s of course!)… it takes five minutes to grill them! I then top everything with homemade guacamole ! I also prepare baked potatoes in advance and have one. Sometimes I add a small salad, sometimes I don’t. I thinks those are pretty healthy choices and, above all, they’re QUICK ones!

Is there any type of dessert that you DON’T like? Girl, this is by far the hardest question you’ve ever asked us! All I can tell you is that I don’t like anything with mint inside and I also don’t like when they put too much cinammon. And yes, I’m not a big fan of desserts that have nuts in them but I’m like you…I’d still eat them! Ha!

Cream pies: French silk, banana cream
Cheesecake other than the original: snickers, turtle etc. = NO

Healthy: fish tacos.

Billy pic is precious.

pinning your quinoa recipe!

I’m trying this new thing where I actually take time to recover from my marathons and I’m going stir crazy! How come as soon as they tell me not to work out I want to work out super bad?

I just posted a pasta dish on my blog yesterday that had a relatively healthy meal on it. It was delicious and super easy to make.

Your quinoa looks great! Looks like a delicious spread at the baby shower!

I don’t really like cheesecake or pies that aren’t chocolate or coconut or apple.

Chicken breasts in a crock pot. Perfectly easy and delicious! :) Chocolate gal all the wayyyyyy

I don’t like Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, or Watermelon… I’ve been told I’m un-American.
I make a lot of whole grain pastas for dinner, using almond milk instead of heavy cream, or making a olive oil, tomato type topping.

the last healthy dinner i made was lemon dill salmon with roasted veggies (zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, red onion) and a quinoa salad TOO! whoa, twins. mine was super simple with green onion, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and goat cheese :)

not doing a running streak, but i AM running my seventh half marathon on sunday!

anddd i don’t like jell-o very much!

I will eat any desserts but I’m not a fan of cheesecake. I mean, if it’s the only option I’ll eat it; or if it’s smothered in chocolate and other delicious things, I’ll eat it. But definitely is not one of my favorites.

Brooke looks like I do at about 10 o’clock at night (my grandma bedtime). Lol!

Last healthy dinner I made for myself was pretty basic…..chicken and vegetables. Thaw frozen mixed vegetables. Once all the icy-ness is gone, put them in a sautee pan, sprayed with Pam. Add a little water and put a lid and cook them through. Then, turn up the heat on the burner. Add garlic pepper and stir until the veggies start to get a little brown on them. Serve with grilled chicken.

Speaking streaks….I thought you were talking about my last at-home spray-tan. ZOINKS! ;)

Desserts I don’t like….fruit-flavored chocolate. I don’t like those chocolate oranges that come out at Christmas time. Just give me a ball of chocolate-flavored chocolate and I’d be happy!

Do you have a secret recipe for those mint brownies? They look delicious…..

I don’t like angel food cake. I have a big problem with textures, and angel food cake is one of those I can’t handle, too spongy. I’ll still eat it if I’m at someones house and that’s dessert, to be polite and all, but I cover it up with a mountain of strawberries and whipped cream. :) Strawberry shortcake is much better. Last healthy dinner I had was last night. Super easy and delicious chickpea salad alongside grilled salmon.
1 can garbanzo beans
1/2 diced cucumber
1 diced tomato
1/2 c. diced red onion
1 tbs. chopped parsley
1/2 tbs. chopped mint
1/2 c. feta cheese
Dressing:
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbs. olive oil
1 tsp. rice wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. cumin
salt and pepper to taste.
SUPER delicious and healthy!! :D

I can’t believe you didn’t get the recipe for those chocolate mint brownies! I want some stat!

I can think of several desserts i don’t really like. I can’t think of one that i wouldn’t eat. And probably still have seconds of.

That quinoa dish looks lovely- so summery.
I don’t like coffee flavour things- coffee cake etc, but that is about it!