Food and Fitness Saturday

Welcome to our first Food and Fitness Saturday!  We will be posting one 10-15 min bodyweight workout and one healthy recipe to try over the weekend.  We encourage everyone to try them out and fun with it.    

I have created a pretty basic Pyramid workout that will consist of 8 body weight moves.  

- 10 Squats

- 15 Push ups

- 20 Jumping jacks

- 30 Crunches

- 30 second Plank

- 20 High knees

- 15 Wide Leg Squats (Sumo Squats)

- 10 Alternating Lunges (each leg)

Repeat this series 2 times for beginner level

Repeat this series 3 times for intermediate level

Repeat this series 5 times for advanced level

*Rest 2 minute between series*

Here are some pictures that will show you what some of the exercises look like.  Enjoy, I will be doing this workout on my "Rest Day" tomorrow.  ~Shauna~Squat    Push UpPlank High Knees

 Sumo SquatLunge

*Images Provided By Google Search: womenshealth.com & workoutlab.com



Time to Eat!!!


Here are two super easy recipes.  One full of all the good things you need in a meal and another for that sweet tooth craving without feeling guilty or feeling as if you have to do Shauna's workout ten times over :)


Slow Cooker Turkey and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 cup dry quinoa, rinsed
• 1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (or whole wheat panko)
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• Kosher or sea salt to taste
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 pound lean ground turkey
• 6 bell peppers, (with tops sliced off and seeds and membranes cleaned out) 
• 1 (24 ounce) marinara sauce, no sugar added (Ragu actually makes a pretty good sugar free sauce)
• 1/2 cup water

Directions

Combine in a large mixing bowl the first eight ingredients (the ones in red). Add 1/3 cup of parmesan, egg, tomato paste and ground turkey, mix well. Using the turkey mixture, evenly stuff the peppers and place side by side in slow cooker. Pour marinara over peppers. Cover and cook on low 6 hours.

Carefully remove peppers from slow cooker, place on plates and sprinkle with remaining parmesan.

YYYUUUUMMMMM :)

Ok so here's the good on that one:
6 Servings: 294 calories, 10g of Fat, 19g of Carbohydrates, 3g of Fiber, 2g of Sugar, 26g of protein...Not bad...right??

I have a HORRIBLE sweet tooth.  One of my first jobs as a teenage was at a candy store in the mall.  BEST JOB EVER! I LOVE candy!!! My most fave is reeses peanut butter cups. Now this super quick and easy recipe doesn't exactly come close to the reeseses greatness, it absolutely curbs that craving I sometimes have for it! (btw WHAT is that stuff they put in the middle of those peanut butter cups! Good thing it isn't sold by the jar!)




Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups:
2/3 cup - "MiniCarb" chocolate chips
1-1/2 Tbl - of natural/sugar free peanutbutter
1/2 tsp - butter
1 Tbl - granular splenda
1/8 tsp - vanilla
12 - peanuts
12 - paper candy cups (the small cupcake looking things)


Melt all of the ingredients (minus the peanuts) in the microwave and stir until blended smooth.  Pour into the candy cups and chill until set.  (Half way through the chilling, a peanut on top each one)


Serving size: 1 peanut butter cut: 67 calories, 5g of Fat, 6g of Carbohydrate, 4g of Fiber, 2g of protein.




Let us know what you think!  We'd love to hear how the exercises are going and if you tried one of the recipes.  Just comment below.  You can also subscribe to this blog by entering your email at the bottom of the page then confirming your email when the confirmation is sent to you :)