Project 31 day 11 pt2: Dinner time

I forgot to take a picture before we ate, so I just photographed my hubby's lunch for tomorrow, which is the left overs from my clean eating chicken fajitas.

They were a hit at my casa.

Project 31 days 11 & 12

Day 11.  Post a recipe.  Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).

 Just recently I started cooking more, so I don't have a recipe off hand. I'm going to try and make this for dinner tonight, I'll update you after with photos and how it turned out in "project 31 day 11 cont."

Clean eating fajita's

marinade: 1 T. tabasco sauce 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 T. honey 1 tsp. paprika 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, sliced into strips 1 green bell pepper sliced into strips 1 vidallia onion, sliced into strips 4 whole wheat low carb tortillas 2 tomatoes, diced 4 oz. low fat cheddar cheese, shredded

Mix together all marinade ingredients in a pie plate or bowl. Add chicken strips and turn to coat. Let sit for at least 10 min.

Meanwhile get your pepper and onion washed and sliced into strips. Dice your tomatoes.

Heat olive oil in a large pan or wok. Stir-fry chicken until cooked through. Remove from pan and add pepper strips and onion strips. Stir fry until cooked to your preference. Add chicken back into the veggies and mix.

Serve 1/4 of the mixture rolled in a low carb tortilla with 1/4 of shredded cheese and 1/4 of the diced tomatoes.

Serves 4

250.3 calories
11.6 g fat
25.3 g carbs

Day 12.  Write about what wears you out as a woman.

I think the thing that is the most tiresome is just trying to balance my daughter, my house work, and finding time to be "me". Just finding the time and energy to do something that I like, that is just for me is so hard to do. Especially when the dishes are piling up in the sink, Rowyn has gotten into some thing or another and has mad a huge mess all over the living room, and clothes are going unfolded and my husband is complaining about his lack of socks or underwear. 

This blog is actually the first thing that I've done continually since becoming a wife and a mother that is for me. That makes ME feel good and that I make time for in my day. It makes me motivated to do other things also, like start yoga, eating clean and trying new crafts. I feel hopeful when I blog about these things, and it makes me feel accountable for them. I feel like I NEED to keep going with them because I want to inspire people to make the same sort of effort for themselves. Some days it's hard, and I'm tired and stressed out and I just want to sit on the couch when  get some down time and veg out, but I make myself do these things and it makes me feel so much better after I do, like I've actually accomplished something.

Get Fit Fridays

This Friday I'm going to be talking about clean eating snacks. I am a snacking kind of girl so trying to find a clean snack that will satisfy my salty, crunchy craving is a big thing for me.
So far my snacks are Apples, carrots, and grapes. But those don't really take the place of that familiar crunch of a potato chip or the savory flavor.
Lately I've been eating the crap out of Banana chips.

They're just a little bit sweet, really crunchy and VERY yummy!


Also, I've been eating some lightly salted almonds, which helps with that salty craving.

When I get a chance to get down to the Hong Kong market I plan on picking up some Lotus root and making some of these. Apparently they taste like a cross between a chip and a french fry. Sounds good to me! I miss french fries.

In other news,
I plan on doing the hour of yoga again today at Rowyn's nap time. I'm really excited! I can't wait to see how flexible I get so I can freak out Brennan with my bendy abilities.

Eating Clean

Dear World,
I am now fully stocked on everything I need to eat clean.
I bought bell peppers, cucumbers, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, celery, carrots, bananas, apples, boneless skinless chicken breast, salmon, raspberry herbal tea, avocado, mango, grapes and an assortment of frozen berries.

Rowyn being all cute in the shopping cart:]

yeah...you can't really tell what anything is besides my husband's crap. lol

And for your viewing pleasure...

Rowyn with daddy's sock on her head. She looks like a little bull fighter.