September 14, 2014

Sunday Food Prep

September 14, 2014/ sherri d'alessandro

Hey guys - happy Sunday! Nice to see the Pats got their act together today, huh? We did not need another repeat of last week! Whoo!

Anyway, I'm checking in because this evening I took the advice of many of my blogger friends and did a 'mini' Sunday food prep. I say 'mini' because a lot of my food staples need to be prepared at the time of consumption; avocados, tomatoes, etc (at least, I like them that way). So, I mainly prepared food to bring to lunch and some protein options for dinner. I've been taking advantage of the Whole Foods salad bar WAYYYY too often lately which is not cost-effective, so I need to get back in the habit of bringing my own lunch. This should help!

So the prep was pretty simple. First, I boiled some eggs so that I can just pop them into my lunch bag before I head out in the morning. Eggs are an excellent source of protein, choline, and B vitamins (eat the yolks, people!).

Next, I washed, dried and cut the ends off of green beans. I like to eat a vegetable for lunch at work and sometimes I'm not in the mood for salad so these serve as a great accompaniment to hard boiled eggs and a piece of fruit.

I love chicken salad, but, I like to make it myself so that I can control what goes into it. Today, I baked 4 breasts of chicken. 2 1/2 went into this chicken salad with 3/4 of a chopped apple, chopped pecans and cashews, thyme from my garden, 2 tbs of organic mayo, and a couple tsps of dijon mustard, salt/pepper to taste. This will be great on a salad or on an open face sandwich or small organic tortilla wrap.

And so, I made myself dinner. haha.

Then, I cut the rest of the chicken into strips and tossed it in my fav Cindy's buffalo sauce.

Again, love these on a salad or even just plated up with a veg and a protein.

So, that wraps up my food prep. I do actually enjoy putting together a fresh meal for dinner most nights of the week so I didn't want to prep everything. Plus, who knows what I will be in the mood for?! But, this will really help me with my lunches at work and also provide the staple for different dinners this week. I'll share what I put together with this stuff at the end of the week.

How do you prepare for the week on Sundays??

Have a great one! xo

September 11, 2014

Friday Favs_9.12.14

September 11, 2014/ sherri d'alessandro

Wooooooof. What a week. I must say that even though I'm working on Sunday... I am really looking forward to the weekend. I have been in event planning mode for a few solid weeks and it'll be nice to come up for air on Friday and Saturday. At work, I'm putting on "Taste of Legacy Place" which is next Thursday, it's my first big event that I've planned at Legacy from 'scratch'. It should be a lot of fun! And personally, I am the team captain for "Stacy Strong". We are racing for the cure on 9/28 in support of my sis. If anyone is interested in joining us, just click the link by hovering over "Stacy Strong" above. (see, I just can't get out of the event MODE!)

ANYWAYYYY... I was able to capture a few beautiful moments this week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. xo

Tasty little tequila-grapefruit beverage from Local 149.

A little sky writing care of Mohegan Sun. Go sox! (even though you kind of stink right now, let's think about next year)

Stacy sent this photo of Sammi and Jonathan on their first day of pre-school. I have no words. It is the definition of "too-cute-for-words".

Green grass at Fenway.

A dreamy sunset over the city taken from Castle Island.

And hey, believe in yourself.

September 09, 2014

Weekly Workouts V

September 09, 2014/ sherri d'alessandro

So, last week I changed things up a bit. My neck still isn't 100% so I took most of Labor Day weekend off. Then, once I was back to workouts - I made sure to take full days off in between days, to recover. So far it's working. Fingers crossed - my neck is feeling OK. Not 100%, but, pretty good considering. The thing with the PWG workouts is that since they are so intense - it's actually 100% ok to take more recovery days. I think the problem with taking these days... for me... is that working out mentally helps me organize my thoughts, clear my head, and you know - release those endorphins. So I struggle with that, but, I know it's for the better when I'm physically injured.