July 01, 2015

Chicken Sausage Zoodles

July 01, 2015/ sherri d'alessandro

Morning friends! Today I'm kicking off my 6-day staycation and I'm pretty excited about it. After the rain subsides, I'm heading down to Kingston to do a little shopping with my mom. I'll probably get in a workout although sometimes Wednesday is a rest day so I'll probably just do something light. Plus, my hamstring is acting up again (oye) so I should probably rest it. Old injuries are so annoying.

Moving on, I wanted to share this quick recipe with you all because it was mighty tasty and super easy to throw together. Last night, I tried to make it home early enough to go to the 5:30 PWG class but JUST MISSED IT so I decided to prep dinner instead and then head to the 6:30.

I'm so glad I prepped everything because it made it REALLY EASY to throw together as soon as I got home from the gym. This meal was inspired by a zoodle dish that I saw on Inspiralized's instgram account last week.

CHICKEN SAUSAGE ZOODLE BOWL
Prep: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 11 Minutes

NEED:
- 3 Chicken Sausages (I used spinach & feta)
- 1 Bell pepper (red or yellow)
- Handful of basil and parsley (I snipped this from my garden)
- Juice of 1/2 Lemon
- Couple tbs of feta
- 1 pad of grass fed butter
- EVOO (as needed - couple tbs probably)
- White wine
- Salt/Pepper to taste

STEP 1: Zoodle the noodles, chop the pepper, parsley, basil, and set aside.
STEP 2: While the sausages are on the grill (8-10 minutes). Saute the peppers, half of the parsley/basil bunch, lemon juice, butter, evoo.
STEP 3: After a few minutes of sautéing, add white wine to deglaze the pan and make a bit of a sauce.
STEP 4: When the sausages have about two minutes left on the grill - add the zoodles to the pan and mix around... adding the salt and crushed red pepper as needed.

STEP 5: Cut the sausage into pieces and add to pan along with the rest of the parsley/basil and feta and toss. (doesn't that look great!)

STEP 6: Plate and serve!

Yum! This meal is great for workout recovery! Tons of potassium from the zoodles, vitamin C (immune protection) from the peppers (and from the zoodles), and protein from the chicken sausage.

Hope you're all having a great week! xo

June 29, 2015

Weekend Sunshine XXXVII

June 29, 2015/ sherri d'alessandro

What's up my friends?! Raise your hand if you have a short week! I'm so excited to have a bit of a 'staycation' over the 4th of July holiday. I'm planning to spend time with family & friends, relax, hit the beach, go on my parent's boat, work out, and sleep. It sounds glorious, doesn't it?

This weekend was another mash-up of work and play. We had Rich's 30th birthday beach bash on Saturday and I worked again on Sunday. We had a lot of fun on Saturday and the Sunday Scaries never kicked in as I knew I only had a 2 day work week. Ha! Here's how it all went down.

On Friday, we grilled and chilled then headed out to Stephi's to meet up with a few of our friends.

It's impossible to drive by Marylou's and not get a coffee.

Duxbury was kinda cold and very rocky. I haven't seen it rocky like this years.

The boys playing baggo...

Bundled. This was a surprise selfie -- I was going to take a pic of the boys but my screen was flipped around.

After the beach... we hit up Haddads and I played a little Keno at the bar before we sat down. (slowly but surely turning into my mom)

Anddd at work on Sunday... my favorite Anthro coffee mug.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend celebrating our nation's independence!

QUESTIONS:
How was your weekend?
Do you ever go to the beach when it's chilly?
Ever win on Keno?

June 26, 2015

Friday Favs

June 26, 2015/ sherri d'alessandro

Happy first Friday of Summer! I had one of those weeks where meetings were stacked and after-work obligations were plentiful. I was able to catch up with some old friends and spend time with new friends. Even though this week was technically "busy"... I didn't view it that way. Instead of stressing about traffic, timing, and if everything would get done, I lived presently and enjoyed the company. Sometimes, I think we get so caught up in the planning and the stress of having a full schedule that we forget to just appreciate the fact that our schedules are full. Am I right? This weekend should be pretty low key and include some Duxbury Beach action. My favorite. I hope yours is lovely.

Here are my favs of the week.