12 Healthy Habits- February: Get Moving!

okay y'all..

Now that you are all veggie and fruit masters, it be time to add a new habit.

Work it out, girl!

Cooking Light wants you to work out with me

(They told me)

3 times a week.

30 minutes each time

Please make a note to yo self:

Total time is what matters. 

Just get in an hour and a half each week and you be good.

Here is your link for tips and tricks

Click here to be skinny

What's your plan?

Mine is to find a class that I really like, and then spend the remaining time doing cardio.

Seems like a plan.

Best of luck... 

You could get in peak physical condition:

Beers around the world: A DJ Paul Wall Production

This was a dumb idea.

That, obviously, is why it was awesome.

Paul drank 10 beers from around the world (some up to 15% or so) in about 3 hours.

Now, I drank some too.  Interspersed with a delicacy known as "Natural Light"

So I don't exactly remember which is which.

 But the Weinhenstephaner was our fave.

Observe.

Other than the name... absolutely no English on this label.

No idea what it was.

Paul was nervous about this one.

Best!

Oopsie whoopsie.

Please note:  He got sick the next day.

Double oopsie whoopsie

Dishes with Dee: One Dish Chicken and Veggie Bake

Okay Babies...

How is everyone doing on their veggie challenge?!

I think I am doing pretty well!

The hardest part about eating healthy is breaking the habit of eating junk.

...I really want spinach artichoke dip.  

Does that count at a veggie??? 

Off topic.

Back on.

My Green B.E.A.N veggies that I wrote about earlier this week have been bomb so far.

Er-ry thang be fresh.

The colors are awesome, and it is all way more flavorful than the regular stuff I get at the store.

While I know I'll have to go to the store every now and again, I'm an official groupie of Green B.E.A.N.

So I used some of the root vegetables that came in my bin to make a chicken and veggie bake.

So easy.

Here's what ya need:

Boneless skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and thawed.

Assorted veggies:

Potato (Used my G.B. white ones)

Carrots (Almost the whole bunch!)

Onion (Went ahead and used a red one from the bin)

Celery (On hand)

Plenty of garlic- I use whole cloves throughout.

And here's what ya do:

Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper. poultry seasoning, whatevs.

Toss the chick and all those veggies (just cut 'em up!) into a 9 x 13.

Drizzle in EVOO

Toss to coat all of the ingredients plus the bottom of the pan.

Salt n Pep it up.

Bake.

on 400

for 45 to an hour

Allow your chickie to stand before you cut it open, trust in the juice, girl.

Delish.

Easy.

Healthy (if you don't use a gallon of EVOO of course)

Veggie out....

Green B.E.A.N. Delivery: And a Discount Fo' You!

Hay gurl, I know you love a little discount here and there...

..I have got one for you.

Green B.E.A.N. Delivery 

is a company that delivers organic produce and natural groceries

RIGHT. TO. YOUR. DOOR.

Do you hate going out in the snow?

Do you live downtown and so going to the grocery store is this big, giant production?

Does you just love organic thangs?

Are you sick of the little kids in Kroghetto picking up an apple, taking a bite, and then putting it back?! (True, story, I watched this happen once during my Clifton years)

Then it's Green B.E.A.N. to the rescue!

Check it:

You can choose from a variety of assorted bin sizes, and frequency of delivery (once a week or every other week).

Then.....

Customize!  Add local groceries

Bread!

Chicken!

Cheese!

BACON!

And they send it all right to you.

(Fine print: minimum order of $35)

So when my new homies contacted me to review this service, I thought "d.u.h."

All I had to do was go online, select the product(s) I wanted and when I wanted to start delivery, and voila! 

A few days later I received an invoice that told me what to expect in my bin.  (It is different every time, as Green B.E.A.N. tries to select the best produce at the time)

Here's what I got:

It is HUGE!!!

Contents, yo.

Romaine in the membrane 

Rainbow Chard.  I have never cooked with this!  I'm pretty excited, and I found an awesome hash to make Saturday morning.

5 apples

Orange you glad you ordered from Green B.E.A.N?

Grape fruit 

Green bean machine.

2 Freakin' pounds of potatoes (red and white)

Red onions

Carrots (wish I got more)

Broccoli

I have all kinds of plans for my new little babies, so be looking out for Green B.E.A.N recipes coming through your screen all month long!

Thanks to the Green B.E.A.N. people for giving me the opportunity to review this service.  You have totes gained a new customer in me.  Can't wait to see what I get in my next bin!

And for those of you who think this is right up your alley..

YOU GET 50% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER

When you sign up, just enter the promotion code:

CDsrAB

This will get you 50 % off your first produce bin.

(Not on other groceries though)

Now LISTEN UP procrastinators! You only have 7 days to sign up, so get on it.

For new and reactivating members, ya'll!

This came at such an awesome time too, since January's Healthy Habits assignment is

Eat More Veggies!

Good luck nerds and enjoy the B.E.A.N.

12 Healthy Habits-January: Veggie Up!

Okay ya'll

Month One:

Veggie Up!

Eat at least three servings of fruits and veggies a day.

What is your game plan?

Mine is this:

Snack

Snack

Meal.

2 snacks during the day should be a fruit or a veggie:

Sliced peppers,

Celery,

An apple, (counts for 2 servings!)

Some frozen berries.

Anything, as long as I have a fruit or vegetable for my snack rather than chips, or crackers, or something.

Meal.

With dinner every night I will prepare a vegetable.

Be looking for side dish recipes to help you along the way, I'll be sure to post plenty!

Any tips or tricks you plan to use to get you into this habit?

Cooking Light's 12 Healthy Habits

I can be pretty lazy.

I don't drink enough water.

I eat too much junk.

Drink too much.

Stay up too late.

Basically I'm a hot mess walking around like I've got my shit together.  So this year, I decided to actually do something about it.

So, for my New Year's resolution I will be doing

Cooking Lights: 12 Healthy Habits

Basically its a "get- your-life-on-track-one healthy-habit-at-a-time" guide.

Each month you are given a new task to accomplish.

The habits accumulate so by December I will consistently be doing 12 things better than I was in 2011.

(here's hoping)

It is definitely going to be a challenge, but my darling friend Lora and I are doing it together.

A support system will be vital when I want to sleep in rather than get up and make breakfast, or when I want to order the Bacon Cheeseburger with fries instead of the Salmon with steamed veggies.

I think you should totes join in.

Ain't too late to choose a resolution.

So read up on what you'll be expected to do throughout the year and jump on board!

Mid-Week Meows featuring: Mulligan