workout day!

I worked last night and have to work again tonight, but I managed to squeeze in some heavy lifting with the encouragement of Lepetite Jen

this is not Jen, but this is what she would do if she was here  :)

Here's what I did

 Jump squats no weights  3x12

 plie jump squats 10 #  3x12

Romanian dead lifts   12#  3x12  (wasn't real sure how to do these properly, even after video)

lying leg curls   35#   3x12

butt lift  5# each hip   2 minutes

planks   1 min x2

too hot to run for me   it's 95 out yuk!

I hope I can keep it up, because when I'm not working out I feel yukky.

gotta go to work, night 2 of 3

reboot day 1.5

first juicing experience was, let's just say...earthy.  I kind of went overboard:

5 kale leaves,

cucumber

1 red beet

4 stalks of celery

Whole lemon (not a good idea)

3 carrots

3 granny smith apples

it made enough for Bobby and I (2 pints)...it smelled like earth and tasted like the wet lawn...but we drank it.  Bobby chugged his.  I slowly drank mine then added a bit of ice and choked down the rest.

I had 62 oz of water in the next 3 hours.

I noticed the mental hunger pains right away.  We were at the pool and I started thinking about the nachos they were eating from the concession  oooey gooey disgusting nachos that I would NEVER think of eating.

It got so bad, every time a person with a distinct Nationality walked by I would think :

mmmm I could eat some sushi

yummy I could eat some burritos

ooooh yeah, babaganoush

that was pretty bad.

the meal plan for the reboot has you eat one raw meal, so last night I had all raw veggie salad with broccoli slaw (which comes prepared ...no dressing just julianned veggies) i added fresh yellow pole beans, 1 tomato and a splash of apple cider and mustard...shook it up, a few squirts of hot-sauce...done  (just typing hot sauce makes me hungry).

Bobby, on the other hand apparently snuck in and had a tuna sandwich on white bread...oh well.

This morning I woke up, not hungry really, still haven't pooped, but I don't have a headache or anything like they said I might.

for breakfast i had:

strawberries,

3 stalks celery

3 carrots

nectarine

1 granny smith

1 red delish

it was quite yummy

I have many chores to do, including body maintenance ie: wax, paint, color

gonna try to stay busy enough to not think about it.

Eggplant Rollatini? Not a cocktail

Last night I attempted a Giada Recipe

I have found that although she is very easy on the eyes her recipes don't usually taste that great. Which is a bummer because whenever she tastes her own food she really appears to be enjoying it.

We tried

Eggplant Rollatini

My friend Justine, who owns a fabulous restaurant here in

Longmont called the Sugar Beet ,

(they grow all their own food),

brought me a bushel of veggies from their organic garden and I wanted to use up the eggplant first.

I jimmied around with the recipe and instead of making it rollups I did a layered lasagna type thing.  

Here's what you need:

• Sea salt and black pepper
• 1 large eggplant
• 6 no cook lasagna strips
• Can vegetable spray
• 16 oz ricotta
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
• 8 tablespoons grated Parmesan
• 3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
• 20 basil leaves, chiffonaded
• Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 2 cups fresh tomato sauce,...whatever you have
• 
  
• Preheat oven to 375 
• 
  
• 
• Slice the eggplant and lay on a rack.  Sprinkle sea salt on both sides to pull out the bitterness.  Leave on for about 15 minutes (just long enough to throw in a load of laundry and grab yourself a cocktail)
• Rinse the salt off the eggplant and pat dry with paper towel.
• I cooked my eggplant on the grill, but you could use a grill pan.
• Coat the eggplant with olive or veggie oil. 

  

I really coated mine because it seems to suck up the oil.  Grill on each side for about 4 minutes or until tender.

let cool a bit on a plate while you get the rest ready.

mix in a bowl the ricotta ,2 eggs, salt and pepper,pine nuts and the basil...however much you like.  

Add in some mozzarella and parmesan.

Now, I used some canned sauce (SHHHH, I was in a hurry and no one really cares).

start layering it up like lasagna.  I used a 9x9 square cooking pyrex, seemed to work perfect.

layer anyway you choose....free form baby!

I topped mine with sauce and a bit of bread crumbs.

now throw it in the oven covered with foil for 40 minutes

take foil off and bake for an additional 10 minutes to brown up the top a bit.

let sit,

maybe whip up a salad, have another cocktail and get ready for the kids to complain about eggplant.

Here's the review:

Dad: wouldn't touch, made a steak

Olive 6:  ate around the eggplant said eggplant is mushy

Ilin 13: ate it, kindly said it was pretty good, but definitely didn't have seconds OR request it for lunch tomorrow.

Me:  I'll eat anything.   It wasn't bad...wasn't great, but you have to like eggplant.

Thanks freak

Hey, thanks Pseudo Stripper Broad for squishing up against me the other night at Scott Weiland. I asked people around me...it wasn't just me who thought the fact you were licking your boob sweat and inappropriately touching yourself was totally gross...but also the fact you were moaning so loud we could barely hear Scott ...was just....I don't know...yuk.

not sexy....no matter what you think you look like.

thanks for ruining my Xmas Present...
(if I don't stand behind the Amazons...I'm stuck next to the freaks)