Just Good Food

Today marked day #3 of Jazzercise, and I’m still loving it! It takes 21 days to make a habit, right? I guess I’m 1/7 of the way there. My teacher, Chris, busted out some killer ab and butt routines today, and I’m willing to bet I’ll be whining about how sore I am tomorrow! My workout report:

Total Time: 61 min.

Total Calories: 668

Max. HR: 187 (better, Holly?)

Avg. HR: 157

I was super excited about dinner tonight too! Through every leg lift and kick, I was thinking “the more I do here, the more of my dinner I can eat!” Funny thing is… I don’t want more! Who am I?

On Sunday when I went to our local ethnic/produce market, I was thrilled to see that they had organic grass-fed beef on super sale (no, it wasn’t rotten) and I couldn’t wait to cook with it! I bought 2 1-lb. packages of sirloin, and decided that I would cook it all to eat throughout the week. If it were summer (oh how I wish!), I would’ve sprinkled the steaks with salt, pepper, garlic, and a little chili powder and grilled them. Alas, it was all of 20 degrees here, so stovetop it was. I made a quick marinade, completely to taste, but it included:

• soy sauce
  

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• Worcestershire sauce
• garlic powder
• ketchup
• ginger
• sriracha
• sesame oil

I mixed all the ingredients together and poured them over the steaks for a quick (about 30 minute) marinade, then cooked them in my cast iron skillet. They got a nice crust on them, and stayed juicy.

I also made (as you can see) mashed sweet potatoes! I think I’ve mastered the mashed sweet potato, and, I’m going to be generous enough to share the recipe with you all. I’ve made mashed sweet potatoes before, but tonight’s were far superior!

Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

2 large sweet potatoes, baked

1/4 c. fat free sour cream (optional)

cinnamon to taste

ground ginger to taste

2 Tbsp. maple syrup

Directions

Peel the baked sweet potatoes and put the insides into a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients, and mix throroughly with an immersion blender. Serve!

I had a bit of a hard day, starting with a conflict with a close friend. I’m hoping that it can be resolved soon, as I’m not cool with things the way they are. The day continued with the heater in my room making ridiculous noises, and state testing started today too… so let’s just say my good sweat and dinner were MUCH NEEDED!

With the weather the way its been here, and the winter doldrums completely setting in, I’m going to leave you for the next few days with some fantastic photos my dad sent me. They really touched some part of me that needed brightening, so I wanted to share.

Hope you all have a great night

xoxo,

Tagged as: meat, motivation, spicy, workout