It’s been quite crazy up here in the North East. With everything from traveling to New York for a Gift Show, getting pounded by a snow forecasters dubble “The Blizzard of 2010”, losing power and until now internet service it’s been a pretty hectic couple of weeks.
Tyson Corner Shops
Blizzard 2010 Aftermath
Neighborhood Road After Blizzard
Through it all, I’ve managed to indulge, over indulge, come back to my senses and to reality for Team RawToLose40. Today, was my first day back to pilates and boy did it show I hadn’t been in the studio since last week.
In the course of these 13 days I’ve stayed off the blog, I did managed to make some great meals.
A Layered Vegetable Salad which takes nothing but imagination to make. Then I consulted the cook book and made the Vegetable Soup Stock because I saw some recipes in there that I wanted to make which required the Soup Stock.
Layered Vegetable Salad
Layered Vegetable Salad:
Ingredients:
1Red Bell Pepper
1Yellow/Orange Bell Pepper
5Mushrooms
1/2lb of Green Beans
2Stalks of Celery
1Tomato
1/2Can of Kidney Beans
1Cup of Broccoli
2Carrots
4Green Onions
2Tbls Olive Oil
2Tbls White Wine Vinegar
Paprika
Cumin
Garlic Powder
Dried Parsley
Directions:
Wash and Chop up all the Vegetables and place in a bowl. Add the ingredients for Oil & Vinegar Dressing and toss.
On a more serious note…. These last 2 weeks have been particularly difficult for me to bear. I’ve been eating recklessly and with no cares about the foods I’m eating and what they’ll do to my waiste line and health. Speaking of which, I’ve noticed the scale moving in the wrong direction and my waiste not getting any smaller. I keep saying these words, “that I have to buckle down”, “I have to eat right”, but the words have just not meant anything these past days. I know I have to find the will power in me to move it forward. Hopefully with the availability to pilates again, I will have the power back!
