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My coach, Jeff, had a pretty kicka$$ bootcamp on Saturday. There's a trainer, Josh, that's been helping him with his team and had posted about a leg workout for Saturday. I decided that I would blast my upper body on Friday night since I knew I probably wouldn't be able to walk after the leg workout on Saturday. Great plan, right? Well, it would have been had my workout been with Josh. It wasn't. I walked in almost 10 minutes late to the bootcamp because I got caught behind a funeral procession. I could have let it annoy me, but instead I reminded myself to be thankful that I wasn't one of the cars in that line. Anyway, I walked in and P says to me "you missed push-ups till you drop as our warm-up!". Jeff took that as a great idea and had us start off our circuit with push-ups...till I dropped. I surprised myself (remember that upper body workout about 18 hours prior?) and busted out 30 "big girl" push-ups. *pats back*
Right now, if you were to look inside my pantry, you'd see almost every single Mrs. Dash that is made. There's a Southwest version that's not too shabby. However, what I've been jonesing for are tacos. I love Tex-Mex and there's not a lot (other than fajita meat) that goes along with my bikini prep meal plan. Go figure. ;) With me slowly saying bye-bye to starchy carbs, I need to find ways to keep my brain and taste buds satisfied. Enter "Homemade {Salt-Free} Taco Seasoning" from the blog Olives n Wine. I loved the idea of homemade and salt-free. This way I know exactly what is going into my food. Her recipe: click here calls for sugar, but I omitted that. I also tweaked it adding 1 tsp of Chipotle Chili Powder in with the regular Chili Powder (still a total of 8 tsp).
I followed the rest of what her recipes called for and the decided to add in 1 tsp of Cilantro at the end, just because I'm a rebel like that. It turned out SO GOOD!!! Flavor explosion of spicy with each bite. If you want it less spicy, cut back on the Cayenne. I added 2 Tbsp of the mix (that is being stored in that little Gladware container) to my pound of lean ground turkey. De-lish. It looked like taco meat and smelled like taco meat, so I was very happy when it tasted like taco meat. I ate it solo with my green veggies and sweet potato, but plan to put it on top of greens for a taco-like salad.
Try it and let me know your thoughts and what you do to make it "yours"!
Right now, if you were to look inside my pantry, you'd see almost every single Mrs. Dash that is made. There's a Southwest version that's not too shabby. However, what I've been jonesing for are tacos. I love Tex-Mex and there's not a lot (other than fajita meat) that goes along with my bikini prep meal plan. Go figure. ;) With me slowly saying bye-bye to starchy carbs, I need to find ways to keep my brain and taste buds satisfied. Enter "Homemade {Salt-Free} Taco Seasoning" from the blog Olives n Wine. I loved the idea of homemade and salt-free. This way I know exactly what is going into my food. Her recipe: click here calls for sugar, but I omitted that. I also tweaked it adding 1 tsp of Chipotle Chili Powder in with the regular Chili Powder (still a total of 8 tsp).
I followed the rest of what her recipes called for and the decided to add in 1 tsp of Cilantro at the end, just because I'm a rebel like that. It turned out SO GOOD!!! Flavor explosion of spicy with each bite. If you want it less spicy, cut back on the Cayenne. I added 2 Tbsp of the mix (that is being stored in that little Gladware container) to my pound of lean ground turkey. De-lish. It looked like taco meat and smelled like taco meat, so I was very happy when it tasted like taco meat. I ate it solo with my green veggies and sweet potato, but plan to put it on top of greens for a taco-like salad.
Try it and let me know your thoughts and what you do to make it "yours"!