PINK Reminder & Food Galore!

Good afternoon, readers!

It is that time of year...or the countdown to that time of the year! It's Race For the Cure week!

This means a few things for myself and others...

1. I need to get a couple of good runs in this week, or I might be dogging it on Saturday morning. :|
2. An emotional, exciting celebration is about to happen. Not only are we admiring the survivors, but supporting the fighters, and honoring the taken. 
3. I get to get together with the gals on my mom's side of the family. Like I have posted before, I enjoy this so much...we all live in different parts of the state and have busy schedules so it is hard to say [other than this weekend of the year] when we will see each other. **Except my sister and cousin, Jenn, will be heading to Macklemore in a couple of weeks!*

Just a friendly reminder to send me your PINK pictures any time this week and weekend! :)

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Now...my weekend in a few pictures! 

Brown rice with various veggies (carrots, peas, broccoli) and eggs! A much healthier version on a not so healthy food! We sort of cheated and made the rice in the microwave, and then added it to a pan with olive oil and sautéed the veggies! Total win! So not technically a cheat [only because we didn't make it in a rice cooker]? :)

I used to each fried rice like it was my job...let's just say, I was VERY good at "my job." 

I got to go visit a very good friend [and her fam] this weekend in Cedar Falls...they always include me in family activities when I come to visit. This weekend included carving pumpkins! I'll let you guess which one is mine :). ((Meow))

My Sunday consisted of driving, church, and meal prep with Collin. He did a majority of the work, I won't lie. He's good at making food, alright? I'm working on it! It's so nice to just have food ready for the week instead of "winging" it which usually ends up over or under eating for me. We grilled chicken, made rice, cous cous, and veggies!

And my Sunday night? Weeelllllll! A good friend of ours, Angela, had this healthy "pie crust" recipe that she had been talking about. So we created another healthier version of a not so healthy food. PIZZA!

I posted the recipe below the pizza photo. I think we were so excited to eat it when it came out of the oven, that we forgot to snap a finished pic. Or the fact that my side was wimpy compared to the other side which consisted of grilled chicken, peppers, avocados, and tomatoes. 

We used canned tomato [pizza] sauce, mozzarella cheese, and sprinked crushed red pepper over the top. Which I paid for, unfortunately...I'm really sensitive to spice...sooooo I accidentally dumped, literally DUMPED, a mountain on one spot on my side. I tried to fix it...ha...not so much! Still delicious though! Thanks again, Angela, for the recipe! :)

Don't forget to add 1 tsp of Stevia to the raw! :)

And then I got up this morning and lifted. Let me tell ya...life is good. Really good. :)

I hope you had a great weekend and the week to come!