Relaxation

Anyone who knows Josh and I knows that the word "relax" is not used regularly in our vocabulary. We are ALWAYS on the go. Now I can't complain, the majority of our outings are social ventures. When we don't have an event planned we usually find something to do that gets us out of the house. We like to seize the day and try to cram as much into our lives as possible . However, since I've been pregnant that strange word "relax" is starting to sound more familiar. So this weekend we actually took it easy and did a lot of relaxing!

We slept in, drank coffee, made breakfast


2 scrambled egg whites, whole wheat toast with pimento cheese, sliced avocado, and grapes. Healthy foods for a growing baby!

Took Chance on a 3.5 mile walk { Side note: I threw my back out on Saturday putting my pants on hahaha. Not sure how that happens, but walking was the only thing that didn't hurt; so we did A LOT of walking this weekend.}



We LOVE living near the lake!!

The air is crisp and the leaves are so vibrant, there is no reason to be inside on days like these!

Chance never noticed but we had a little visitor on our walk. Sweet little deer.

Went to a Halloween Party

Juno and Bleeker. And in case you are wondering, that is not my real belly! I'm only 16 weeks!



 Made AMAZING Brunswick stew

Recipe is at the bottom of this post

And ended our Sunday night relaxing by our first fire of the season.

 

Monday and Tuesday started out with an hour long cardio workout and today started with an arm circuit and is ending with an hour of power yoga. Did you get your workout in today?????

Brunswick Stew

Ingredients

-1 Tbsp olive oil

- 1 cup chopped onion

- 2 stalks celery, chopped

1 1/2 lbs ground pork ( I use ground turkey instead, it is EXTREMELY lower in calories and fat!!!!)

1 1/2 lbs ground beef ( I use the 90% 10% or 80% 20 %)

3 (14.5 oz ) cans whole peeled tomatoes with liquid, chopped

1 whole chicken, shredded ( I picked up a BBQ rotisserie chicken from Publix and removed the skin)

1 cup ketchup

1/2 cup hickory flavored bbq sauce

salt and pepper to taste

hot sauce to taste  (optional)

1 green bell pepper

3 (14.75 oz) cans of cream style corn ( I only used 2- just a preference of mine)

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in large skillet, and saute the onions and celery until soft. Mix in the pork (or turkey) and ground beef, and cook until evenly browned. Drain fat.

2. Transfer meat mixture into a large stock pot over low heat. Stir in the shredded chicken, tomatoes with juice, ketchup, bbq sauce, hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Place the whole green pepper in the pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, 2 hours, until thickend.

3. Stir in cream style corn. Continue cooking for 1 hour or until desired consistency has been reached. Remove the green pepper; chop and return to the stew.

ENJOY!