Beachbody

So I took the plunge and finally decided to become a member of Beachbody.

Let me tell you, I was VERY reluctant at first because I had this crazy idea all I would be able to eat was chicken and broccoli. Gross. After a little research and some coaxing by my beautiful coach, Jayma, I dove right in and I never want to look back. And the best part? My fiance is also doing the program with me!

I have some GREAT recipes to share with yall this week and honest to God, they are DELICIOUS!

The first recipe I want to share is this delicious Chicken Taco Bowl.

1lb chicken (boiled)
1 can corn
1 can black beans
1 can petite diced tomatoes
Taco seasoning
Garlic powder (to taste)
Chili Powder (to taste)
1 Green bell pepper
1/2 white onion (or 1 small onion)
Colby Jack (optional)




I boiled my chicken so it would be easy to shred and then I simply covered it in taco seasoning to taste and some of the tomato juice from my can of tomatoes. SO EASY.
Next, I sauteed my veggies all together to get their juices flowing and adding a little chili powder and garlic powder for an extra oomph!
Rinse your corn and black beans AND BOOM YOU ARE DONE!
I used my Beachbody containers to measure everything out and mixed it up in a bowl and that was dinner. DELICIOUS AND CHEAP!

Measuring: 1 red, 1 green, 2 yellow, 1 blue!

If you know me, you know I love anything with rice. Let me tell you something, this meal HIT THE SPOT! So spicy, and so good, and the best part? IT'S SO STINKIN' HEALTHY YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT! This meal was so easy that I had it ready in less than 10 minutes, that's crazy talk in my house.

1 link Hillshire farm smoked turkey sausage
1 box Uncle Ben's boil in bag brown rice
1 green bell pepper
1/2 white onion (or 1 small onion)
1 can petite diced tomatoes
Colby jack cheese (optional)
Cayenne pepper
Hot sauce



Cook your sausage to your liking and place in a separate container. In the same pan, (for those extra yummy flavors) saute all your veggies until onions are tender and translucent with a little cayenne pepper for an extra kick. In a separate pot, cook the rice according to packaging and you are done!

I used my containers to measure out all my portions and added some extra hot sauce for flavor!

Measuring: 1 red, 1 green, 2 yellow, 1 blue


BTW Y'ALL! MY MEALS MAKE LEFTOVERS FOR MEAL PREP! MY MEASURES AT THE END OF EACH RECIPE ARE FOR 1 SERVING ONLY!!

Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Over Rice

Here in South Texas it's officially cold front season and the tempuratures can easily go from 85* on Christmas Day to 48* the next morning. My house is sitting at a pretty frigid 67* right now with no heater or AC going so I can finally lay on the couch with a blanket and not sweat it off a few minutes later like usual. So, with this cold weather I felt like eating something to warm my body up and that wouldn't take very long to make that way I could spend extra time cuddling my babies on the couch. Thus, this recipe came about. It's cheesy (Weston's favorite), has broccoli (my favorite), and of course the chicken adds a healthy amount of protein to really fill you up. I served it over rice because one of my FAVORITE homecooked meals is my mom's cheesy broccoli rice and I thought this would fill the void I've been having since Thanksgiving.

This recipe took less than 5 minutes to put together and only 5 hours in the crockpot or you could prepare it in the morning and set your timer that way your crockpot would just keep it warm till dinner time. Luckily I'm on winter break and have all day to do things around the house otherwise I would be going with the morning method.

Ingredients:

• 10.5 oz Cream of Chicken (Condensed)
• 10.5 oz Cheddar Soup (Condensed)
• 14 oz Chicken Broth
• 1.5 cups Shredded Cheddar
• 1 cup Sour Cream
• Frozen/Fresh Broccoli (I added how much I want, you can too, there's no right or wrong!)
• 1/2 Tsp Salt
• 1/2 Garlic Powder
• 1/2 Coarse Black Pepper
• 2-3 Chicken Breasts 

Throw the cream of chicken, cheddar soup, chicken broth and spices into the crock pot and stir until smooth(ish). Add your chicken breasts and set the temp to low for 4-6 hours or high for 3 hours. About an hour before finished or serving shred the chicken and add your sour cream, shredded cheddar, and broccoli. Allow everything to melt and for the broccoli to cook through, you can stir occasionally.

Serve over rice and you're good to go!

Hope y'all enjoy this super quick and easy recipe. Weston loved it and I loved how easy it was to make so it will be a staple from now on.

Weekend Warriors Pt. 2

After spending Friday evening in watching movies and eating Pozole, we woke up early Saturday with the intent to get more than a few things out of the way. Even when we lived in our apartment the need for a deep freeze was real. Every November Weston goes on his annual SandRats beach trip where he goes about 19 miles down the National Seashore and stays Sunday-Thursday. It's a huge fishing trip he has been doing for years and spends an entire week preparing for. I on the other hand prepare by attempting to make room in our freezer for all the fish or bait he inevitably brings home. Living in an apartment, we had a very sub-par small freezer and barely had enough room for our weekly groceries so imagine trying to fit an extra few pounds of fish in there as well. Not happening. Once we bought our house and upgraded to a brand new fridge that is literally 3x's bigger we still were struggling to find room for all these things. So the hunt was on for a deep freeze.

When you buy a home, you get LOADS of junk mail from companies that somehow found out you were a new home owner. However, they always send really great coupons. We received a few from Lowe's, Home Depot, and Sears worth about 10% off each so we decided to go there first. Home Depot is ran by idiots who don't know what they are talking about and we couldn't even looking for a freezer peacefully at Sears because the salesmen are going crazy trying to get those extra sales in. So Weston finally found the freezer of his dreams at Lowe's. A huge 20 cu. ft. stainless steel freezer that matched our appliances (per my request). We got it on super sale PLUS the coupon, so basically we got it half off. Not bad for a Saturday morning! After unloading it in the rain/mist/wind, we had lunch with Weston's parents at the Saltwater Grill like we do every Saturday.

I spent the rest of the evening at work and later we met up with friends for drinks at their home.