Aye Caramba!

Living in San Diego, I get to enjoy wonderful Mexican food anytime I want it. It's one of the many perks of living in this wonderful city.

I was craving some Mexican food and my dad was coming over for dinner so I decided to cook Huevos Rancheros (which is usually served as a breakfast/brunch meal), and Flan for dessert!

I got this Huevos Rancheros recipe from Food Network. It was pretty tasty. I added one habanero in place of a jalapeno pepper because I looove my food spicy, and it gave it more of a kick. I also added two garlic cloves instead of just a teaspoon. My motto is, you can never add enough garlic!

Making the sauce.

Ready to eat!

This is literally the first free moment I have had to myself tonight and I'm feeling pretty sore, so I decided to take a rest day from working out. I feel guilty about it, but I know this will help my muscles heal and tomorrow I'll be back at it!

Lazy Dinner

Last night I was feeling a little lazy after spending my time studying for my quiz, so I looked in the pantry to see if there was anything quick I could make for dinner.

Alas, I found a package of Tuna Helper and some pre-made Peanut Butter Cookie Mix! I called Anto to pick up some extra supplies for me, and I was on my way to cooking a quick and easy dinner.

It was super easy to make, but not the healthiest. I want to stay away from a lot of preservatives, but the package was going to expire soon, and it's been sitting in our pantry for MONTHS. I didn't want to let it go to waste, and I only had a small bowl.

All you have to do is mix milk, the sauce mix, the noodles, tuna, butter, and hot water.

Before

After.

Not my favorite dish, but it'll do!

For dessert, I wanted to bake the peanut butter cookies, but the idea of plain peanut butter cookies sounded boring to me. So we improvised and made peanut butter chocolate bars! We pulled them out of the oven a little too early, (Anto SWORE they were ready), so they are a little doughy still, but tasty nonetheless. Tasty, but way too much of a sweet overload for me. I could only have a couple bites, but we saved the rest for later in the week!

Wasn't quite ready..but almost!

The hot cheetos are Anto's..

All finished! Ready to be cut into bars :)

It's gonna be a busy and stressful week! 

Love Coming Home to This...

One of the best things after working a long serving shift dealing with horrible tippers, grumpy customers, and malfunctioning credit card machines (seriously), is coming home to a home cooked meal by my boyfriend!!

He knows just how to make me happy :).

He's even been cooking healthier lately since he knows I am trying to change my lifestyle.

Last night he made: Lemon Garlic Baked Chicken with a side of Brown Rice, Garlic Fries and Steamed Green Beans. Delish!

We watched some Grey's and called it a night. I stayed up a little later working my way through the YA novel, The Lying Game by Sara Shepard. It's pretty good!

Sore Legs

Whew! After my workout yesterday, I left the gym feeling extremely sore. I had to close at work last night, so that was 6 hours of standing, and definitely didn't help out my soreness any. I have to close the lunch day shift today, so I'm planning to rest my legs and study once I get home.

I know I need to recover so I won't be running today, but I will do some light cardio. I'm debating between a Jillian Michaels DVD, or taking a class at the gym!

For lunch, I had a whole wheat grilled cheese sandwich with 3 turkey sausages and a load of veggies!

I was lucky enough to come home and discover the boyfriend cooking dinner for me! He baked chicken in bread crumbs and served it with a side of mashed potatoes. We both agreed the baked chicken was lacking in flavor so he had his with some Louisiana hot sauce, and I had mine with some Sriracha hot sauce. Problem solved!

Anto had a LARGE portion.

He was just a little inpatient!

My petite portion ;) I couldn't even eat all of it!

I leave you with cat & dog kisses :)

 

Have a great day!