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tri-colored pasta from The Eat Clean Diet Vegetarian

Posted on Apr 25, 2012 in dinner | 5 comments

I’m so sorry I am a week late on sharing this with you guys but I have literally been either studying for finals {or daydreaming about the wedding}. Today I made this dish directly from The Eat Clean Diet Vegetarian Book which you can find here. I got mine in the mail and LOVE it. I cannot believe how many recipes there are and how awesomely they are labeled. You can omit the fish to make this vegetarian but I like fish so I kept it in. I did make a few other mods which I have noted in the recipe due to what I had in the house because running our to the grocery store was not happening today. Tri-Color Farfalle with Tuna, Spinach and Artichoke Hearts Farfalle, or...

cooler for the day

Posted on Apr 21, 2012 in cooler | 3 comments

Hi everyone! I am working a fundraiser today from 10:30am to 9:00pm (outside!) so I thought I would share my cooler really quick: I have two containers of chicken (topped with jalepeno salsa) carrots, quinoa, greek yogurt (with chia and flaxseed), rice cakes and almond butter. I am also going to pick up a Starbuck’s protein plate and have that (sans the bread thingy) for my afternoon snack because I didn’t have any fruit in the house and I think I will need those natural sugars around 4. And I am packing a Think Thin bar in case there just isn’t time to go sit down 5 times today Hope everyone has a great...

LOVE grown foods winner (engagement LOVE)

Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in engagement, give aways | 14 comments

Sorry for the delayed winner of the LOVE Grown Foods give away :) we were a little distracted in our LOVE story getting engaged there are not enough smiley faces in the world for how happy I am. The winner was Comment #19 Kyrstin - please e-mail me your shipping info at info@fitfoodieshealthylife.com – Congrats!! I will write a post all about our fabulous trip and share the detes but it will have to wait until after finals. It is SO HARD not to daydream about everything to come but I NEED to study for 2 more weeks Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend Pin...

Jacked Pack [review]

Posted on Apr 10, 2012 in product review | 10 comments

I was really wary of starting a twitter account but I finally decided I needed to for my blog and I have to say it has definitely served me well. It was because of twitter that I found out about Jacked Packs. This is a company that send you a “Jacked Pack” each month with various sample of different supplements, pre-workouts, proteins, etc. Now they have both a “heavy weight” (5-8) and a “light weight” (3-5) to choose from. Taken directly from their website: Each month we will provide you with at least 4 samples of the best products in sports nutrition. We work with only the finest brands in the industry and the up and coming brands...

LOVE grown foods giveaway

Posted on Apr 9, 2012 in bikini competition prep, give aways, legs | 83 comments

Winners of the WeightTraining.com shirts are: Zug (male) and ucrunnereats (female) [weighttraining.com usernames]. Please e-mail me at info@fitfoodieshealthylife.com with your shipping address in 48 hours – congrats!! I’m warning you guys now that I will pretty unplugged (read: unavailable) the next few weeks as my finals papers are due and my final exams are coming up. I am going to do my best to answer questions but my posts will definitely be either very short or non-existent. It’s not for long so forgive me To help with leaving you high and dry I have a yummy give away from LOVE Grown for you. I was lucky enough to connect with Maddy after...

the eat clean diet vegetarian seven citrus salad

Posted on Apr 6, 2012 in clean eating*, eats, snack | 1 comment

If you don’t how completely obsessed and honored I am to be featuring three recipes from the new Eat Clean Diet Vegetarian Book, you can read my first into post here. This week’s recipe is perfect for Arizona right now because it is just starting to heat up and what better way to start your Easter Brunch than a Seven Citrus Salad? Now because I am in Arizona I had to make a little southwestern and also our local store didn’t have a few of the ingredients from the original recipe (straight out of the book) below: I realize that is kind of hard to see so you can download the original recipe here. My seven modified ingredients (based on availability and...

no bake peanut butter bites

Posted on Apr 5, 2012 in bikini competition prep, clean eating*, snack | 10 comments

The Fatkid has be asking and asking for the peanut butter bites I made when I entered the contest from Smart Food and Fit and made her No Bake Peanut Butter Balls. Then the boys at the gym that he works with have been asking me for weeks to make them something so I decided to make those again and bring them in – everyone is happy. I modified her original recipe a bit and this is what I did for this batch: Ingredient: 1 cup peanut butter (or any nut butter) 1 cup old fashioned oats 1/3 cup ground flaxseed (or whole or chia or whatever seed you like) 1/2 cup apple sauce 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup dried cranberries (optional) 1/4 cup dark cocoa chips (optional) ** You...

WIAW (a LOT of food)

Posted on Apr 4, 2012 in bikini competition prep, cooler, lunch, WIAW (What I Ate Wednesday) | 28 comments

So for today’s WIAW I am showing you what I am eating (ish) for the next a while. Breakfast will be either 4 egg whites and one whole egg or 6 egg whites, scrambled with veggies and 1/2 cup oatmeal (measured dry). Mid morning snack will be 1 cup greek yogurt with 3/4 cup granola and .5 oz almonds. Lunch – 6oz protein, today I did mini turkey burgers – new recipe below and I have 3/4 cup of my quinoa salad. Mid afternoon snack will be 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 1.5 slices of brown rice bread Pre workout – one scoop PP with 1/2 cup oat flour and cinnamon Post workout – one scoop PP with an apple or 1/2 cup oat flour and cinnamon...

first day of competition prep!

Posted on Apr 3, 2012 in bikini competition prep | 17 comments

Alright! Today is the first day of my competition prep and I am super excited. I was going to start yesterday but I got a 24 hour bug so I waited until today. Real quick though we did have a MAJOR cheat this weekend to celebrate the end of the LiveFit and the beginning of this We went to one of our favorite restaurants that we don’t eat at that often - because our favorite thing there is the most amazing fried chicken with honey and bisquits. Like. To die for. Not greasy fried but just perfectly crispy enough that you know it cannot be good for you However, the Fatkid could not decide on an app so we got two: homemade chips and french dip and homemade...

WeightTraining.com give away

Posted on Apr 3, 2012 in give aways | 4 comments

So I have been chatting with Jeff over at WeightTraining.com via Twitter and he had some extra shirts and was nice enough to share with me. Both the Fatkid and I got one and he sent me one girls (small) and one guys (large) to give away to you guys. They are American Apparel shirts, black with short sleeves and this logo on them. I will post a pic of the girl’s one tonight when I get home but I got them from the mail on my way to school today. I LOVE all things American Apparel so I already know I love my shirt To enter the give away you just have to join the Official Fit Foodies Group and log your workouts in the group. This will run until Sunday at midnight...