Parmesan-Roasted Broccoli

Whoop!  Whoop!  It's A-lmost Fri-day AND I'm soooo happy:):):):):)  Friday = Camping Time!!!!!  Before I leave the blogging world behind while I'm camping this weekend,  I wanted to share a De-licious recipe with you!  My favorite veggie of ALL time has to be broccoli!!!  When I was younger I hated broccoli with a passion, but not so much anymore!  The best part about broccoli is that it's yummy, healthy, and a good source of fiber.

Lately, I've been trying different ways to prepare broccoli, to try and spice things up around here!  I made Parmesan-roasted broccoli!

Mmm  mmmm!!!

Ingredients:

- 1 full bag of cooked broccoli
-2 tblsps of light Parmesan cheese
- 2 tsps of chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/2 tsp of garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp of pepper
- salt to taste
- 1 tlbsp of extra-virgin olive oil

First preheat oven to 475 degrees.  Once you have cooked your broccoli, in a middle bowl mix all of your ingredients together except for the extra virgin olive oil.  Spray Pam onto a cooking sheet. Transfer on a cooking sheet and drizzle the olive oil on top of the broccoli.  Place in the oven for 15 minutes and serve immediately:):):)

Yummy!

Believe you, me, it is awesome!  I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!!!

Thanks for stopping by:):):):)

Until next time!!!!!!!

Everything Ombre

Since I just read a post about ombre nails (which you should definitely go check out!) on a great blog, Fit, Crafty, Stylish, and Happy, it got me thinking about how I have so many different things that are ombre pinned on my Pinterest board.  Maybe some of you would like them also:)

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Lamp Shade!

 Aren't you just loving how the lamp shade just pops out at you!

Ombre

 I heart all of the red in her hair.  It makes her hair look really soft.

Plan to Tackle My 5K

Happy Tuesday...well almost Wednesday:):)  You know what that means....we're almost halfway through the week!!!  Woohooo!!!!  Once the weekend hits then it's time for this girl to go camping!!  We are having a couple friends, so that means that we will be able to catch up on some things.

I don't know why, but today I was thinking....dammmn...I only have a little over a month to train for my 5K.  I better get my butt into gear!  Planning is my middle name, so I decided to make a running plan for each week until October 6th for The Color Run!

This is what I was thinking of doing by:

Sept 2nd - 1.25 miles
Sept 9th - 1.50 miles
Sept 16th - 2 miles
Sept 23rd - 2.5 miles
Sept 30th - 3 miles
Oct. 6th - 3.2 miles

I started running about 2 weeks ago and I think that I'm ready for this.  Plus, it helps that I have been weight training since June:):):):)  The only thing I'm a little worried about is that I'm heavier than what I was before when I first started running.  I don't want to pull a muscle or hurt myself....maybe I'll just have to really listen to my body and if it's hurting then just back off a little on the running!  You guys have been a great support for me and by writing this, it will make me feel more accountable for following through with this schedule!  Thank you guys for being my cheerleaders along the way:):)

Wanted to share with you all some random pics that I have been taking this past week:

Luc dog and I:):):)

This was this past Friday when we were on our way to go camping!!!  Lucy loves to go camping!

Delicious snack for the night!

Goal # 2 : The Color Run:):):)

These past few weeks have been going so well!  I thought it would be a struggle with working at school and working out, but I have been enjoying these past few weeks, even though they have been crazy!  I have stuck to my same routine that I did before school started during the summer and I'm pretty proud of that.  I haven't really cut back on my exercising:)  In fact, I have added something extra, going for runs/jogs!!!!

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When I went camping, I went with family and friends and one of my soon to be family members said something about The Color Run.  I have seen pictures on Pinterest before and I thought that it would be sooo neat be able to participate in it, but someone told me that it was only in Las Vegas.  So, I was a little bummed about it, but when i found out there is one semi-close to where I live now, I became ecstatic:):):)  We have formed a team that consists of: my friend, Dana, my sister(Mandy), my soon-to-be sister-in-law(Suzie), her friend, and my mom!  We are planning on going to the race and staying at a hotel for the night to relax, have some drinks, good food, and best of all catch up with each other!  I CANNOT wait until we get to do this!  I have been saying for the past 6 years, I need to start back into running and I never did until now.

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 "The Happiest 5K!"

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I love the feeling you get when you are finished with a run in general, but a run in a race is A-mazing!  There is just sooo much energy at a race it's crazy!  So, my newest goal is to run the full 5K in The Color Run and to feel great afterwards:)  I know that I can do this because I have done this before.  I just need to keep on training and no matter how tired I get to keep on keeping on:):):)  That's my new motto "Keep on, Keeping on!"  Never give up on your goals, or yourself because if you truly set your heart into something you can accomplish it!!!

Here's to setting goals and and remembering "the feeling" when you get to accomplish them:):):)

Thanks for stopping by:):):):)

Until next time!!!!!!!

Skinny Chili Seasoned Potato Slices

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!  I have officially gotten through the first two days of school:)  Whoop! Whoop!  Busy is my middle name now, especially between working out and school, I'm barely at home!  It's all good though:)  This past weekend, we had over the hubby's family, his mom, dad, sister, niece, and brother-in-law.  They live quite a ways away from us, so they stayed the weekend!  We made supper, and had a little campfire in the backyard:)

The hubby grilled some steak and chicken and I made potato slices, broccoli, and caramel chocolate chip bars.  I will share with you all the recipe that I used for all of those delicious side dishes.  For now though, I will share the Skinny Chili Seasoned Potato Slices...mm mmm, were they good!!!

De-licious!!!!

Devil's Lake!

Hey everybody!  I hope you are enjoying this fabulous day:)   I haven't had much time to share with you some pictures from our camping trip to Baraboo, Wisconsin Devil's Lake.  So here it is:

We went hiking!

We took some pictures:)

Lighter Italian Pasta Salad!

Hey All!!!!  It's been a crazy last few weeks!  We went camping 2 weeks ago and then came home and hubby left for a week for work.  I started school this past Wednesday and tried to stay on my same exercise plan, which makes for no free time, but it's all worth it because I feel soo much better after all of my workouts:)  I have even been waking up early to take our puppy for a walk before work, which is completely unlike me since I haven't usually been much of a morning person.  I guess I'm turning a new leaf!

I have some Excellent news to share with you all, I have lost over 20 lbs!!!!  I stepped on the scale on Thursday and saw that I down to 173.2 lbs which means I lost 21 lbs:):)  I was soo happy, I screamed and did a little happy dance.  The hubby wasn't there, but our puppy, Lucy, was and she didn't know what to think!  I'm 1/3 of the way to my goal weight...woohoo!!!

I'm kind of behind on my posts and when we last went camping, I made a lighter Italian Pasta Salad that was really tasty and quite refreshing!  Whenever we go camping, I'm trying to find recipes that will be a little on the lighter side instead of eating really fattening and grease filled food, like I used to do!  That food is not so good for eating healthier!!!

It was pretty easy, it may have taken a little bit of time to chop up all of the veggies, but it was so worth it:)

Lighter Italian Pasta Salad