"Exercise makes endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't kill their husbands." - Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)
Truer words have yet to be spoken. I love my romantic comedies.
I headed out this morning for another morning run. I did the same distance as yesterday but tried to push myself speed wise. I want to say I shaved a good minute+ off my time. I really should get one of those fancy-schmancy Garmin forerunners so I can actually get a more accurate read but since I am not training for any official race, I haven't found the need for it.
I estimated my 4.8 mile run was completed in about 45 minutes including stopping for traffic and the like. It's hard not to feel slow when I see other people posting faster times but this is a pace that I'm comfortable with. Consistency is key. I'll build from this!
I've been doing daily morning pilates and stretching too since I find myself naturally waking up before 6 am.
What do you use when you run? Anything come highly recommended?
The weather has been glorious lately. Cool and sunny days are the best. It seems that the weather is slowly going to warm up again in the next few days to the high 70s by next Tuesday.
Stay cool as long as possible Florida.... I BEG YOU.
Breakfast this morning was banana oat pancakes with fresh strawberries. I had some over-ripe bananas to use up.
When I was making breakfast, I heard some beeping noises coming from the bedroom which I found odd. When I investigated, I found my boyfriend working out on our elliptical while watching TV. Super happy he's being consistent with working out!
My brother's packed lunch today was a combination of leftover fried rice, Korean-style marinated chicken, fried egg and steamed green beans.
I also packed two clementines and one cookie.
I'm going to take a break from running Thursday opting for yoga instead.
I end this post with my recipe for lentil curry. It's literally my favorite thing in the whole world. I love to make a large batch and serve it as a side all week. I also ladle it onto my pizza instead of sauce. It's absolutely delicious roasted with some vegetables and cheese in the oven.
I've been cutting back on eating meat in our household. Legumes have been an easy way to add protein. They are so budget friendly too! I love buying them in bulk at the Indian grocery store.
Lentil Curry
Ingredients
1 Sweet Onion (chopped)
5 cloves Garlic (minced)
2 Plum Tomatoes (chopped)
1 Russet Potato (peeled, diced)
1 cup Dried Red Lentils
1 tsp Vegetable Oil
1 1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Garam Masala
1/2 tsp Tumeric
1/2 tsp Ground Coriander
1 tsp Paprika
1 Bay Leaf
1 tsp Red Chili Flakes *Optional and Adjustable
1/8 cup Cilantro (chopped)
2-3 cups Hot Water
1/2 cup Coconut Milk
1. Preheat a pot at medium-high heat
2. Add vegetable oil, onions and garlic
3. Saute for 2-3 minutes
4. Add garam masala, tumeric, coriander, paprika, red chili flakes and salt
5. Saute together until spices become aromatic (approximately 2 minutes)
6. Add tomatoes, lentils and potatoes
7. Stir together and saute for 2 minutes
8. Pour 1/2 cup of water into the pot to deglaze the bottom
9. Use spatula to pick up the brown bits from the bottom of the pot
10. Add remaining water and bay leaf.
11. Cover the pot and bring to a boil
12. Uncover, stir and reduce heat to medium-low
13. Cover the pot again and allow curry to simmer
14. Stir every 2-3 minutes so the bottom doesn't stick
15. Curry will be finished in approximately 40 minutes
16. Stir in coconut milk the last few minutes of cooking to finish it off
17. Stir in freshly chopped cilantro
18. Serve with rice or flat bread
Hope you enjoy this!
I love turning this into a fusion pizza dish during the week. Re-vamping leftovers is one of my favorite things to do.
I use lentil curry as my pizza sauce instead of marinara.
This could easily be a vegetarian pizza sans turkey pepperoni.
6 comments:
OOOH...I would love that lentil dish. I'd also love it if you packed me the same lunch as you packed for your brother! :) Have a great day Grace.
I love lentils, too! I just found a new product at Costco with lentils and it is SO GOOD! I LOVE IT. No joke. I could eat and eat and eat it! LOL I'll probably have it again for lunch tomorrow. It's Madras Lentils by Tastybites. NOM NOM. I'll have to try your curry soon. It just sounds so good!
Ok I use a Polar FT4 for my Heart Rate Monitor when I run. It tells me my range, how long I have been exercising and how many calories burned. When I run I use my phone with an app called Digifit. It keeps track of my time, pace, distance etc. I really need to get an armband for my phone though because hanging onto it is a pain. I have an iPhone. When I had an Android I used CardioTrainer which is a very similar app to this one. Both were free. The pancakes looked fabulous.
I almost bought lentils the other day! But I didn't yet because I'm scared I'll mess up cooking them:/
That pizza looks delicious - even more so since I dreamt about pizza last night!
TBH, the Garmin x10 is an awesome tool to tell you everything you do and don't need to know. The newest Garmin is a bit cheaper than the bigger older (bulkier)models like mine the 205, or the 305/405 too. But if you're looking for something much cheaper - get a timex watch that does laps. You can find them in Target or almost anywhere for $20-30. It'll do the job.
Your brothers lunch sounds like something I would really enjoy. Not a huge fan of lentils, but I know they pack a mighty fine nutritional punch! It's been super, duper cold here for the past week, nothing above 20 degrees, so 70's sounds heavenly to me! haha
We've been eating lentil and yellow split pea dishes all week. I absolutely love creating lentil dishes, because I just can't enough of the texture. I am definitely going to try this recipe out, thanks for posting. I really ought to post more recipes on my blog; I made a lentil and brown rice pilaf the other night that was fabulous. Hmmm, I'll have to make it again and get some pics so I can post it. It was one of those recipes that turned out so well I just need to share it with the world.
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