Omelets & Traveling Yoga, typical Tuesday?

After a long day at work I was in the mood for a nice n’ easy dinner!  Plus we’re about to get some crazy summer-like thunderstorms apparently (confused weather much?), so I wanted to be cozied up on the couch by the time that happened 🙂

So I turned to the incredible egg!

Eggs are such a great protein source to incorporate into a weekly menu.  They are nutritious, economical and can be so versatile! 

Tonight’s Mexican inspired egg menu included:

• Fresh side salad
• Egg omelet w/ veggies & queso fresco
• Caramelized plantain w/ vanilla ice cream

Step 1:  Salad chop.

Romaine, cucumber, tomato & onion.  Sea salt & pepper.

Step 2:  Omelet

More veggie chopping.

Then a quick saute.

Followed by the addition of 2 eggs + 3 egg whites (let this cook over medium-low, covered).

And then some of my favorite new cheese discovery (!!!)

Queso fresco. 

Love this stuff – it has the saltiness of feta coupled with the creaminess of a mozzarella (that’s my latest comparison at least!)

Served with a salsa topping.

These flavors were a match made in heaven 😀

The omelet kind of browned a bit at the bottom, which gave it the most wonderful flavor!  Then the creamy and salty queso fresco with the salsa… oh yummmm!

Step 3:  Plantain dessert

If you haven’t used plantains in your kitchen yet, I highly recommend giving these a try!  From a savory Chicken & Plantain Stew or Roasted Plantains w/ Chile & Cilantro to tonight’s dessert option, these things can be used in so many ways.

A little butter, cinnamon & cane sugar did the trick

The smells were amazinggggggggg!

Served warm over vanilla ice cream of course 😛

Sweet, warm, creamy… all the things a cool weather dessert should be!

And before I go, for all you Richmond readers (heyyyy!), I wanted to let you know about something new that I tried out the other day, The Traveling Yoga Sisters! 

A few of the girls at my work and myself had a private lunchtime yoga session with Tracy and we loved it!  Their concept of offering affordable yoga classes at different locations (no studio = no rent = $5 session, we practiced in a karate gym!) is one that definitely caught my attention. 

I was so excited at how much I loved the class!  They not only offer private small group sessions, but also weekly group yoga — and guess what, I’m going back again this weekend 🙂 

Let me know if you’d be interested in joining too!

Have a great night everyone 😛

Cutie Pies & Veggie Gardens

Hey everyone!  Hope ya’ll are having a fabulous Monday 🙂

Well we spent the day yesterday visiting these cutie pies!

And one of my best college friends (the mommy) and her hubby!

The twins have gotten so much bigger and are outta control adorable 😛

The happy fam also has a big garden in their yard and was nice enough to let us go pickin’ (excited!)

Lotsa tomatoes (we all know my affinity towards these suckers…)

A giant watermelon (!!)

And some unseen poblano & green bell peppers.

It was a great visit, always so nice to catch up with good friends!

Then we spent the evening at a going-away party eating bbq chicken, beans, veggies & dip… you know, the usual summer party fare — however my camera was shy around new friends so sorry for no pics.  Twas deelish though 😀

And after a great Monday at work today plus some Yoga w/ Weights, it turned out to be a no-cook dinner kind of night.

Well that was more-so due to the fact that The Man had his playoff bball game, so I was on my own!

I decided to go with a trusty frozen option that was a zero-effort kinda deal.

I rarely eat frozen foods (I think I OD’ed in college) but this Cedarlane burrito is one that I go-to in a pinch.  I really like it!

“Frank” and I are having a lil’ love affair 😉  I’d rather not talk about it haha….

To go with my easy peasy burrito dinner I whipped up some okra fries (told ya I was obsessed!) and a fresh heirloom tomato w/ sea salt & peppa.

I tossed the okra in 1 tsp olive oil, black pepper and sea salt then 20 minutes at 400F and they were ready.

Dinner is served!

And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to hang out with my “tv boyfriend” for a little while 😉  Shhhh, don’t tell!

If you watch Bachelor Pad, who are your favorites so far?!?!  I really like Jesse Beck as far as guys go (could ya tell haha?) but the verdict’s still out on the ladies!