Workout of the Day!

What a great workout today!

 I started warming up by walking outside. 

The workout was an hour total plus a five minute warm up.

4 sets of 10

1. Seated Chest Press

2. Plie Goblet Squat

3. Dumbbell Back Row

4. Inner Thigh Lifts on the wall

5. Bent arm Lateral Shoulder Raise

6. Outer Thigh Lifts on Wall

7. Twisting Bicep Curls

8. Seated Quadriceps Extension

9. Standing Triceps Kickback

10. Lying Hamstring Curls

After 4 sets of 10 each I did a 5 minute cardio interval workout:

30 Seconds on 30 seconds off for each exercise.

Mountain Climbers

Jumping JAcks

I followed this with a 20 minute elliptical workout, increasing resistance every 4-5 minutes.

:) 

Shopping

Working on my fitness....

Shopping at my favorite store.

Victoria's secret!

my nails!

I did them.

Fig Chocolate Hazelnut Spread!

I always try new ways to make healthy versions of foods I love.

I love nutella...and although this doesn't taste like it..Its still so good!

You can eat it alone, or spread on toast.

Now when I make things, I never measure..So this is a rough estimate.

Next time I think I will add more hazelnuts, but just keep adding until your satisfied..

And yes..I'm bringing back toasti, because she's just so cute!

What you need:

-1 cup Sun Dried Black Mission figs. (I got a big bag at costco) Don't use the ones in the plastic (like  

           the crown figs..) The ones from cosco still have some moisture to them. The ones in the plastic

           will be very dry.

-20 hazelnuts

-A spoonful Unsweetened Cocoa powder

- Water

Or order figs HERE

1. Chop the figs in the food processor until they are finely chopped.

2. Add hazelnuts and chop. (I had to add water, because I have a Magic bullet and you need it for everything...but it did make the texture better..it didn't get hard in the fridge the next day)

3. Add Cocoa powder and water I usually fill it a little at a time until the texture is smooth, but not too wet.

4. Now you can eat or refrigerate. (I'm so excited the texture stays nice even after three days)..That's how long it lasted..

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy!

    Love and Kisses,

                Maddalena

Healthy "Vodka" Sauce. only vegetables.

When I go out to eat I usually eat pasta or pizza. Pasta with vodka sauce is my favorite. It's made with Heavy Whipping cream, which isn't really good for you. Well...I had cooked lentils that needed some extra love, so I took out my magic bullet, because I love to blend my vegetables and fruits...well I'm into blending everything lately. I used a few ingredients, and when I was done, my creation tasted like vodka sauce..and its even similar in color, except with no whipping cream and no vodka. It's really tasty and super healthy. I added this to my lentils (which were previously cooked with onion, olive oil and salt), and at them with a baked sweet potato. YUMMY. You tell me if it tastes like vodka sauce to you.

For about 1 cup you need:

3 oz baby carrots

2-3 tbsp olive oil

1 stalk celery

1/3-1/2 cup canned tomato sauce

salt and pepper to taste

any blender

What to do:

1. Chop the baby carrots in the blender.

2. While the carrots are still chunky, add the salt, pepper and olive oil. (should be partly creamy with    

               small carrot pieces.)

3.  Cut the celery stalk into about 8 pieces and add to your blender.

4. Add 1/3 cup sauce and blend until creamy. (Add the sauce gradually, because if you add too much 

               sauce it tastes tomatoe-y)

*If its not creamy enough you can add a little more olive oil.

*If you've added too much sauce,  just add more carrots and celery. You can also easily fix it by doubling the ingredients.

Enjoy.

xoxo.

Maddalena.

Yummy Cran Apple Flax Cake

I'm moving all my health related posts to this blog.

My other blog is a craft blog.

its: xoxomaddalena.blogspot

You need:

1.5 cups flax meal

1.5 cups white flour

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup apple juice

2 flax "eggs" (2 tbsp flax meal in 6 tbsp water)

1 peeled, shredded apple

1/2 cup dried cranberries/craisins

1 tsp vanilla extract

What to do:

1. Preheat your oven to 350

2. Mix flax meal, flour, brown sugar, salt, baking soda and baking powder.

3. After well mixed add flax eggs. Mix.

4. Add milk, apple juice and vanilla. Mix well.

5. Line a pan with aluminum foil or grease your pan. I'm not sure if there will be a time change if you don't use aluminum foil like I did, but pour the batter into your pan and bake 30 minutes.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy.

xoxo.