Stuff This...

On this cold Texas morning I wanted to share one of my favorite recipes.
I have been wanting to share a healthy recipe with you since I started my journey.  So here is one of my favorites...

Italian Turkey Sausage Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps.

Sausage Stuffing recipe: 

2 lb. of ground turkey

2 tbsp Italian Seasoning

2 tbsp of Parsley 

1/2 cup Bread crumbs

1 tsp Ground Fennel seed

1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese

1 egg

Mix all of the seasoning and meat together feel free to let it sit and marry the flavors together for an hour or so.   After letting the meat rest you will lightly oil a skillet with EVOO and brown the sausage until fully cooked. I like making the sausage the night before so all you have to do is stuff the cap, heat through and serve.

Preheat the oven to 375.

Next, take the previously cooked sausage and mix it with 3/4 cup of Ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup grated parmesan and 2 cups of chopped baby portobello mushrooms.  

Remove the stems and scrape out the gills from the cap.  Season (salt & pepper to taste) the Portobello caps then lightly drizzle the caps with EVOO on both sides. 

Stuff the caps with the sausage mixture and roast the stuffed caps for 20 minutes.

I serve them with warmed marinara sauce and a heaping pile of salad.

This recipe will serve 4 so be prepared to share!

Enjoy the Journey!

Creating a Monster

How can this sweet faced person become a monster behind wheels!?!

Because she hasn't eaten.  Since my metabolism his gotten better I feel like I am eating all of the time. So this morning when I was running some errands and nearly bit the head of a woman who was driving in the lane next to me I decided (with the coaching of my husband) that maybe I needed to eat something.  So I picked up my two Starbucks fav's a Venti Skinny Vanilla Latte and Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon Breakfast sandwich.  And all was right in the world after a short period.  

So I guess I should apologize to the woman in the tan Camry,  I know you couldn't hear me but I am sure you so my mouth flapping like a flag in the wind.  Sorry.

On another note I am super excited to be taking a trip with my husband to celebrate his 40th birthday the end of next month.  I hope to get some serious hiking and shopping done.  But most of all I want to celebrate the birth of the man I so desperately love and who I can't imagine my life without.  

I can't believe your going to be 40 Joe!! Where has the time gone!

Enjoy the journey!

Have FAITH

I would like to think and say I am a woman of faith. 

I have been in the past but I have found myself over the past few years struggling with my faith. I have prayed and have felt that they haven't been answered. I have put more faith into the what's in my life as opposed to the Who in my life.  Now I know and have known since I was a little girl that God is fully involved in my life simply because I wouldn't be here today without him.  I have gotten myself into some sticky situations in my past and I have only survived them because of Gods patience and intervention.  But like so many people out there we get into the middle of things and we can't see the light at the end of tunnel, heck we couldn't even see the high beam right in front of us pointing us in the right direction.

But there is a verse that I always fall back on when I have struggled with not knowing what lies ahead for me.  "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see"  Hebrews 11:1 NIV.  There is a profound simplicity in this verse, Faith is something so much greater than myself.  God has this and I need to recognize that everyday.  

 All I can do is put my Faith in God knowing that he will be there every step of the way.  During every moment  I cry out to Him wondering why things haven't worked out the way I thought they should. He is there. Faith is knowing that His plan is happening whether we see it or not. 


Enjoy your journey.

Have FAITH that you are not alone.

Run Baby Run! Oops.

Happy New Year!

Fun fact the dress I'm wearing in this picture I bought for my honeymoon almost seven years ago. I didn't get a chance to wear it then and then I couldn't fit into it. So on Christmas Eve I had a moment of celebration when I put it on and it looked and fit so good. 

So as the new year started I decided to make a move...

And so now it's official I registered for the Dallas Rock and Roll half marathon yesterday and today I began some serious training.  I've been training before but sort of slacked off on my cardio for all sorts of reasons over the past couple of weeks. After Ice-mageddon hit the dallas area it was a challenge to get out and move in the cold and then I got a cold. So when my folks came into town for the holidays my mom and I went on a nice walk and got my blood flowing again.  

Until my oops. 

I was doing pretty good today up until I realized I had to use the restroom and I was in the middle of no where.  What do you do?  As a walking runner in training I was unsure as what to do. The last thing I need when in the middle of the 1/2 marathon is to have to use the bathroom.   

What would you recommend?

I would love to hear your ideas.