Frustration...

No movement on the scale or in my measurements...feeling very frustrated and unmotivated.

Soup Recipes

I was telling Melenie about some recipes and I thought I would just post them here for you all.

Roasted Asparagus soup

1lb Asparagus, bottoms trimmed off
1 onion cut in large pieces
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Chicken Broth 6-8 cups
1/2 to 1 cup cashews
crushed red pepper to taste

Cut Asparagus into 1-2 inch pieces, place in a roasting pan or cookie sheet lined with foil with the onions, drizzle with olive oil and salt and pepper generously to taste. Roast (bake) in an oven at 420 for 20 minutes. Meanwhile boil your chicken broth.  Once veggies are finished add them all to a blender (preferably a blendtec or vitamix if you don't have one of these do smaller batches rather than all at once) pour the broth over the veggies add a handful of cashews and blend until smooth.  If you don't want to use cashews you can use whole milk or cream...for those of you with your own animals I would recommend it! We like ours to be a bit spicy so we add the crushed red pepper.


Roasted Cauliflower and Leek Soup

One large head Cauliflower
One bunch leeks (look like HUGE green onions, there are usually 3 in a bunch)
4-5 cloves garlic peeled
olive oil
salt and pepper
Chicken broth 6-8 cups or more if you want it thinner
1/2 to 1 cup cashews
crushed red pepper

cut cauliflower into bite sized pieces, slice the very bottom of leeks off and then start slicing them in thin slices using all the white and light green part toss the darker green.
Place all the cauliflower and leeks in a roasting pan drizzle with olive oil, add garlic and salt and pepper toss to mix and coat. Roast at 420 for 25-30 minutes, do not under cook or it won't blend smooth.  Then follow the same directions, boil the broth add it all together to a blender and blend until smooth. This one is particularly good spicy.  Also good to garnish with Bacon, or leave out for fewer calories and fat.

We love both of these soups, they are awesome served with the Costco Garlic bread or any other yummy bread for dipping in the soup.

Enjoy!! I discovered these recipes after not knowing what to do with Leeks and Cauliflower I had gotten in my Bountiful Basket, and now we love them and eat them often!

Numbers aren't changing but my habits are...

I'm only at two pounds lost still. I worked a lot the last couple of weeks and haven't been able to hit up the gym. I have done some work outs at home and the family and I have decided to purchase a "Just Dance" game for our Wii and do family dance night once a week. We danced our rears off at a friends house the other night and it was so much fun and I sweat like Mike. That's a good thing.

One of the hardest things for me has been my eating habits. Well, I guess not so much my habits as what it is that I eat. For as long as I have been married Derrick has been a straight carnivore and my kids including Shayli did not like vegetables. So I would make meaty, pasta-y, meals and hide the veggies in them.

Lately Derrick has been raving about Bob's salads. Rad's new favorite food is jikama. Cade is a fruit machine. Shayli asked Derrick to stop at the store last week so that she could buy her own vegetables. I have been craving fruits and vegetables like crazy lately too. So we're all in! I brought home some bountiful baskets this morning and we were all so excited about the good food. Our fridge is full of it and when the kids wanted a snack today, it was healthy food!

I'm really excited about our healthy futures. I may not be losing lots of weight yet, but when it does, it will be because I am losing it the right way and it should stay off.

I refuse to be a yo yo anymore!

♥