Mini Vacation!

I just got an ok from my boss that I get to take off a friday and monday next week to go up north for the weekend! Yay!! =)

Excited to see family and friends, and to possibly go water skiing!!

Weekly Planing

I have some lofty goals for myself this week! I find that I am super motivated at really odd times - mostly when i'm busy doing something where I can't get away and act on my motivation, and it has been getting very frustrating. So this week i'm going to change that. I am working on kick-starting my motivation and turning it into ACTION.

Some Goals:

• Pack a lunch for work - No buying fast food lunch!
• Make fruit smoothies for breakfast
• Follow through with dinner meal plan
• Go hiking at least once
• Do at least one fitness video
• Clean bathroom/scrub shower
• Think positive energizing thoughts everyday!

I went shopping at the Fresh & Easy market this evening and worked out four meals to make at home this week. I want to save money on eating out so I can feel good about going out friday to Tokyo Delve's for Audra's birthday and eating mountains of delicious sushi!

1. BBQ Chicken Pizza ( I got a whole wheat pizza dough from F&E and I'm super excited to try it!)
2. Beef Tri-tip Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots or Salad (I put the tri-tip in a quick marinade of a little balsamic vinegar, oil, salt and pepper and I'll probably make this a night when Jef & Fam come for dinner!)
3. Chicken Roll-Ups, Chips & Salsa (This is also a kid-friendly menu item)
4. Chicken Piccata over pasta (I have this great Piccata stewing sauce from Trader Joes and I am marinating some chicken breasts in some of it and simmer them in it as well)

I haven't quite figured out the days for each, and there are a few ingredients I still need to get (why the heck doesn't F&E carry cilantro all the time, and they were also out of salted butter) and the chicken for the pizza and the roll-ups needs to be pre-cooked so I might have to save those for later in the week or cook up the chicken during the day in my crock pot.

Recipe and meal planning is something I am really interested in getting into - I just think about how my parents ran our kitchen growing up - keeping staples on hand so that theres always some meal that could be made without a trip to the grocer everyday. Its hard to do that living in an apartment and sharing the kitchen with another person that does seperate cooking, but I feel very motivated to give this a try and see if I can come up with a routine that works for me.

I feel like if I can keep up with this I will not only save money and learn to cook more meals, but I'll be going out less and eating healthier and keeping my everyday life more organized!

Question Of The Day: What is your personal go-to meal?