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By Estela - Weekly Bite, July 13, 2010 8:27 am

Thanks so much for all your comments on my last post.

I thought about it, and I really don’t want to give up my gym membership just yet, plus I have over five months left in my contract. I decided to buy a twelve session package at the yoga studio. The package never expires so I can use it as I need too It’ll be a good balance for now

I’m always looking for things to entertain my girl. We’ve got books, toys, lots and lots of toys. The toy that keeps her occupied the most is this little surfer van I bought for 99 cents. Its one of those wind up cars that you pull back and let it go. She loves it!

She laughs and crawls at lightening speed to chase it! I may have to put a little video together to show you all how funny she is

I got a great 6 mile run in yesterday with the jogging stroller The weather cooled off a little so it felt great!

We’re also out of popsicles, so I whipped up a new flavor….

ORANGE + BANANA

I just cut out the insides of the orange and picked out any seeds.

I swear this tasted just like an old school Orange Julius! It was so refreshing.
  

Ready for the freezer…

Are you all pill popper?

In the latest issue of Women’s Health magazine, it stated that 63% of women take vitamin supplements.

These are the key nutrients they stated were OK to buy….

• Vitamin A = 2,300 IU, carrots and cantaloupe are great sources.
• B Vitamins = 400 mcg, 600 mcg if pregnant. Great sources are fortified breakfast cereals, beans, and asparagus.
• Vitamin C = 75 mg. Citrus fruits and bright colored veggies are great sources.
• Vitamin D = 1,000 – 2,000 IU. Milk, orange juice, and salmon contain small amounts.
• Calcium = 1,000 mg. Yogurt, milk, and cheese are good sources
• Iron = 18 mg. Decent sources are fortified breakfast cereals and red meat.

I have to admit… I’m a pill popper.

These are the daily supplements I take:

• One daily multivitamin
• Two Nordic Nature fish oil supplements
• One Calcium chew

I take all of these in the morning with water, after I have some food in my belly.

What about you? Are you a pill popper?

On the agenda for today…

• Bikram Yoga class
• Run about twelve errands
• 1 pm conference call
• laundry, laundry, laundry
• start a new house project

Have a great day!

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, May 28, 2010 8:19 am

Happy Friday!! Are you excited for Memorial Day weekend? I know I am!!

I’m so glad you all enjoyed my Nutrition Q & A! Your comments were all so sweet! I am so proud to be a cancer survivor and I do my best to support the cause. I plan on writing a more detailed post on it in the future.

On most days, my day starts at 6:15 a.m. My alarm goes off at that time every morning. Sometimes I wake up to it… sometimes I get woken earlier by you know who.

This day she slept in till 7 a.m., so I was able to get breakfast ready for her before she woke up.

This is her “Mom why are you taking a picture of me so early in the morning with egg on my face?” face.

On the menu for Miss M was a scrambled organic farm fresh egg, chopped kiwi, and a toasted whole wheat english muffin with Crofter’s Super Fruit Spread.

She ate all the egg and kiwi, and picked at the English muffin.

It still amazes me that two brown eyed people conceived a child with some of the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen!

My mission for the day other than taking care of my little munchkin was to purchase a large suitcase and play around with a new cookie recipe.

M and I are traveling to Minneapolis to visit my brother We’re so excited! But… traveling alone with a baby is tough. There are so many items to pack… hence the need for a very large suitcase!

Here are just some of the items I will be traveling with:

• Stroller
• Car Seat
• Car seat base
• Pac-n-play for her to sleep in
• Tons of diapers
• Wipe
• Multiple changes of clothes
• Snacks
• Travel Meals
• Toys to keep her occupied
• Not to mention a million odd and ends and my clothes too!

Between my husband and I, we had accumulated a lot of REI dividend points, so I ventured to REI and ended up purchasing this monster of a suitcase! Its not the most attractive suitcase… but with all the points we earned it was practically free! Score!!

I was also able to squeeze in a yoga class. My yoga studio has childcare now! I’m so happy about that because no childcare = no yoga

I also experimented in the kitchen.

I’m such a messy baker!

I’ve seen these cookies before but have never attempted to make them. I decided to add my own little twist to them and try to make them into a healthy snack.

I used whole wheat flour and flax meal as the base. These cookies were so moist and dense! It made for the perfect afternoon snack!

Ingredients:

• 2 very ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (softened)
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 14 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup flax meal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream bananas and butter together. Add sugars and vanilla. Mix until creamy. In a separate bowl, combine flour, flax meal, salt, and baking soda. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix until combined.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cookies set on cookie sheet for a few minutes, then move to a cooling rack.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Do you have any big plans for the holiday weekend?
My husband will be in town so we’ve got lots of fun family time planned
Have a great weekend!!!!

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, January 30, 2010 12:24 pm

Hi There! How’s your weekend going?

We’ve got lots of snow falling here in DC… hopefully it won’t be too bad.

In case you missed my post yesterday. Here’s a little recap.

I told my husband to pick anything he wanted for dinner and dessert, and I would make it and put in on the blog.

I was so nervous after I asked him. You just never know what’s gonna come out of his mouth.

Within 3 seconds of asking him, the words “Chicken Pot Pie & Banana Pudding” came flowing out of his mouth. He was even smiling when he said it.

The thought of making a Chicken Pot Pie intimidated me… but the banana pudding was a breeze!

You want to slice up some bananas, and get box of classic vanilla wafers.

For the pudding I used Jell-O instant banana cream mixed with 1% milk

All that’s left to do is layer with cool whip and you’re done!

Ingredients:

• 3-4 Bananas, sliced
• One box Nilla Wafers
• One box of Jell-O Banana Cream instant pudding
• 1% Milk (2 cups)
• One large tub Cool Whip

Directions:

Make pudding according to box directions. Let the pudding sit for about 5 minutes.

Take a medium size bowl or trifle dish. I like to use little martini glasses for individual servings.

Start with a layer of Nilla Wafer on the bottom, then pudding, then bananas, then cool whip. Repeat for one or two more layers.

The final layer will be cool whip. You can top with remaining Nilla Wafers for garnish.

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Question of the Day?

If someone offered to make you anything you wanted for dinner & dessert, what would it be?

My choice would be my mom’s enchiladas accompanied with a margarita, and a warm brownie with ice cream on top for dessert… YUM