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By Estela - Weekly Bite, August 4, 2010 8:13 am

Hola

Yesterday was a big day in the WB household!

Little Miss M ate yogurt from a spoon… All by herself… And is wasn’t a disaster!

Other than getting a little yogurt on her bib and her mouth… she did great! I was totally expecting her to pick up the container and flip it upside down…

So cute…. I’m such a proud mama

I got my 6 mile run in yesterday…. but it wasn’t good. It was one of those runs where I was just glad it was over. You know what I mean… Right?

Since we still have a plethora of zucchini from our garden, I decided to make some zucchini fries.

These are so easy and so good! M loves em’ too, so its the perfect side for the whole family

Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1/3 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese
• a few grinds of fresh black pepper
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut zucchini into small wedges or sticks. In a small bowl, whisk together egg and milk. In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients. Dunk the zucchini into egg mixture, then coat with bread crumb mixture. Place on foil lined pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden and tender.

These are so good! I like to eat mine with ketchup

Moving on to the Kiddie Lunch Box

Pizza Quesadilla and Zucchini Fries!

I know I posted a quesadilla on Monday… but the reality of being a mom is sometimes you gotta go with what’s quick and easy. I already had zucchini fries made, and I know how much she loves her pizza quesadilla She also had a side of sliced strawberries

Jogging During Pregnancy….

I’ve gotten many emails asking me if I continued to run throughout my pregnancy and what kind of advice I can give.

I am not an exercise expert, or a doctor, so all I can do is share my personal experience with you. If you are pregnant and would like to continue running, please seek the advice of your doctor before starting.

When I first found out I was pregnant, I asked my doctor if I could continue running. I know of many women who ran up to eight months. At the time, I was running about 30 miles per week… and had been running long distance for close to 16 years (I’m 33 years old). The doctor said I could continue to do what my body was use too, and to use the “talk test” to make sure my heart rate didn’t get too high. Right away, I change my workout routine. I ran about 4.5 miles 3x per week. I slowed my pace down and walked any hills that were in my running route. The other days I either walked or did the elliptical. I felt great! I did have morning sickness, but the exercise actually helped. Everything was going great until I was 26 weeks along. Even though I was doing everything right… my small 5’2″ frame couldn’t take it. I became at risk for pre-term labor. The doctor down-graded me from running, to just the elliptical. So, I did the elliptical 3-4 times per week for 30-40 minutes. That ended up still being too much for my body. I was down-graded again from doing to elliptical, to walking no more than 30 minutes, 3 times per week. So, without any hesitation, that’s what I did. M was delivered three weeks early and was very healthy

I guess what I’m trying to say is to listen to your body and your doctor. It would’ve been best for me to completely give up running from the beginning, or at least stop once I hit the second trimester. But who was I to know? And the doctor felt the same as me. If my body was already conditioned for running, then how can it be bad? Like I said before… I know plenty of woman ran up to their delivery date, and felt great.

When you’re an avid runner, it can be very hard to give it up… but its not worth risking a pregnancy. Listen to your body. That’s the best advice I can give. Its important to exercise and stay healthy during pregnancy… but once you become pregnant… its not about you… its about growing a healthy baby. The way I see it, is that I have the rest of my life to run. After M was born, I was able to pick up running again My pace was slower, but after time, I was able to build back up to where I was at before

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, July 26, 2010 8:18 am

Hi How was your weekend? We spent most of the weekend indoors…

I got a couple of very sweaty runs in and managed to take a trip to my neighborhood farmer’s market

I LOVE our neighborhood farmers market! It has such a comfortable homey feel Its almost like a little social hour… I always run into neighbors and friends I haven’t seen in a while… and M loves it

They had incredible looking heirloom tomatoes… but I held out on buying any… I have my own stash at home to finish first

Zucchini…..

Eggplant… which I purchased two of

Insanely ripe peaches… which I purchase five of

Colorful plums and apricots….

Local Jam…

YUM!!!

I have so many tomatoes from my garden that I’m eating close to three a day! My favorite way to eat them is sliced with a sprinkle of salt. Nothing tastes better then a fresh garden tomato!

I’m so glad you all enjoyed the little sneak peek of what I feed M for lunch. I’m going to try to include a few kiddie lunches a week.

Here’s one of her lunches from the weekend….

Pizza Quesadilla, Fresh Steamed Corn, and a local Organic Peach….

For the pizza quesadilla I took one whole wheat tortilla, heated it up a little on the stove, added some marinara sauce and mozzarella, fold in half, then continue to heat until lightly toasted and cheese is melted inside.

Fresh steamed corn directly off the cob….

And finally an organic peach

She obviously hated it

Last night I was reading Lynn’s blog and she had such a fun question that I wanted to pass it on to you…

What’s the BEST “Worst Movie” you love to watch?

I know I’m aging myself by admitting this… but I LOVE the movie “Satisfaction” with Justine Bateman and Julia Roberts. Its such a bad movie…. but I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! My husband truly doesn’t understand why I watch it. I know its a bad movie… but I love it

What about you?

What the best “worst movie” you love to watch?

Have a great Monday I’m off to Hot Yoga