What dinner really looks like

The next installment of what dinner really looks like!

Tonight we had bruschetta, thick hearty soup, and beer.

The soup is one of my favorites. Nothing exact. 3 cups mushrooms chopped, 1 large onion chopped. Saute in a pot with some olive oil. Add in 2 cups chopped parsley (with stems). Salt, pepper, paprika to taste. Add 2 cups of chicken stock... simmer away. In another pot cook whole wheat pastina, reserve half the water to add to the soup along with the noodles. Done and done!

Perfect for eating after a long afternoon playing around with the puppy down the street! How cute are they together!!! Whaten's sure do love the snow!

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Revolt 2.0 week 2

Even though I had a bum ankle this past week I was able to modify most of the workouts to work for a one legged person (arm workout Monday instead of Friday, then a modified cadio circuit session Tuesday). By mid week I was able to put weight on my ankle so I was able to do even more of the exercises. The moral of the story is, no excuses people.

I'm really hoping to be able to do burpees and other jumping exercises next week. fingers crossed!

And now for your weekly Hobbes fix!

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Revolt- week 5

Hey guys, I'm here for my weekly Revolt update! AND cute picture of Hobbes day! So to start things off... here's an adorable shot of her!

ok one more with adorable legs sliding out from under here on the hardwoods.

Back to revolt! I'm into the 5th week and I tagged along with John on a business trip. One awesome thing about this trip was that the hotel was attached to a seriously SWANKY gym! I took full advantage of their huge kettle bell and cross fit area and really upped my weights this week. I think I've been holding myself back some by trying to do all the workouts at home. I hadn't realized it until I got into a gym and started swinging some serious weight around. Guess it's time I move my workouts back into the gym. I'm still liking how the workouts switch up every week, it's keeping me interested and my body confused (that's a good thing). My only complaint is sometimes the videos to show you the moves aren't up for the day by the time I want to get my workout in.

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Amazeballs sweet potato soup

Amazeballs is totally a word right? Sorry people using google translate that probably makes zero sense. Basically I took amazing and balls and made it a word, hopefully that makes more sense, no? Sorry! :) Anyway John for years has told me he doesn't like soup... then in the past month he's eaten soup at 1) thanksgiving 2) multiple restaurants, and 3) LOVED IT. So he has been asking for soup lately, most recently he asked for some yellow sweet potato soup. Yup there are yellow sweet potatoes, they sell them near the orange ones. I'm sure you could sub in the orange ones but I highly recommend trying this with the yellow ones! According to Wegmans they come from NJ! Yeah Jersey! So they must be good right? ( I grew up there, hence the fanfare).

It may not look the most appetizing but man is it flavorful. I need to make more. Seriously, I'm in love, John is too. Feel free to add more chicken stock (or veggie stock to make this vegan) if you want a thinner soup. I tend to like them thick and hearty! Perfect after you come in for a nice long snowshoe and look like this:

Yellow sweet potato soup
recipe by steph chows
olive oil (enough to lightly cover bottom of pot- less than 1 Tbs)
3-4 medium yellow sweet potatoes (2lbs -ish)
1 large sweet onion (about 1/2 lb)
5-6 garlic cloves
1 tsp jojo potato seasoning (ingredient list: garlic, paprika, salt, rosemary, black pepper, basil, parsley, oregano)
1/2 tsp Hot chili powder (more or less to your spice level)
4 cups low sodium chicken stock (or veggie stock to make this vegan)
sea salt and pepper to taste

I used a food processor with a grater attachment to make quick work of this. Heat large soup pot, drizzle in olive oil. Grate garlic and onion and simmer in pot until lightly brown. Grate sweet potatoes whole (leave skin on). Add grated potatoes and spices to onion mixture and stir. Add stock and cover, let simmer for 20 minutes. Using an immersion blender (or a regular blender in small batches) blend until smooth. Serve warm with crusty bread.




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Is dressing up your dog wrong?

I must admit, I never thought I'd be one of those people who dressed their animal up. I always thought they looked so sad and ridiculous... and then I had Hobbes (yes I birthed her, she is my baby), and now I want to dress her up all in all types of ridiculousness. John however has other plans, the plans that involve no dog clothing at all. Guess who won?

I mean I made it myself, so he can't argue I'm wasting money on silly things, and look how distinguished she looks! She's ready for an interview! If the job calls for running around the yard like a mad woman she would get it in a second.

Hobbes said, "I am so done with this photoshoot SEEYA!"
Gotta love the tie flapping in the breeze as she runs. :)

You know you want to make your own dog tie right? It's insanity easy and you can get the free pattern over at dog under my desk. Totally cute site, go check it out, and make this tie in every color of the rainbow. :)


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