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January 19, 2015

Weekend Workouts + Recent Eats

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Hi friends! Happy MLK Day! Matt and I are both working today, but he’s working from home, so that’s at least more fun that we get to work together. 🙂

My weekend was super low key. On Friday, I ended up working until 10 p.m. – womp, womp. Matt was out of town (he was down in Charlottesville all last week for grad school), I didn’t have any plans, and there’s always extra work to do, so I spent some time catching up. Not the coolest but necessary! We got the proofs back from the designer of our Nutrition for Runners program – it’s looking so great. Amazing to see it in all its glory after working on it since last spring! Sign up here to get on the email list for an early heads up of the official release.

After an early bedtime on Friday, I was ready to get out and be social on Saturday. I met my college buddies Kathleen and Sarah for a run!

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It was cold but beautifully sunny. Sunshine + two of my best friends + a run = happy Anne. 🙂

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We met up at Kathleen’s place near H street and did a big loop around the Capitol, down the mall, and around the Washington Monument. Fun fact: every time I write “US Capitol” on the blog, I have to Google whether it’s spelled with an A or an O. One day I’ll remember. 😉

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We ended up covering about 5.5 miles. Great run, great company!

The other fitness-related adventure this weekend was a CorePower Yoga sculpt class with my friend Karen yesterday. We’re so obsessed! Our fave instructor, Amanda, was teaching. I was too busy drowning in sweat to take a photo. 😉

After the butt kicking, I came home and Matt and I relaxed, took down our Christmas decorations (sad), and then headed up to Bethesda for dinner with our friends Tom and Janice. Janice said they were going to make a salad and have some snacks, and that we could order take out, but Matt and I had a Blue Apron meal to use that I thought would travel well, so we offered to prep that and bring it over as our entrée. Perfect!

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The meal was a Mexican casserole made with quinoa, ground beef, and veggies. We sautéed the beef until browned, then added the onions and green pepper, and once those were soft, in went some cooked quinoa, black beans, and diced canned tomatoes.

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Then you mix in some sour cream – we added some guac, too, since it rocks. When we make this again I’d sub in plain Greek yogurt instead of sour cream – just as good!

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Then you put the mixture into a baking dish and top with cheese and some jalapenos (if you want). Easy! We brought it with us like this and popped it in the oven at our friend’s place for 15 minutes once we were almost ready to eat. When it was done, we topped it with some cilantro!

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I didn’t get a final picture of it since we were busy drinking wine and chatting, but it was really good! Super easy to make, too – we’ll definitely make variations of this again in the future. And even though it said it made 3 servings, I find the Blue Apron portions to be massive, and I was right – it served 4 with no problem, especially since we had side salads.

I got the Blue Apron delivery last week while Matt was gone, and on Wednesday night I was supposed to do dinner with my friend Ashley, so I invited her over to eat here instead of going out.

We popped open a bottle of wine and got to cooking and chatting! I need to have friends over for dinner more often instead of going out – it’s so fun to cook together (and cheaper, too).

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We made my Blue Apron Pistachio-Crusted Catfish with Clementine Salad, Israeli Couscous, and Roasted Fennel. YUM! We tag-teamed the prep. 🙂 I’m obsessed with fennel lately – anyone else?

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Loved the addition of oranges to this dish – so unique.

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Pistachio-crusted catfish in the works:

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Dinner is served!

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This was SO good – one of my favorite Blue Apron meals as of yet. We both loved it! Also, I don’t think I’ve had cat fish before, and it was really good – super mild and a nice texture. Would be good for non-fish lovers like Matt!

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We have one more Blue Apron meal to make this week (I froze the meat for it), so we’re planning to bust that out on Tuesday night (we’re going out with family tonight). I don’t buy Blue Apron or Home Chef every week, but it sure is a nice treat every once in awhile.

And now, back to work! I began my day with an interesting combination between my Flour Free Breakfast Pancake and Perfect Microwave Banana Oatmeal. I started with a mashed banana and whisked in two eggs, thinking I was going to make the pancake, but then realized we’re out of ground flaxseed. Oops! Instead, I added 1/3 cup of oats and a splash of almond milk to the mix, plus some chia seeds, and popped it in the microwave for 2 and a half minutes. It came out like a sweet fluffy egg patty – so good! Topped with frozen wild blueberries (I stirred them in so they defrosted), a sprinkling of raw oats for chew, and some walnuts.

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Have a great day, everyone! 🙂

How was your weekend? Any fun workouts or good meals to report? I’m excited because this week is restaurant week in DC – definitely already planning to take advantage!

- anne
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19 comments
  • sally @ sweat out the small stuff
    January 19, 2015 · 11:23AM:
    Those meals look so tasty! The mexican quinoa casserole!!!! I want to make that this very minute! I ended up not running this weekend. We had black ice everywhere yesterday so I skipped my run. Saturday night my friend came over and we ate an entire PIZZA!!!! We started off with 2 slices each but sat at the table so long that 2 hours later we each ate 2 more slices!
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  • Lauren @ The Bikini Experiment
    January 19, 2015 · 12:30PM:
    The Mexican casserole looks great! It's easy to forget that it's always a nice option to have people in for dinner. It's on my agenda to try out Core Power Yoga in a few weeks. Looking forward to it! Happy Monday.
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  • Erin @ Erin's Inside Job
    January 19, 2015 · 12:36PM:
    I just signed up for Blue Apron last week, so my first shipment will be coming this Friday. I'm super excited. I kept forgetting that I had ordered it and whenever I remembered I would get excited all over again haha. Glad everything seems to be going well and you had a good weekend!
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    • Anne
      January 19, 2015 · 1:35PM:
      Nice! Enjoy it!
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  • Becky January 19, 2015 · 12:41PM:
    Those meals look delicious! Here's a fun trick I learned in jr. high (and still use all the time) to remember how to spell capitol/capital...Capitol only refers to the actual building (US or state capitol building), and think, "Oh, the rotunda" to remember that it's spelled with "o." All other uses of the word, including capital city, capital letters, and everything else, are spelled with "a."
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    • Anne
      January 19, 2015 · 1:34PM:
      That's an awesome tip! Thank you :)
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  • Andrev
    January 19, 2015 · 1:48PM:
    This is really outstanding - forget take-out! I added red & green bell pepper, zucchini & 1/2 onion to make it a complete meal. OH - and the sauce was a little thinner than I'd like, so I just added a little corn starch/water to thicken. Will definitely make again and again - with whatever veggies I have on hand.
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  • Amanda @ Slimplify Life
    January 19, 2015 · 1:55PM:
    Hahaha I live in DC and have the same exact problem, so glad I'm not alone. My new trick is to pronounce it capi-TOLL because I always get a parking ticket in DC :) and capi-TALL because the capital letters are getting taller :). Still using those 4th grade mnemonics (<--yup, just looked up that spelling too!!!)
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    • Anne
      January 19, 2015 · 2:11PM:
      Lol, love it!
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  • Dana | fresh simple five
    January 19, 2015 · 2:15PM:
    Yum the Mexican quinoa casserole looks delicious. I agree that you could make a bunch of different variations of it. It seems like it would be good for taking for lunch too if you make a big batch for the week.
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    • Anne
      January 19, 2015 · 2:37PM:
      Yeah, definitely!
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  • BabetaRuns
    January 19, 2015 · 2:53PM:
    I have still not made these banana pancakes! Yumm! I keep saving a banana and waiting when it gets a little bit brown so I can make banana pancakes... but when I look away from the fruit basket for a second... the banana is gone! Matthes (the boyfriend) seems to sense when I want to "save a banana" and he always eats it. I may need to save it in my underwear drawer or somewhere else where he doesn't go... but knowing my luck... :) And the Mexican casserole looks AMAZING!!
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  • Alisha @ Real Girl Running
    January 19, 2015 · 7:00PM:
    I had a great weekend! The best part was going to a a local wildlife park with all my family, where we fed and patted kangaroos. The weather was gorgeous, and so was the company, so that was definitely the highlight of my weekend.
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  • Katie January 19, 2015 · 8:14PM:
    That catfish looks delicious! I'm amazed you haven't had it before! Growing up in the south we had it all the time. It's such a good fish in my opinion.
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  • Sam @ Grapefruit & Granola
    January 19, 2015 · 8:47PM:
    We went out to eat on Saturday so Sunday was pretty low key. I did make a big dish of roasted veggies and rosemary garlic chicken. I'm planning on eating the leftovers for lunch for the next few days. The quinoa dish you made looks really good!
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    • Anne
      January 19, 2015 · 10:15PM:
      Sounds delicious!
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  • Roadrunner January 19, 2015 · 10:17PM:
    Great looking casserole! And the highlight of the weekend was a smokin' indoor 65-min bike ride on a Wahoo fitness trainer using the Zwift program. Awesome!
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  • Jordan Lynn // Life Between Lattes
    January 20, 2015 · 11:50AM:
    LOVE fennel, and I almost forgot it was restaurant week in DC - thanks for the reminder!
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  • masala girl
    January 21, 2015 · 11:37AM:
    I LOVE restaurant week! I've always been busy when its in Columbus but since I was on break I could go this year! I only ended up going twice (instead of the 4 times I planned haha) but I posted about :)
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