Stupid scale and a great hike

I don't like my scale right now. I haven't lost any weight last week and today I even "gained" some. That is so frustrating. Especially since I went running yesterday morning, we did go a great hike and I did my Kenpo X (Cardio boxing) workout. But I can't and won't go on a run anymore until I have new shoes. Mine are old so I need to go and buy a new pair.

Today I am trying to drink more, don't eat my greek yogurt after dinner and all I am going to do today is my Stretch workout. And of course trying to don't be frustrated anymore. :-)

And I am so glad that we went for a hike yesterday. I woke up this morning to a cloudy sky and no sunshine. We wanted to go to the Zoo today, but maybe we're going to stay home and do stuff around the house.

Yesterday was amazing though. So far one of the best hikes we've been on since we live here.

The dogs needed a water break as well. :-) 

 

And silly Duke had to go under the bridge. 

 

After the hike I worked out and drank a protein smoothie (of course). And for dinner we had

Walnut crusted Salmon and a Quinoa salad

You need a large salmon filet

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

a little bit of honey 

Preheat your oven to 375. Brush the salmon with the honey, sprinkle it with the chopped walnuts and place in the oven until cooked.  Quick, simple and so good!

 

It's the first time that we made Quinoa and we really liked it. We added Black Beans, Red Bell Pepper and Celery. The vinaigrette was made out of olive oil, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, pepper, salt, basil, oregano and garlic. And my husband added some mediterranean spice too.  

A dinner we had the other night

We loooove to eat fish. My oldest one doesn't. But once a week we make her to, just because it's so good for your body. She likes the fish breaded so that's what we're doing for her.

I wrote about this before when I wanted to make her a fish but didn't have breadcrumbs and so I had to come up with something else. Oats! I googled a little bit for ideas and made it. And it was so good. So last week we had it again. This time I used flounder and it turned out great as well.

I grounded Oats and Flax seeds and seasoned it with curry, pepper, garlic and oregano.
I breaded the fish and placed it in a hot pan with olive oil.

The side dish was an Arugula salad with roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms.

I roasted the Asparagus with olive oil. Seasoned it with sea salt and pepper and drizzled a little bit of lime juice over it right before I took it out of the pan. The dressing for the salad was made out of Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil, Dijon Mustard, Lemon juice, sea salt and pepper.

Oat and Flax crusted Tilapia

.....that's what we had for dinner last night!
I wanted to make fish since Friday, but somehow we always made something else. Sometimes I cook my oldest one a separate meal because she doesn't like fish. But since she wanted to eat the asparagus she decided to eat it last night. I usually make a breading for her fish so it's a little bit tastier. I was out of breadcrumbs and so I had to be creative. An idea popped up in my mind, I goggled a little bit and viola - we had "Oat and Flax crusted Tilapia" with pan roasted asparagus.

And let me tell you - it was soooo delicious! I made my girls one fish so they could share it. My oldest one loved it so much that she asked for more! And she was disappointed when I had to tell her that there is nothing left.

I would love to share the recipe with you. But since I came up with that myself I can't give you any measurements. I am going to cook it again soon and I will make sure to get you more information on what I used and how much. Stay tuned!

I didn't forget that I wanted to share the Protein Shake recipe with you. But when I made it yesterday I remembered that I forgot to take pictures when I was halfway done drinking it. It's just so good. [hahahaha]. I don't mind making it again today. With pictures and the recipe for YOU!