Making Dreams Come True

Hello friends!

Wrapping up another fall weekend as we are well into the month of October already.  The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cooler, and I am getting a bit more relaxed with a not as chaotic schedule.  We’ll see how long that lasts.

The weekend was pretty laid back.

Saturday, after teaching RPM and taking a few strength classes at the gym, I ran some errands and came home to pick Toly up for his surprise.

One of my husband’s life’s dream was to drive a classic car.  He talks about it all the time and gets that shiver down his spine every time he spots one on the road.  A good friend of mine happens to work in the car business and asked if Toly would want to drive one of his cars in a parade this weekend.

Let’s just say this was one of the happiest I’ve seen him.

It just happened that he was able to drive a beautiful 57 black Caddy down the streets as people admired him the car in all its glory.

We decided to keep it low key for the rest of the day and cooked an easy dinner at home.

One of my favorite blends.

On the menu was pizza.  I decided to amp up a frozen Trader Joe’s pizza (roasted veggie, cheese-less) with some roasted butternut squash, spinach and goat cheese.

Salad accompanied.

We ended our peaceful night with a movie and some homemade individual apple crisps that I whipped up.  It was wonderful.

Today, I a big day to look forward to.  I was performing the final piece of my RPM certification by taping a special session of my class.

Breakfast fuel.

Pumpkin French Toast

Toly was so sweet and came to support me.  He has never taken a spin class in his life and did great for a rookie.  The entire taping went great!  Now I just send it to the company and they either give me a thumbs up or tell me I have to work on some things before I am official.  Based on how it went today, I’m feeling pretty good about being cleared.

We got home in the afternoon both starving after a killer workout. Some of us had a little trouble walking.

I used a piece of my leftover pizza to make a beast of a salad.  My favorite way to eat leftover pizza is this way.  I like to call it pizza croutons.

The entire salad consisted of romaine, carrots, radish, sundried tomatoes, avocado, hummus and “pizza croutons.”

After lunch, I cleaned, trying to drown out the screams from my belligerent football loving husband.

Dinner was up in the air until I remembered I bought a block of tempeh I had nearly forgotten about.

The sauce is what makes this dinner.

Pomegranate Balsamic Tempeh over Butternut Squash Quinoa

Ingredients:

• 1 package tempeh
• 1/4 C plus 2 T balsamic vinegar
•  1/4 C plus 2 T pomegranate juice
• 2 T honey

That’s all for this weekend.  Hope yours was wonderful.