I’m getting us back on track with cooking! I swear it! We’d been doing so well, but the past couple of weeks we fell off the wagon big time. Life got … busy. Real busy! We have had parties galore, events of all kind, and plenty of little in-between projects. Meals this week have mostly been OUT. We never do that! Except this week and sort of last.
So … this weekend and next week we’re getting reacquainted with the kitchen. YAY. Here’s what I’m planning to cook up:
Thursday: Lime grilled chicken with mango quinoa salad
Friday: Pizza Two Ways; that would be with buffalo chicken and bleu cheese for us and something boring (bacon and olives, probably) for the kids.
Sunday: I think we have people coming over, so I will probably make Pork Ragu
Monday: quiche! – we need to use up the innards a bunch of our Egg-Bot Creations, so I will make a couple of quiches, probably one with crust (since I have one in the fridge) and one without. Fillings will be whatever I’ve got hanging around the fridge/freezer/pantry.
Tuesday: Mediterranean Meatball Pockets
Wednesday: something from Indian Slow Cooker, TBD
Thursday: creamy chicken taquitos or maybe this chicken tamale casserole since it’s Cinco de Mayo!!!
All right … now that it’s planned. I just have to EXECUTE.
Speaking of which, I have a brand new training plan I’m working on. I have a half marathon in August that I”m training for and I decided I wanted to do it up right. I’m not particularly invested in this specific race (though I did enjoy it last year), but it’s about the right time frame to execute a good training plan. I am using the FIRST method, made popular by the Runner’s World Book, Run Less, Run Faster. The “less” thing is all a matter of perspective it turns out since it’s more running than I’m used to. You do a speed, temp and long run each week and it’s supposed to improve your performance. To which I will say … we’ll see. I had to start in wk 2 because I miscalculated the start date (oops) but my first workout went OK, so I will keep at it. Actually, even if it didn’t go OK, I’d probably keep at it.
I made up a spread sheet for my training that calculates all the minutea associated with a training plan like this: speed, pace, km vs. miles, etc. It was a pain in the butt, but now I have it in all nicely digitized and I can change it based on my speed improvements by just changing my 10K pace. If you are interested, you can check it out: FIRST Training for Half Marathon.