Potato Leak Soup!

Potato Leak Soup!

What you will need:

1 TB EVOO

2 Medium Leaks, chopped 

2 garlic cloves chopped

5 Yukon Potatoes

Parsley

Sea Salt, Pepper

4 Cups low sodium organic Chicken Stock

In a large pot add olive oil, leaks and garlic to soften, then add chicken stock and potatoes, parsley, salt and pepper.  Bring to boil, then reduce to med. heat until potatoes are cook. Pour into your blender and blend until smooth!  If you like a little chunkier soup then blend a little less :) 

Sirloin Steak with Horseradish Sour Cream - Clean Eating - Clean Eating

Sirloin Steak with Horseradish Sour Cream - Clean Eating - Clean Eating

Who has time to cook?

When I worked in my corporate sales job I was so tired when I got home from work I always looked for a quick way to put dinner on the table.    The crockpot became my best friend!   I knew today was going to be a busy day with calls, meetings, etc so I threw this together!

Add to crockpot,   any chopped vegetables you have in the house!  I had kale, brussel sprouts, celery, carrots, peppers, onions and garlic.  Add 1/2 cup vegetable stock.  Place whole organic chicken on top. Sprinkle the chicken with sea salt, peppercorn and poultry seasoning.   Set crockpot to low and cook while you are gone.  Mine cooked from 8 am until 5 pm.

Come home from your busy day and voila your dinner is ready!   I served a bowl of butternut squash soup to make it a complete meal!   The soup I had prepared yesterday :)  

Now what to do with the left overs!    I deboned the chicken and shredded the leftover chicken, stirred it back into the left over veggies and chicken stock.  I have leftover brown rice so will add it to the crockpot!  Now we have dinner or lunch for the next day!!! 

Life is busy!  Trying to figure out dinner doesn't have to be!

                                     Enjoy!!  Love LeeAnne

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup!  (Really easy to make)

You will need 

64 oz low sodium chicken broth

1 medium Butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks

1 onion, cut into chunks

3 Garlic cloves, chopped

1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped

2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks

2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp all spice 

sea salt and pepper

You will need a Large pot, add chicken broth and all the other ingredients, bring to a boil then simmer under vegetables are tender 30-40 minutes.  Then pour into a blender and blend until smooth!

Enjoy!!

Getting Ready for Reach the Beach NH 2013

Happy Thursday afternoon everyone!

Well tomorrow I will be officially running in NH's 15th Reach the Beach where my team of 11 and I will be running from Cannon Mountain to Hampton Beach!  Yes you heard that correctly!  205.1 Miles over 2 days!  

I was asked to be part of the team by my friends George and Kendra.  Mind you when they asked me 8 weeks ago I hadn't really run any type of long distances in over 4 years!  My normal workout was hitting the weights hard and doing HIIT sessions as my cardio.   So this was definitely going to be a challenge!   

Well 8 weeks later I am prepared!   I will be covering 3 legs throughout the 2 days totaling 14.2 miles so not so bad :)   There will be 2 vans with 6 people to a van.  It going to be a little stinky in there after a while!  So I am making sure I have Fabreeze and ziplock bags for the smelly clothes LOL 

Also not sure how the sleeping happens all I know is George says to bring your sleeping bag.  Um Hello have we met?  My type of a sleeping bag when traveling is usually a 4+ star hotel :/  but I guess I can suck it up and figure it all out LOL   I also packed everything I could think of because you never know what the weather is going to bring!  Lets hope all this rain we have today is gone by tomorrow!  

I will keep you posted with pictures and videos as the weekend progresses!   One thing I have learned in life is to give things a try before you say NO way!  How else can you grow if you don't right??

Well as always I hope you all are having an amazing day!

Love LeeAnne 

Reach the Beach! 5 more days!

Getting ready to get my last Long run in before the race next weekend!! Only 5 more days until Reach the beach! 

"Everything has its origin in the mind, and that which you seek outwardly, you already possess. No one can think a thought in the future. Your thought of a thing constitutes its origin." Genevieve Behrend (1881-1960)