Cauliflower Poppers

I haven't tried this recipe, but Myssa has.  She told me that I could put just about any seasoning on them and they'll be good.  A definite tried and true recipe for her no matter the seasoning.  Preston and I buy a TON of Penzey's seasonings everytime we're in Portland (more on that later...) so she suggested I try some of his favorite seasonings on it, and perhaps he'll be inclined to try them!  I think I may just have to stop at Sprouts on my way home tomorrow night and pick up some cauliflower.  There's absolutely no way I'm going out tonight to get some, season finale of The Bachelorette is on and I can't be bothered....

Ingredients

Cooking Spray
1 Medium Head of Cauliflower
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder, or more to taste
pinch of salt and peper

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F.  Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.

Cut cauliflower florets into bite sized pieces.  Dump cauliflower into a large bowl and add remaining ingredients.  Toss well to coat.

Spread cauliflower into a single layer on the baking sheet and bake until florets are tender, but not mushy, stirring halfway through, about 10 minutes.

The Actual Cauliflower Popper Recipe (c/o Weight Watchers)

Month One: Eat More Veggies

Soy Glazed & Grilled Chicken Wings, Steamed Broccoli, and Mixed Green Salad

It's August.  In Colorado.  It shouldn't be hard to eat more veggies!  Veggies are fresh, abundant, and thanks to Sprouts being two blocks from my apartment, awesomely cheap.  So I suppose I should start with a little background on why this first months goal to eat more veggies is going to be especially hard to accomplish.  Preston (the fiance), doesn't eat veggies.  Excuse me, I'll get in trouble if he reads that. He eats vegetables.  But his veggies include potatoes... usually cooked at a very high temperature with a lot of oil, broccoli, green beans, and that's it.  No matter how much I love to get down on some broccoli, a girl can only eat so much.

Steamed Broccoli (my veggies) 

Betty Crocker Au Gratin Potatoes (his veggies)

I'm the kind that goes to the grocery store, full of ambition, to pick up new and exciting veggies, only to let them sit in my crisper drawer, and un...crisp.  Because I'm the only one in the house that eats weird veggies, if I don't eat them immediately, I forget that they're there.

So this is my solemn vow that I will do everything in my power this month to be more creative than Chicken & Broccoli.  No matter how versatile and sometimes delicious that combo may be; quite frankly, I'm sick of it.  Unfortunately, tonight's dinner was no different.

Preston actually laughed at me that my first night of "this whole thing", as he called it, consisted of Chicken & Broccoli for dinner.  I reminded him that this adventure starts tomorrow...

The Countdown Begins!

Here I am, one year from "the big day", and undeniably out of shape.  Now, that's not to say that I don't eat well or exercise.  I do all of that.  But I'm nowhere near "wedding dress shape".  After 20 years of learning how to embrace the body God gave me, I'm not looking for a transformation, I don't need a transformation.  I'm just looking for simple ways to help shed a few lbs, tone the well loved areas, and eat better than I've ever eaten before.  I've continually told myself, "I wont eat that when I start sheddin the for the weddin, but who cares now."  Or, "I'll start that exercise when I start sheddin for the weddin, but I don't need to yet."  And now that time has come, and now I need to hold myself accountable.  For one year.  Thats all.  After that, I'm a newly wed and I can let myself go....