Frozen Entree Mishaps and Amazing Sammie!!

I am sad to say I had such high hopes for my Trader Joes Reduced Guilt frozen entree of Tilapia with butter beans and sauteed spinach. This looked so great, high in protein (21g), low in fat (2g), calories (190) a bit high in sodium (670mg) but nonetheless, I was thoroughly disappointed. This solidifies the reason why I do not buy frozen entrees


Why I would buy frozen entree's

• Convenience
• Looks great on the box!

Why I wouldn't buy frozen entrees

• high in sodium
• half the ingredients I don't recognize nor are familiar with
• Expensive
• Scrawny in that little box
• Not as fun to make my own meals

When I saw this in Trader Joes I decided to finally give in and give it a shot

Reduced Guilt Filet of Sole with rich butter beans and Sauteed spinach leaves

Please, tell me that this looks nothing like the beautiful picture on the box, I mean really?

Flavor: I give this a 5/10. The only part of this dish I enjoyed were the butter beans, which were rich and delicious! The dish had a bit of a curry, indian flavor to it, one of which I am not a huge fan of. The fish itself was extremely fishy, tough (maybe I overcooked it?) and none of the flavor of the sauce seemed to stick to the fish. The spinach was soggy and fishy tasting. I actually ended up throwing this out, minus the beans. Trader Joes, I love you with all my heart, but you gotta work on this reduced guilt recipe! maybe this is a lesson to not get frozen fish entree's.

Onto bigger and better things

This delicious smoothie!

1 Cup frozen cherry mix from TJ's

1/2 banana

1/2 C almond milk

ice/water

Agave

1 amazinggrass chocolate superfood 

This is by FAR my favorite Amazing grass superfood flavor!! I know I mentioned yesterday that I am certainly going to have to get used to the wheaty and grittyness of the amazing grass packets, well this flavor did it! This smoothie was so delicious and I could really taste the chocolate flavor to this superfood with none of that odd gritty taste!

Some benefits of the Chocolate AmazingGrass

• Boosts your energy and immune system
• Loaded with a complete spectrum of the three major Green SuperFoods; Cereal Grasses, Alfalfa and Micro-Algae.
• More organic whole-leaf greens per gram than most other ‘green drink powders’ – Not from Juice!
• Polyphenols in cacao promote healthy cholesterol levels.
• Contains no Soy Lecithin fillers
• Naturally balanced powerhouse of Anti-oxidants, B-Vitamins, Beta Carotene, Bioflavonoids, Lycopene, Folic Acid, Dietary Fiber, Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD), and Omega 3, 6 & 9 Essential Fatty Acids.
• Complete “Live Food” with beneficial enzymes, carotenoids and phytonutrients (plant pigments) that help fight free-radical damage, aging and tumor causing mutations.
• Contains probiotics- the friendly microorganisms that promote healthier digestion and regular elimination.

I had this shake after my workout and brought it on my way to work. My workout was great! I followed the program from my trainer on Monday. I was sweating!! sometimes I forget how much you can sweat from the plyo's and weight training, and not sitting on a machine doing straight cardio! I felt awesome after this! Tomorrow is SPIN day!!

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Lunch was a Arnold Sammie thin

Arnold thin, lettuce, red onion, tomato, laughing cow wedge

Maybe I should help out Trader Joes with their Reduced Guilt meals and show them this sammie!

Snack Time

Pumpkin  mixed with chobani, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and Truvia (Don't worry I did mix the Truvia packet in!!)

Cashew Cookie Larabar

Two ingredients on this baby: Dates, Cashews. This was a first for me with this flavor. Again, not a huge fan! So far my favorite Larabar flavors are the Banana bread and Cinnamon Roll. This was ok, nothing spectacular, maybe  this is because cashew is not my all time favorite nut? It just could've used some more flavor, it was a bit bland. I can't put my finger on it exactly, maybe cinnamon? Not bad, not great... 6/10

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After this I TAUGHT MY FIRST SPIN CLASS!!! Yes the normal instructor called in to say her car wasn't starting and I of course took this opportunity to teach! We have 9 bikes in our studio and 6 were taken up, which we consider a pretty full class! It was awesome. I love the energy and motivation That I give the class, they loved it and were drenched in sweat

Some things I learned

• Hard to go all out, while talking at the same time
• The students have pretty poor form when you are paying close attention to them all. I had to fix some people's forms so they didn't injure themselves!
• They love to sing along to the songs that the recognize. I guess I never noticed this while taking a class!
• They love when we talk loud and scream at them-this is a bonus because I am quite good at this!

What do you think makes a good exercise instructor? 

I myself teach a muscle sculpt class once a week and the class loves it, they love the motivation and the fact that I show them things they would otherwise not do on their own!

I ended the night with some of these from my awesome Newmans Own Organics Package

Newmans Own Organic Cinnamon Mints 

Cinnamon:
Organic Sugar, Gum Arabic, Natural Flavor, Organic Corn Syrup, Rice Bran Extract.

Really yummy! Not a HUGE cinnamon flavor, but left my mouth feeling delicious!

Ok very tired foodie over here!

SLEEP TIGHT BLOGGIES!!

xoxo

Naomi

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