for our health

 {this picture has nothing to do with this post. i found it today and love it. and i have such a hard time with a picture-less post. so here's to tuck at the beach being tuck.}

to the point of the post...

if you see my husband these days, you may think he's a different person. sometimes i even do a double take. he looks good, it's very true. i mean really good. and it's okay for me to brag on him because he'll never do it.

okay, i'm done.

with that being said, i get lots of questions like this, "i didn't even recognize matt, WHAT are you guys doing?!" or "WHAT diet are you on?!" so in an effort to answer some of those questions. here's what's up.

we don't do diets. i personally can't handle all the box they put you in. and i've never thought cutting out an entire food group was any kind of a good idea. so we are using our common sense. for the rest of our lives. FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.

some may call it a healthy lifestyle.

it started deep in the heart and has now become a way of life.

along with very regular exercise we are eating lots of fruits and veggies, 100% whole wheat, chicken, fish, lowfat cheese, etc. we are not depriving ourselves of anything. we even eat sweets, just in limited amounts. we find we enjoy them more that way. i'm a dark chocolate junkie.

  i absolutely love what we're eating. i like to create in the kitchen so i am coming up with all sorts of new recipes off the cuff. the problem is, i don't write them down often enough.

i had some tilapia thawed for dinner tonight and wasn't quite sure how i was going to prepare it. after researching a few recipes i decided to just throw it together myself. i didn't want to forget what i did so i thought i'd post it here. it was so incredibly easy and so incredibly delicious. i'll call it...

sweet and spicy tilapia

4 tilapia filets
1 red or orange pepper
1 small onion
3 large cloves of garlic
a little honey
1 - 8 oz. can rotel tomato sauce
olive oil

process the pepper, onion, and garlic in a food processor. sautee with some olive oil until soft. add a little honey, maybe a tablespoon-ish. add the can of rotel tomato sauce and let simmer for 5 minutes. place the tilapia in a glass dish and pour the tomato mixture over the fish. bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

mmm mmm!


wish i had a picture. maybe i'll take one next time since i have the recipe to make it again!

i made THIS with quinoa rather than couscous. my mom made it for us this weekend so i tried it tonight. it is so tasty and i will add it to our regular menu.

what a delicious dinner!

i have so many recipes to share. hopefully i will start posting more so i can remember and make them over and over.