Stuffed peppers recipe

A while back I made a delicious, gluten-free, dairy-free clean eating stuffed peppers dinner. It was delicious! And super easy to make plus I had extra and was able to mix it up over the next few days. Being in school and working, I love meals that keep giving - meaning meals that give me leftovers!

[Note: I don't claim to be a chef/nutritionist/dietician/food blogger. I don't have calorie counts (I don't count my calories) but I don't think it would be difficult to figure out.]

Ingredients:
Lean ground turkey
Onion
Mushrooms
Broccoli
Yellow squash
Bell peppers (any color)
Garlic powder (optional)
Salt and pepper (optional)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook turkey in skillet until lightly browned, over medium heat.
• Chop all veggies except bell peppers, add to pan with turkey and continue to cook, adding garlic powder/salt/pepper to taste.

I promise there are onions and mushrooms under there somewhere!

• Cut the tops of the peppers off so they make a little container. Save the part you cut off so it makes a lid. Scoop out the innards.
• Pack each peppes with your turkey/veggie mixture.
• Place packed peppers in a baking dish with a little water in the bottom to keep peppers from drying out. I used a square pan but I think a long, bread loaf pan would have worked better since one of my peppers fell over and spilled. 

• Put tops on peppers and bake for 20 minutes. 

That orange guy in the front right just wouldn't stay up!

• Serve alone or with sides. Enjoy!

I ate two peppers (all but the stem) and also some extra steamed broccoli and then some fruit.

Top plate was dinner, bottom container was lunch the next day

I took two peppers for lunch the next day and they heated up well in the microwave. I think I zapped them for about 45 seconds with the lids off.

I had left over turkey/veggie mixture so I saved that and ate it on top of some spaghetti squash later that week. Mmmmm!

Any good, clean recipes you'd like to share? Any great ideas for being gluten-free and dairy-free? Comment below or share a link!

Xoxo,
YFG

so what wednesday

Fun little link up today with Shannon from life after i "dew".

 

So what if...

• my brain is about to explode from reading nursing research articles and instead I'm spending precious time reading blogs.
• I am way more excited about the return of Keeping Up with the Kardashians than I should be.

• the best part of my weekend might be finding out if Kimye is having a boy or a girl. E!, don't tempt me.  You better reveal that baby's gender on Sunday's new episode!
• I'm on my third Spark of the day.
• my addiction to playing solitaire on my phone is OOC.
• we've only sold 1 ticket to this weekend's 8th grade dance because I am way too distracted with life to care and if those kids don't want a dance, then I'm not wasting my damn time on a dance.
• a small part of me feels like a failure for not having kids want to attend the dance.
• I am trying to get back on the clean eating train but my babysitting kiddos offered me force fed me delicious banana bread at dinner. Yeah, pretty sure that ish wasn't gluten-free.
• there are only THREE days left for me to show up at work. THREE. HOLY COW. Things just got real. 

xoxo,
YFG

long weekends are good for the soul, bad for the scale

Hey errbody! Hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend as much as I did.

It was filled with the AMAZING wedding of two very good friends...

picture from @lindseylk #finallyabecker

...and studying for nursing school.  Lots and lots of studying for nursing school...

Expectation:

 

Reality:

...in addition to a 5 lb weight gain.  That's right folks, 5 big ones.  As in, almost out of the 130's.  YIKES!

But all that eating drinking studying paid off because I took my first Integrated Concepts of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology test today and got an A!  The first two tests for my program were last week and I got a B on both. I wasn't thrilled (type A personality means I want that A, damnit!) but I wasn't beating myself up over it either.  I haven't been in school for a while, it's an accelerated program, there's an adjustment period yada yada yada.

To celebrate, I'm rewarding myself with some shopping I've had my eye on for a while now.  I've got 4 items in my Kiki La'Rue wishlist at the moment but I'm struggling to pick out just one thing.  Thankfully (never thought I'd say that), I've got another test later this week so if when I get an A I can order another item.  Score!

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At the moment, I've abandoned my pledge to eat healthy and am thoroughly enjoying a glass or two of vino and some delicious bread and butter.  No, I'm not kidding.  That is my treat.  That, and watching some TimBob and Hubby Jack lip sync some sweet tunes.

xoxo,
YFG

Random Things

Nursing school and working full-time is no joke.  I'm alive and well, just not spending much time blogging/blog reading these days.  But lucky for you, I've given my self a 15 minute break and rather than eat junk food I am taking this time to blog!

1) I'm joining Holly in the Ab 300 Challenge.  I stated earlier this month I'd be doing the May Meltdown with Ms. Michaels but that hasn't really panned out like I wanted.  If you're interested in the challenge, visit The Petit Athleat!

2) I got this awesome new workout tank but I'm VERY self conscious when I wear it around the neighborhood.  I took it out for a run last week and felt like all the moms were giving me the evil eye through their house windows.  But I also love it a lot so I don't think it will stop me from wearing it.

Super Cala Fraga Tank (clink on picture for link)

3) B and I had our engagement party this past weekend and it was wonderful!  My future SIL (who I love and am so blessed to have in my life) threw it for us as a chance for our families and wedding party to get together.

Future SIL could seriously BE my sister.  And I look pretty amazing in that Kiki La Rue dress :)

Most of the wedding party couldn't make it, but this girl did! Julie is a very good friend of mine who I met through Teach for America when I moved to Houston 5 years ago.  She's seen my relationship with B grow from mere flirtations to what it is today.

 
There were also shot girls at the bar/restaurant and we got my Grandmother to take quite a few tequila shots.  It was the sort of scene my grandfather would have loved and I felt his presence that night very much.  I'm actually getting weepy just sitting here and typing this (though that could be the lack of sleep + the abundance of Spark in my system) so Lord knows how I'll make it through my wedding.

      

4) Wrote thank you notes for the gifts we got yesterday on these gorgeous note cards I found at Tar-jay.  Holla!
 

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4) Got my Watermelon Spark in yesterday and it's pretty, pretty, pretty good (Larry David/Curb Your Enthusiasm reference? Anyone? Okay then, watch below.)

5) I told myself I'd reward myself for every A I got on a nursing school test.  Took our first one yesterday and got a solid B.  Not horrible, but I'm disappointed in myself and determined to get an A on the next one, which is tomorrow.

On that note, back to studying. Here's an #ootd from school on Tuesday - sweet test hair, Cait.

xoxo,
YFG

Find + Follow Friday Link-Up

Oh, happy weekend! I'm feeling quite a bit like this little guy right about now:

But it's nothing that a quick little link up can't fix!

I'm linking up with some wonderful bloggers who I recently started following.  I'm excited because I'm new to the blogging world.  I've casually followed a few blogs for some time but now that I'm blogging myself I LOVE getting to know a whole new group of bloggers (new to me, not necessarily to blogging)!  And that's what this link up all about!

Let me introduce you to the fabulous hostesses... 

Nicole over at Me and the Moon is an awesome mom and Air Force wife who totally loves animals, which is just one reason why I love her! She recently took some plain jane Ikea coffee mugs and decorated them to look adorable.  I would buy them if they were in a store.  And I wish I had her artistic creativity!

Sarah at Limited Space Organizing does great posts on how to effectively organize small spaces.  As my fiance already thinks I have too much junk, her blog is a great place for me to get ideas about storing said junk (rather than throwing it away)! April was all about Bathroom Organization, and coming from a home with NO LINEN CLOSETS this was very helpful.

Lifeology is Alesha's blog about her life with husband Andrew and gorgeous little baby girl, Charlotte.  She jumps around from DIY projects to thoughts on life and mothermood with some gorgeous pictures mixed in.  Her Good Eats Friday posts are always a favorite of mine!

Lastly, we have Sunkissed with a Twist blogger Nicole.  She hails from Austin (shoutout to another Austinite!) and lover her pups and man, which is just one reason I like her so much! Plus, she's partaking in the Blog Every Day in May challenge so there's lots to read about over there!

So go ahead, check out some awesome blogs. And if you're a blogger then go join the link up so we can make more bloggy friends :)

xoxo,
YFG