Brown Rice Rocks!

What is the deal with late blogging? Sorry my days have been a lil busy.. So the weekend was great, I ate to much on saturday night and gave into my sweet tooth... Ugh I know.. I ran it off yesterday, trust me.

Perhaps that explains the back pain and pain in my legs. Not sure what the deal is but today my lower back is killing me. I think that I didn't stretch to well. I am thinking of trying the new P90X workout, it looks intense and it is a 90 day workout that you can do at home. This works well since it is kinda hard to get to the gym with sal in school.

So I wanted to share a meal I made today it was so good. It was brown rice mixed with chicken and tons of veggies.. I kinda threw it together and came out amazing and SUPER healthy.. Here is what I did...

I sautéed 3 garlic cloves, half of onion with about 3 Tablespoons of oil. Then I threw in 2 cups of brown rice and browned it. After like 7 minutes I put 2 1/2 cups of water, salt and pepper, some cut up carrots and cut up mushrooms and let it simmer for like a hour.

In the mean time I steamed broccoli in the microwave and cooked some chicken breast and chopped it in cubes. As soon as the rice was ready I combined everything together the rice, broccoli and chicken and served it in a bowl.

You can top it off with some salsa, or hot sauce or avocado if you wanted to. You can also use different meats. Last time I made it I made it with ground turkey and added spinach. We have switched over to brown rice and rarely eat white rice anymore, much healthier and I find it to be more filling.

I am also on my fourth day of no coffee or diet soda. I am trying to stay away from the caffeine because it breaks down the calcium in women's bones. And we already don't need anything extra to break down the bones.

I had a new skinny cow ice cream tonight. It was a mint chocolate truffle bar. It is a must have. It was so good and totally filling. It is only 2 points if you are counting points. If you are like me and LOVE dessert you are going to love it. Well friends tonight blog is about food and I am getting hungry talking about it so I must go. Have a good night!

Pursing healthy foods,

Monica