Yoga 101

On the way home from work tonight, I started debating if I even wanted to go to yoga or not. It was a Yoga 101 class and I figured it would be a good one to start with at my gym, since I wasn’t sure about their yoga class levels yet, but after reading the description again I thought that it might be a little too beginner for me. I decided to get home and get dinner and see how I was feeling after before making a final decision.

Dinner

Since yoga was still tentatively on the agenda, I got to making dinner as soon as I was home from work. I had chicken, asparagus and red potatoes. All prepared in individuals ways.

Chicken Ingredients

2 tbsp. raspberry jelly
4 oz. chicken
2 tbsp. coconut flakes
15g panko
1 tbsp. whole wheat flour

I began by combining the coconut flakes, panko and whole wheat flour in the food processor and chopped it until it was a smooth bread crumb consistency.

Chicken coating in the making

After cutting the chicken into nugget sized pieces, I coated all of the nuggets with 1 tbsp. of the raspberry jelly that I had melted in the microwave for 30 seconds.

Once all nuggets were coated, I rolled them in the coconut, panko, flour mix and added them to a sprayed baking pan covered with foil.

Coconut Raspberry Chicken Nuggets

I put them in the oven (preheated to 350º) for 12 minutes. After they were cooked through, I plated them and topped them with the second tablespoon of melted raspberry jelly.

Asparagus Ingredients

About 10 asparagus stalks
1 tbsp. Tastefully Simple Bold and Bossy Mustard

After trimming the ends off of the asparagus stalks, I placed them on a piece of foil and covered with a the bold and bossy mustard. I rolled the stalks around to be sure all were coated.

Mustard Asparagus Stalks

I then folded the foil to make a pouch around the asparagus and added it to the oven that was preheated to 350º. I put the asparagus in about 7 minutes before the chicken so it was in the oven for about a total of 20 minutes.

For the potatoes, I simply steamed them and added some Tastefully Simple Seasoned Salt for flavor.

Add it all together on one plate and it made for a tasty dinner.

Coconut Raspberry Chicken

Dinner!

A little more melted raspberry jelly on the tenders could definitely be added but I was too lazy to hit the fridge and get some more

The asparagus was awesome with the mustard…spicy! Definitely Bold and Bossy!

Yoga 101

After cleaning up the kitchen from dinner, I made the decision to go to yoga. I figured even if the class was “too” beginner for me, I would still get in a nice stretch and my muscles would appreciate that.

Turns out that I was right, the class was way too slow-paced for me and was seriously just the basics of yoga. It was a lot of talking by the instructor…and laughing. She giggled after just about everything she said…I wasn’t really a fan.

In the end, I’m happy that I went because my body definitely did appreciate the stretch but I will be finding another, more advanced, yoga class to be working into my weekly workout schedule from here on out. Live and learn!

Dessert

One thing I was looking forward to after yoga?? Dessert!

Dessert tonight was actually a smoothie bowl. A chocolate chip smooth bowl to be more specific.

Chocolate Chip Smoothie Bowl

In the mix:

1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/2 frozen banana
splash of vanilla
1/2 tbsp. ground flax seed
6 oz. almond milk
ice cubes

I put everything into my Magic Bullet and let it do its thing! The result was a perfect vanilla smoothie. That I topped with chocolate chips to make it a Chocolate Chip Smoothie Bowl!

Get in my belly!!!