Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today is kind of like a Friday Five and Thursday Thoughts combined into one awesome St. Patrick’s Day post! I love holidays and dressing up and making people adhere to the rules. It all in good fun and it makes what may seem like a random Thursday much more entertaining…and green! I hope you’re feeling lucky today because not only do I have adorable photos to share, but I have a recipe and a workout as well!
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How adorable is this sweet little girl? I’ve been putting her green outfits on her this week because she’s my little baby doll.
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It’s been a tradition the past few years to have a pistachio muffin for breakfast on St. Patrick’s Day! I mean, why not? They’re green and delicious, so it only makes sense. Plus my friend/coworker Lauren and I both love them but know how bad they are for us. Having something you love that’s delicious and not nutritious is just fine every now and then!
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Looking for something green to eat that’s a little bit healthier than muffins?! You have to try my turkey stuffed bell peppers! I don’t make these as often as I should. There are several ingredients, but they’re super easy to make. These bad boys are low cholesterol, low fat (especially if you get the 90-10 turkey or higher!) and gluten free. If you’re not a fan of rice, try substituting quinoa!
Ingredients
1lb ground turkey
2 cups cooked brown rice
1/2 -3/4 (6oz can) green chiles and diced tomatoes
1/2 cup corn kernels
1/4 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
1/2 cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon chili powder, or more to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste
4 bell peppers, any color
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with non stick spray. You can also line the dish with parchment paper if available.
- Brown your ground turkey. Season with salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon chili powder.
- Cut off the tops of your bell peppers. Remove stems and seeds from inside the pepper’s cavity. Rinse thouroghly to remove remaining seeds.
- In a large bowl, combine turkey, rice, green chiles, corn, beans, tomatoes, cheeses, garlic, onion and chili powder (remaining 1/2 tsp), salt and pepper, to taste.
- Fill each each bell pepper to the top. Place peppers on prepared baking dish and bake until the peppers are tender and the filling is heated through, about 25-30 minutes.
- Serve immediately and ENJOY!
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This is an old picture…like two years old, but I look pretty much the same and I’m wearing this shirt today! I don’t know what other green shirt I would wear! Watch out cycle class…here I come!
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Speaking of cycle class, above is an awesome St. Patrick’s Day playlist I made! Looking for something a little different with some St. Patty’s Day spirit? Try some of these songs!
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I clearly love food, but it’s not St. Patrick’s Day without Lucky Charms. They’re magically delicious! Okay, I didn’t have these today, but I had a habit of eating these when I was pregnant. They were so delicious and I love eating all the carbs!
lucky seven!
I couldn’t leave you with all this green food, a Celtic inspired workout playlist and no workout to do! All you need is some sort of step which I refer to as a box in the above workout! You can use a park bench, a curb, a stair, whatever you have to make this work.
Below are examples of all the exercises, but feel free to ask me questions about anything!
There you have it! I hope today is magical, lucky, green and anything else that St. Patrick’s Day should be! Now get your bootie moving!
This recipe looks so good and healthy! I can’t wait to try this someday. Thanks for sharing!
Great ideas for St. Patrick’s Day. I am pretty sure these can attract luck into your life. I like the stuffed bell peppers.
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