The $50 Safeway giftcard winner is Karla! I will submit your info and BlogSpark will get that out to you!
To be honest I was pretty shy about how to pick a winner. I put names in a bowl and stressed all day. I waited till Jason came home and had him handle it. He wrote all your names down in order and added the bonus entries then entered the data into the true random number generator. Thank You for handling that for me Jason! Seriously, I stress out about the smallest things sometimes!!
Moving on!
I started the day with a power smoothie. I had some maradol papaya left over from the other day. I am the only one that eats them and it was a good sized one. I used about 1/2 the papaya, 1/2 banana, 2 T flax oil, cinnamon, 1/2 scoop protein powder and almond milk.

This turned out even better than I thought! Can’t wait to get another one!
I went to get a few things for the Valentine’s dinner that I will be making tomorrow. Unfortunately, Jason works all day but at least he gets home at 7:30. Just in time for dinner! I told him it was his choice for dinner, aka, my present to him, is the dinner…He picked carne asada. Next to fish tacos, this would be his favorite. So, I prepped that “stuff” for the dinner tomorrow.
Lunch was well deserved. I still had some of the black rice left over from the Thai food. So I warmed it up and topped my salad with it. The perfect salad has something warm on it! (according to me) HAHA! I used some of the avocado/lemon oil and fresh lemon juice for a dressing. Again, this was better than I was expecting 
Since, I am not into the carne asada for dinner tomorrow, I wanted to make something for me. Hmmm….hummus, of course. For the sake of the holiday, how about red pepper hummus. Yes, please!



Oh, yes, that is NICE!! Even thought it takes a little more time, I prefer to roast the pepper myself, than buy them in a jar. Last jar I got, smelled and tasted a little off.
Last night, I was reading my February edition of Body + Soul. I really enjoyed an article that talked about guilty pleasures that are good for us. They spoke of why napping, cheese omelets, gossiping, beer and playing with your iphone are good for us! SWEET! So, while my back is still really tight and inflamed, I have not been getting any workouts in, aside from stretching. So, I have been trying to eat really strict. Well, the other night, I was craving a beer and chips and salsa and I DID NOT have it.
Well, let’s just say that the article last night may or may not have convinced me to make salsa and enjoy a beer tonight. Just in case you are curious, beer seems to be just as good for you as wine! While it does not have resveratrol in it, it does have more calcium and magnesium, plus 5x the level of free-radical-fighting polyphenols. A 12-ounce bottle of beer may up “good” HDL cholesterol, decrease the risk of blood clots and reduce coronary heart disease rates by 30-40%! All, things within balance, of course. As, long as it averages out to 1 beer a day. Whoot, Whoot! Check it!

Guess what’s funny about this picture?? The blade is missing! If you have a food processor, you have probably done this a time or two. Sheesh!


This was a “cheater salsa.” I don’t think the fresh tomatoes are all that good right now for making salsa. So my take on tonight’s salsa was 1 can, sliced tomatoes, 2 cans, chopped tomatoes with green chile, 1 jalapeno, 1/2 sweet onion, 1 clove garlic, 1 juiced lime, 1/4 t cumin, a bunch of cilantro, salt and 5 NuNaturals stevia drops. who cares if I used canned tomatoes, this salsa was EPIC!!!
So, there you have it, foods for my soul! And I didn’t even feel guilty about it!