Health & Wellness by Lexa's Journal

My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. – Maya Angelou

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An eternal optimist, always wearing a smile. Must haves: sunshine, fitness (jogging, weight training, & CrossFit), reading, good food, writing, music, and fun with family and friends.

Tag: brown rice

  • Roaring With Pleasure!

    Roaring With Pleasure!

     Like my zodiac twin, Leo the lion, I am roaring with pleasure! Black rice is the newest cuisine that I added to my weekly palate. On Sunday, I blogged about my first time cooking it.  I give it two thumbs up! The texture and flavor are like that of brown rice and you cook it pretty…

  • Look What I Squeezed In!

    Though today is a football night and B’Dazzle has practice. I am happy because I squeezed in time to sauté shrimp and t go with leftover brown rice. During football season, cooking shrimp is reserved for weekends. I’m feeling special today! Lol! 💫 100 Happy Days Challenge Day #24 Bam!!! Enjoy your evening and thanks…

  • Try This Dish For Dinner

    Try This Dish For Dinner

    My kitchen was a mess but the food was well worth the time. I’ve said it before, Pinterest is one of my favorite sites to discover new recipes.  Being a visual person, I’m attracted to the pretty images of food.  I scroll through boards looking for pretty dishes. Today I made two new dishes and…

  • The Verdict on Broiled Shrimp

    My mouth is still salivating!   No chicken today!!  Pinterest, my replacement cookbook is the best.  Thanks to All Things G & D, I have a new recipe to add to my list. Tonight I felt the need to toss shrimp atop my organic cumin flavored brown rice and green beans, so I was happy when…

  • The Body Is Your Temple

    At 7:30 Sunday morning, I was in the kitchen cooking.  I would have rather stayed in bed, but sleeping late wasn’t an option. Another busy week for this working mom and wife includes, CrossFit, a day or two of jogging, football, work, tutoring for my son, blogging, laundry and a few other chores mean I…

  • Quick Saturday afternoon stir-fry

    Cooking on Saturday afternoons is not usually on my agenda.  However, since it’s such a cool, rainy/snowy Saturday afternoon, I felt encouraged to throw a little something together.  Quick Poultry Stir-fry   1 lb. Pork Loin, turkey, or chicken for stir fry 1 Tbsp. Lawry’s Spoon Perfect blend chicken poultry rub 1 tsp. Lawry’s Seasoned salt Kikkoman…