I really enjoyed the recipe that I made the whole wheat buns from. It was:
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls for the Bread Machine:
Ingredients
1½ cups water
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 large egg
3 cups whole wheat flour
1¾ cup plus ⅛ cup bread flour (I didn't have this so I just used regular flour)
¼ cup plus ⅛ cup sugar (I used cane sugar instead)
1½ teaspoon salt
4½ teaspoons instant yeast
Directions
Place all of the ingredients in the order specified according to the directions on your bread machine.
Select the Dough cycle.
Remove the dough from pan and place on a lightly floured surface.
Let it rest for 10 minutes. Divide dough into 24 sections
Roll each section into a ball and place on a greased 12″x18″ baking sheet (rows 6 x 4).
Cover rolls and let raise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
Bake at 375F for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Tops can be brushed with melted butter. Makes 24 rolls.
My chicken chili wasn't too hard either, I just took about 5 chicken breasts (since I made 2 pots) seasoned them in the pan with Mrs. Dash and pan fried them with coconut oil. I always add in green/red/orange/yellow pepper and some celery and onion. I pureed them (not into a soup but more so really finely chopped) in my Vitamix and then added it to the chili mixture. I use red kidney beans, pork and beans (maple/bacon really whatever one I have on hand) and a can of diced tomatoes. I cook that in my crock pot (or pot on low) with a bunch of chili powder. Really that's it but it turns out amazing!
Tonight was really hard without my bud. I had my husband do it with me but it was more distracting then helpful - haha. I love that he did it with me I'm just not used to my workout partner sounding like they are dying beside me (LOL) but in all fairness he barely did the modification moves, he mainly did the advanced (why? I'm not sure!) but he did say at one point "oh my gosh there is still 20 minutes left! no wonder you guys are losing weight this is hard!" yup! it sure is.
He reads my blog faithfully but also told me that it gave him a new perspective of what we go through for those 25 minutes. He's only ever read about it and tonight - he lived it! It was really encouraging at the end of it all when he was huffing and puffing he commented how proud of me he is and how I amaze him. It meant a lot to me knowing that he knew exactly what I had went through!( and really the cardio workout, which is the one we did tonight, is honestly probably the easiest of all five) I am so happy to have a husband that will put himself through that for 25 minutes just so I don't have to do it alone, he did the P90X3 with me that one day too and said this one was more difficult. So I do appreciate him being my "stand in Joelene" lol. Thanks babe, I love you!
On top of that I did my AB challenge tonight (my hubs didn't though that would have been asking way too much since I've spent the last 22 days building up to this) -- say whaaa? 22 days! Yes, that's right. Which means I'm only 2 days till completion!! (Actually the last day is a rest day so tomorrow is my very last AB challenge exercise).
My AB Challenge tonight was...
- 140 crunches
- 55 leg raises
- 1min 25sec plank
I actually had to chuckle as I mentioned to my hubby before we did the Focus T25 tonight "my abs are killing me!" to which he responded "I guess it's a good thing it's cardio tonight then, right?" yeah... right. The thing with the T25 workouts is yes the cardio video focuses mostly on getting your heart-rate up but it also incorporates legs and arms and abs in with it. They all do really, even the solid abs video incorporates legs and arms and a bit of cardio. It is never just one move. Like I said, tonight was definitely an eye opener for my husband. =)
Well I am off now to have my after workout shake and relax a bit!
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