COTW!!!

Happy Sunday evening everyone!!! Hope you all enjoyed the chilly weekend, I know it was chilly everywhere in the US of A.  Let's discuss challenge of the week (COTW)!  How did the luck of the Irish green meal go for everyone??  I posted mine on Facebook, but I'll repost here to help recap.

To the left is my attempt at a green meal.  Portobello mushroom, kale, spinach, & asparagus.    Now we have already established that I am not the chef in our household, however on occasion I will cook myself a little something especially when it's a meal (like such) that makes my husband want to barf.  Colin is not a fan of mushrooms.  Everything you see is compliments of my favorite grocery, Tradaaah Joe's.  I sautéed the portobello, kale & spinach together with some balsamic vinaigrette & light olive oil.  The asparagus was baked with seasoning salt & olive oil.  The entire meal was absolutely scrumptious!!!  Made a great lunch on my day off, and would make a great dinner any other day.  If you need more pizazz some feta or mozzarella cheese make the mushroom a little more rich.

Onto challenge of the week for this last week of March.... Easter.  Easter is a challenging holiday for many reasons.  One because of all the candy and two because it's a holiday & holidays are stressful, duh.  Holidays are mainly stressful because of family drama, and EVERYONE'S family has drama.  Boy do I know!  Colin & I will be traveling to Cleveland to spend Easter weekend with my German grandparents & my mom.  Stress will be everywhere due to not only the family, but long car ride & my grandparents' lack of internet & cable.  My challenge to everyone this week is stress management during this holiday weekend!  Stress can lead to unhealthy behaviors & attitudes, inevitably feeding any unhealthy lifestyle.  Find a way to manage the stress without causing epic meltdowns (both within yourself or between family).

Laugh it off, have an inside joke with your spouse/significant other, count to 10, breath, find time to exercise, drink an extra cocktail....whatever you think will help give it a try & stick to it!  My go to is always exercise, however sometimes with my Omi's amazing cooking I'm in too much of a food coma to leave the couch.  I may try some meditative breathing, or a cocktail & laugh with my hubby.  I want us all to try a stress management technique & really persevere I think we will find that at the end of the weekend we are more relaxed & maybe even enjoyed our holiday!!!  Good luck practical people, I know we can do it!!!