Bits & Bites #9

Hi everyone! I hope you all had an awesome weekend! It was a hot hot hot one here in the Northeast and I took full advantage of it. I will hang on to every last thread of summer until well into October, if possible. My dad has to pull his boat out of the water a little early this year and since this weekend was actually FREE of commitments, I ended up spending both days with my family on the boat. Both days were really relaxing. The ocean water was pretty warm so I tried to get in as much as possible. (FYI "warm" in the Northeast means 68 degrees)

Moving on, I promised to bring back my "Bits & Bites" game to provide you with a snapshot into my little eating world. Here's what I've been into for the last couple of weeks. I hope you all have an awesome week!

Dinner: Fried egg on pesto zoodles.

Dinner: Grilled chicken with buffalo sauce and quinoa with parsley, red onion, tomatoes, and cheese.

Lunch: Fried eggs on corn tortillas, hot sauce, and a teeny bit of cheese.

I think this was a dinner and I had leftovers for lunch: Chicken salad made with grapes, crushed almonds, dill, a little red onion, capers, a little organic mayo and dijon mustard served with blanched green beans and almonds.

Dinner: Fish tacos made with Ian's fish sticks, lettuce, tomatoes, and hot sauce on corn tortillas.

Weekend breakfast: Half english muffin with two fried eggs and watermelon. Yummmm.

Meal Prep for Dinners and Lunches: "Healthy Taco Casserole" made with organic ground chicken, quinoa, taco seasoning and the tiniest bit of cheese. Throughout the week, I topped it with lettuce, tomatoes, hot sauce etc.

Lunch: Random Whole Foods "burrito bowl". I just asked for lettuce, pulled chicken, guac, salsa, roasted veggies, and a little cheese. (I dont do beans and I didn't get a carb).

Dinner: I went back to Babbo with the girls on Thursday night and tried a new pasta dish. My favorites from there are the carbonara and the bolognese, however, this linguine with mussels was quite tasty.

Dinner: Yesterday afternoon when I got back from the South Shore, I power cleaned my entire condo from top to bottom, did two loads of laundry, took care of my garden, and then did a workout with Rob (50 squats, 800m run, 40 push ups, 800m run, 30 sit-ups, 800 meter run, 20 plank jacks, 800 meter run, 10 pistols, 800m run) and then I made that bowl of awesomeness above for fuel! Barilla protein plus pasta, diced tomatoes, garlic, zucchini, crushed red pepper, and parmesan. Mmm.

Have a great one! xo

Weekend Sunshine_MKR Wedding Edition!

Hi friends! Apologies for the delayed post this week. After my staycation, I've been quite the busy bee at work and haven't really had a moment until right now. As mentioned on Friday, we headed down to Plymouth for Mark & Kristen's wedding and it was an incredibly fun weekend. If you've been following along on my insta - you could probably tell that the weekend was chock full of smiles and laughs (#meettheriordans). Here it is, the reader's digest version... 3ish words per picture!

Love our bride!

Love Mahky, too!

Cheers to rehearsing.

Post-workout fuel/ cold-brew. (Omg yum. Rob and I woke up and got a workout in prior to the festivities and didn't eat until 11:30am - hanger was prevalent and this was so freaking good. PS: We got the bagels "scooped out" and highly recommend that technique.)

Here comes the beauty!

The happy couple. :)

All the smiles.

Love these gals.

The Hanover boys.

Late night shenanigans.

Mark and Kristen, I am so incredibly happy for you! Your wedding weekend was pure perfection and I'm so grateful for our friendship. Have a blast in Hawaii - can't wait to hit up Barlows when you get back to hear all about it! xo

Friday favs

Good morning, friends! I'm blogging from the car as we are off to Plymouth for Mark and Kristen's wedding weekend extravaganza! I had a fantastic week filled with family and sunshine and I can't wait to celebrate these great friends of mine this weekend! I hope whatever you have planned, it's filled with fun!  

Lets get to my favs, shall we? 

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{Beautiful sunset over Boston.} 

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{DELISH lobster rolls} 

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{Rocky Nook} 

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{Beach life.} 

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{Libations with mama dukes.} 

xo