Preparing ourselves Pt. 1

Yes, my first post IS going to be about food. lol!! Who doesn't love food?

On our path to better preparing the both of us for a future baby, eating wholesome foods is one of the first steps. So on 7/14 I decided to make us a delicious dinner.

Oh yeah, delicious dinner made by yours truly! :)

Here is the ingredients for the main part:

1/3c Extra virgin olive oil
3 medium garlic cloves
1/2 bag of shrimp
2c spring mix lettuce
1/4c walnuts
1/3c parmesan cheese
8oz whole wheat fusilli

I also made us parsley/garlic/olive oil topping for our bread(which we bought at the local farmers market, homemade).

We just bought a Ninja on the same day I made this delicious dinner. Now, if you do buy one, don't buy the one from their website. We bought it at Sam's Club, for only $50 AFTER taxes! And it included 2 of the Master Prep Bowls!

So step 1: Grind your own parmesan cheese. I just cut off the tip of the cheese wedge, then broke it into 1in pieces.

About 1/3 cup of finely chopped cheese!

1/4c walnuts

Greens and Walnuts

In another container, add in 1/4c of walnuts.
And 2c of packed salad(we used a bunch of leafy greens, but the recipe I really wanted to make was arugula pesto).

3 garlic cloves

So place the greens and nuts in the food processor and pulse until all is finely chopped(almost 60secs, although with our Ninja it only took about 30secs).

Add in garlic cloves and pulse to combine.

Ta-da! Greens, walnuts and garlic, all chopped finely!!

1/3c olive oil

And NEXT....

Add 1/3c of extra virgin olive oil and pulse that baby some more!!

Add cheese

Add in the 1/3c of cheese and pulse to combine.

Spring Mix Pesto!