Start Your Day Off Right

  Today, my super fantastic husband was nice enough to say that he would get the kiddo ready and off to daycare if I wanted to go to the 6am WOD. I feel like a rockstar. I LOVE starting the day with a workout. I love working out after work too, but doing it in the morning is just different. Workouts make me happy. Soooo it's only natural that working out first thing would make for a happy day! Now, don't get me wrong, getting up at 5am totally suuuuuuucks, BUT it's definitely worth it. I encourage everyone to bite the bullet one day and just do it. Get up early and get your workout in before you start your day. I can almost guarantee you'll like it... and have a better day. Go ahead, try it. I dare you!
  So, how is everyone feeling about the paleo challenge? I feel like I've successfully made it over the hump of wanting to cheat, and I hope you all have too. This morning at the group wod, Jeremy had an interesting point. When you cook a "paleo" meal, don't tell people who aren't "paleo friendly" that the meal is paleo. People who don't know how fantastic paleo is, or don't understand our way of living, tend to have a negative attitude toward it and convince themselves they dislike it before they even try it. So, instead of saying you want to cook paleo for them, just tell them you want to cook dinner for them instead! Sneaky we are, they'll never know that the delicious meal they are eating is healthy too! Yesssssssssss. And so, since I'm on the subject of yummy paleo nom nom goodness, I suppose I'll share my dinner plan. You should all call the chica from paleomg.com and thank her for being so effing amazing. You guessed it, this recipe came from her!

Southwest Turkey Sliders over Spicy Avocado Slaw

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• For the burgers
• 1lb ground turkey
• 1/4 red onion, minced
• 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 poblano pepper, diced
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon fat (I used bacon fat)
• For the slaw
• 1 small head of cabbage or bag of cabbage, chopped
• 2 avocados
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

First make your burgers

1. Add all your ingredients for your burgers in a large bowl.
2. Shape small burger patties.
3. Heat up a large skillet under medium heat with a bit of fat in it (I used bacon fat) and add your sliders. Flip after about 3-5 minutes or when you see the sides of your sliders begin to turn a white color (meaning they are cooking through).

Now make your slaw

1. Pull out your handy dandy food processor, add all your ingredients for the slaw other than the cabbage and pulse until smooth.
2. Pour your avocado “mayo” on the cabbage and mix. Top off with a bit of salt and pepper.
3. Place your cabbage on a plate and top off with your sliders!
4. Consume!

  Alright fellow Paleo lovers, if you like spicy, this is the dish for u! I love slaw, so this was an instant fav. But seriously, I have to stop myself from eating every last bit I make. SOOOOO GOOD! I beg you, try this goodie! 
  Ohhhhh yes. Do you all see what CrossFit and Paleo has done to me? I spend my days dreaming about the amazing dinner that I get to consume. Is that healthy? Eh, I don't care if it isn't... because the food IS healthy. And so, I'll daydream about it all day if I want, so THERE! =) More later! Make today better than yesterday peeps! Love ya!