Weekend Happenings

This past weekend me and my dad made our way up to Pittsburgh to help my sister and brother-in-law out with the kids for the weekend. My sister is due with her third in March so she could pop any day! We stopped on Friday night in Somerset, Pa about an hour outside of Pittsburgh so my dad could go to a business meeting the next day.  The ride out was pretty uneventful, but then we had to figure out how to get my parent's dog into a hotel that doesn't allow dogs.  Solution?? an empty backpack:

Poor Bo, but hey it worked.

The next morning my dad and Bo headed out to his meeting while I took advantage of the fitness room.

I did a three minute walking warm up and then finished 3.5 miles before I hit up the continental breakfast.  I had a bunch of cut up fruit with oatmeal on top and then some eggs and a peice of toast with peanut butter.

And then I took a look outside.

Not what I had planned for. It snowed the entire day Saturday and the high was in the 20s. Brrrr. We are not in Delaware anymore.  When my dad got back from his meeting we made our way to my sister's house.  Mia and Giona were there to greet us

I offered to cook dinner that night so I decided to make whole wheat sweet potato pizza.  I made one for the kids and one for the adults and they turned out wayyyy bigger than I had expected. Giona helped me with the toppings.

Sauce and cheese for the kids. Pesto, cheese, zucchini and broccoli for the adults. My brother-in-law had to work at the hospital from 7pm-7am which gave Melissa and I the perfect chance to watch Breaking Dawn Part 1!!!!  Love it.

Sunday was a blur.  We just hung around the house and played with the kids. My dad and I started our trip back to Delaware around 4:30 and got home a little after 9.  Needless to say I was a little tired at work today.  Good thing it was a slow day where I could zone out a lot.  I headed to the gym after work and got a good weights workout in and then did ten minutes each on the bike, eliptical and treadmill.  I have a feeling I'm going to pass out early tonight. I might be using a little wine to make sure I do...unfortunately the kids were sick which means Aunt Meggie is getting sick too.  The perils of being an aunt lol.

Amazing Pizza

Today was the perfect Sunday.  We didn't have too much planned after yesterday's marathon of events.  I woke up early and grabbed some breakfast....overnight oats of course. 

I had it with some coconut water.  I usually try to drink some of this on days that I know I'll be doing a longer run.  It's a good replacent for me for a sports drink.  I really am not a fan of gatorade type drinks.  Just too much added sugar and I don't like the taste.  Coconut water is delicious! And it has a lot of natural electrolytes.

I headed over to Glasgow Park for a practice 10k.  The race is coming up in less than 2 weeks and I am getting really excited to run it!

I ran around a 9.16 pace.  It was a really good run and my foot didn't bother me at all which made my day!  And I'm finally starting to get used to running in the cold.  When I got home I was ravenous.  I had some of my leftover lunch from friday with an apple and some veggies.

The rest of the day was spent cooking for the week.  If I can, I try to cook most of my meals on Sunday for the week so that they just have to be warmed up on the day that we actually eat them.  If I go to the gym right after work I don't get home until around 5:15 and I really do like to eat before 6....I'm weird I know.  So while I was at it I worked on our dinner for tonight Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Pizza Dough which I got from Meals and Miles.

Ingredients:

1tsp dry yeast

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 sweet potato mashed (I cooked mine in the microwave for about 10 minutes)

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup hot water

Mix together the hot water and yeast until yeast dissolves. Leave the bowl in a warm place until a froth forms on the top.

Mix together the dry ingredients and then add the sweet potato and mix until crumbly.  When the yeast is ready, make a well in the dry ingredients and mix it in.  Knead to make a smooth dough.

Wrap the dough in a greased peice of plastic wrap and let it sit in a warm place for at least an hour. I put mine in the microwave.  Then I just used my hands to for a round(ish) shape. We don't have a pizza stone so I just put some cornmeal down on a baking sheet.

Cook the dough for 5 minutes @ 425 degrees, add your toppings, and then bake for 5 more minutes.

I topped mine with some pesto sauce, some squash and zucchini that I had cooked previously, and some cheese. Matt topped his half (or 2/3) with chopped garlic, tomatoe sauce, grilled chicken and cheese.

We both had our pizza with side salad.  I will definitely be making this again.  It was sooo good!

Hope everyone had a good weekend!!