Happy Tuesday :) Since I've started at my new job, meal prep has been very important because I eat pretty much every meal but breakfast at work. However, I steer clear from eating the same thing every day or else I get bored and I crave things like Rita's (which is right across the street from the gym) or all the chocolate and french fries. Variety is the spice of life!! So in attempt to make my ground turkey and rice more exciting, I created an asian style stir fry that I served with Trader Joe's Jasmine rice, which is probably my favorite rice right now. So tasty and comforting. 

Healthy Asian Turkey Stir Fry

It's really the spices that make this dish! I used the simplest ingredients. Serve on top of a bed of steamy Jasmine rice and top your dish with some Sriracha, soy sauce, chopped cashews and green onions. 

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Do you meal prep?

What's your favorite way to make ground turkey? 

Any fun weekend plans?

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I've got a great fall recipe to share today - Turkey Black Bean Chili!  Before I share I'll talk about my weekend a bit (because I know everyone just cares so much ;].) It was low key over here. After a month as busy as October it felt GREAT to relax and reset a bit. I taught my super circuits class on Saturday at Sweat Fitness in Old City - missed that class so much because I haven't been able to teach for the past two weekends! I will share a similar workout here in the next week. The rest of Saturday consisted of some Trader Joe's shopping, chili-making & a whole lot of chillin'. 

Yesterday was the first Sunday since the end of August that I didn't have a long run on my schedule and it felt AMAZING. I slept in (until 7:30...) and then Michael and I grabbed coffee and a rugelach from High Point Cafe before coming back to make pancakes. I took advantage of my time and headed to the gym for a long workout. I didn't have a plan, I don't really remember what I did, but it felt so good to move my body and not have to be in a rush to go anywhere! Ah, Sunday's I love you. 

Getting on to the fun stuff. This chili recipe is real easy to make. I don't like to do complicated. It's got a lot of hearty protein & fiber and it's very delicious. A little fiesta for your taste buds.

My favorite part about chilis like this is that there are a lot of ways that you can dress them up. I have the dish pictured here with cheddar cheese and cilantro, but later on I added greek yogurt, avocado and hot sauce. SO good. Give it a try! So excited to eat the leftovers for lunch in my very 'chilly' office. 

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I have a delicious and easy recipe to share. Stuffed peppers never disappoint, am I right? Especially these Cheesy Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers. Mmmmmm.

How's everyone's week going? Over here it's been crazy busy, which is a great thing, it just leaves me a little less time to focus on my blog. Over the weekend I went to DC and Virginia to visit with Michael's family and it was such a nice little get away! It's so comforting to hangout with family that feels like my own away from home. The weekend involved a lot of down time, some mini golf, GREAT food and even better company. Plus that AMAZING Gator win over Tennessee. That was awesome. I didn't want to have my phone out snapping pics all weekend so I have nothing to show you there. 

On another note...tomorrow is OCTOBER. HOW?! I'm so excited for the weather to start cooling down! There's lots to look forward to for the rest of this year and so much just in this month. All but just one weekend in October is already dedicated to friends and travel! Gotta love that. The last weekend in October is the Philly Rock 'n' Roll half marathon...only four weeks away! Let's pray for zero annoying minor injuries in these next few weeks...

Anyway, on to the recipe  :) 

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