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Trader Joes Tuesday–Pumpkin Butter is Back

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 10:31 AM PDT

~~Look I'm Woody~~ Howdy howdy howdy!

This morning I woke up at 5am – well before my alarm. Guess I'm somehow still on east coast time? I decided to crawl out of bed and start my day early. After a bit of stalling on twitter (waiting for the sun to come up) – I headed out the door for a tempo run. Tuesdays have been my speed runs of late, but I wanted to do something new today. 5 miles, aimed to keep them around 8:05s.

Since I got them, I do my tempo runs in my Brooks Pure Flow – which I love because they are light and fast. This weekend I did that 15 mile run in Baltimore in them too. I wasn't planning on running long so I didn't pack more stable shoes. They worked, but I could feel my knees get a little stiff towards the end. I think 15 miles might be the distance limit I can do in these.

Trader Joes Tuesday!

Yesterday I hit up TJ's for broccoli slaw and spotted a new find and an old favorite. Pumpkin Butter is back and they have Pumpkin Soup!

I haven't tried the soup yet but I know I'll get a ton of questions about the stats, so here they are:

When I was checking out the TJ's guy told me he waits until closer to October to buy pumpkin stuff. But, I love it and at least the soup is relatively healthy – why wait?

Question: Do you wait to buy holiday or seasonal foods?

Ground Turkey Broccoli Slawghetti Crock Pot Recipe

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT

I have a pile of dirty clothes in my suitcase, a pile of emails to catch up on and a pile of wrappers from all the gum I've chewed today to get to (okay that last one isn't really relevant).

The point is, I don't want to spend time cooking dinner tonight when I can be doing other things. So, I knew I had to make a crockpot meal tonight.

In true Monican fashion I wanted something super easy ~~and weird~~. I had ground turkey to use and googled around for ideas but the only thing I found was turkey chili recipes. Nah. I wasn't feeling it.

So, I made a recipe up and decided on a spaghetti style meal. Instead of noodles I used broccoli slaw so this recipe is Gluten Free / Paleo / Insert the Diet of the Week friendly!

1. Cook onions and add ground turkey. Add minced garlic, S&P and cook through.

2. Bust out the crock pot (or slow cooker? I don't call it that)

3. Mix ground turkey, broccoli slaw, jar of pasta sauce and bag of frozen bell peppers in crockpot. Add salt and 21 seasoning salute to taste.4. Set on low for 4 hours.

Stir and eat!

I added parmesan cheese on top (love that stuff).

Oh.Kay. Did you watch Real Housewives of New Jersey last night?

I don't know if it's just that I don't want to believe Teresa is that manipulative or what, but I think Kim set it up. Either way, I don't care if Melissa was a stripper. Do you?

I do think Teresa would be impossible to get along with. She seems completely disconnected from reality and really believes that Melissa is the one ruining her relationship with her brother. So frustrating.

Thoughts?

If you missed it, it's probably on reruns all week or you can read this recap on Hit Fix.