I told him I wasn’t going to take my normal Friday 5:45 a.m. BodyPump class and was going to do my own strength training routine instead. After he went upstairs to do his own workout, I filled my water bottle and changed my mind. Apparently I can’t resist the ‘Pump!
Even though BodyPump is challenging, it is perfect for those days when I’m feeling lethargic or unmotivated because once I’m in the class, I can’t leave and always stay and get a great workout. Power through! 😀
I did take it easy on the cardio front today and skipped it altogether in favor of taking Sadie on a 40 minute walk around the lake near our apartment.
Can you blame me for wanting a little extra time with this face?
Walk Me!
Breakfast
When we returned from our walk, I let some steel cut oats simmer on the stove while taking a quick shower.
Simmer, Baby, Simmer
Post shower, I chocolified them up by stirring in a scoop of All the Whey chocolate peanut butter cup protein powder and a tablespoon of cocoa powder.
Oats + PP + Cocoa Powder
The result?
Cocoa oats!
Coco-tastic
Who doesn’t love a lil’ chocolate for breakfast?
Monterey Pasta Company Giveaway
If you’ve been following this blog for a while now, you are well-aware of my adoration for Monterey Pasta Company‘s ravioli.
Love This Stuff
The pasta poofs have popped up in many of my lunches and dinners since I started this blog. Apparently the company got wind of my intense love for their product, because I received a ginormous box of their ravioli and tortellini to sample last month.
After enjoying bowl after bowl of tasty pasta, I contacted the company again to ask if they would offer some of you free sample coupons to try a ravioli, tortellini or pasta product of your choice.
Thankfully they said yes and send me a bunch of coupons to distribute.
For You!
You know what that means! With a bunch of coupons on my hands, you have a great chance to win! There will be FIVE winners of this giveaway. 🙂
To enter, simply comment on this post, telling me about your favorite pasta dish.
The winners will be selected randomly and announced tomorrow morning.
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My favorite pasta dish in the summer is cavatappi pasta with pesto sundried tomatoes and fresh mozzarella! Yum!
Bawww look at your pups face. precious!
I don’t discriminate when it comes to pasta- I chow it ALL! Except puttanesca. HATE olives!
mine would probably be pumpkin, spinach, ricotta ravioli or tortellini with a good sage brown butter sauce! great giveaway
My all time favorite pasta dish is simply angel hair with chuncky marinara sauce. I am a easy gal to please. Thanks for your kind words on my blog, Julie. I appreciate it. 🙂
Oh man, I could could use anyting that is free right especially food 🙂
Pasta 🙂 with Pesto, sun dried tomatoes, brocoli, mushrooms, chicken, spinach, red onion, and a Cow ches. Wedge. so many different ways. Im currently trying to get our daughter to expand beyond mac and ches. 🙂
I love anything with pesto. Or a good ravioli with sundried tomato and mushrooms inside. yum!
My all-time favorite pasta dish is my mom’s Baked Ziti! I haven’t had it since I was a little girl (over 20 years ago!) but I can still taste that incredib le combination of zesty tomato sauce, springy noodles and gooey cheeses as if it was yesterday! Thanks for such a great giveaway!
There’s an amazing local italian restaurant and I love their fettucine with creamy pesto sauce!! So heavenly!!
You can’t beat a good mushroom ravioli. It’s 10am and I could eat right now Mmmmmmm
my favorite pasta dish is angel hair with a lemon creme sauce! my family makes homemade meatballs which pairs very well with the lemon sauce thats a family recipe. Also I’m italian so any pasta dish with a red sauce usually hits the spot!
Tortellini has always been one of my favorite foods! When I was younger I would just eat a heaping bowl of it, loaded with thick tomato sauce. Now I try to throw some broccoli, mushrooms and/or zucchini in there for a more balanced meal.
My favorite pasta dish when I go out to eat will always be penne ala vodka, it was all I would order at Italian restaurants growing up. My favorite at home pasta dish is my mom’s whole wheat pasta with broccoli rabe, spicy turkey sausage, plum tomatoes, and hugeee chunks of garlic 🙂
oh, i am not picky when it comes to pasta! :0) i LOVE any type with pesto and tons of fresh veggies. i’m pretty sure you can’t go wrong with pasta though…
my current favorite pasta dish is arugula and spinach pesto over spaghetti or linguini. it’s a great use of the greens i’m growing in the garden and is light and delicious!
I’m a simple girl I love just plain spaghetti! 🙂
Pasta with veggies and olive oil with a little parm. Fresh, light and yummy!
I’m a simple girl and LOVE meaty marinara sauce with angel hair pasta! But, I’d have to say my all-time favorite is lasagna! My mom and grandma make the best! Now I’m hungry… 🙂
Bucatini All’amatriciana! I had never heard of this until I studied abroad in Italy, but it was literally love at first bite 🙂 It’s really simple – bucatini pasta with tomato sauce made with pork, then covered in pecorino romano cheese – but it is incredibly delicious.
I love love love lasagna, and any kind of ravioli, lobster, cheese, spinach, oh and tortellini!
My favorite pasta dish is something I recently started making: baked pasta. It includes penne pasta with lots and lots of veggies (zucchini, peas, tomatoes, asparagus–whatever else I have on hand. I also add spices of oregano and crushed red peppers. Plus, it wouldn’t be a pasta dish without a topping of parmesan. 😉 My fiance and I love it and our tummies are happy after gobbling it up!
Great give away! I love all types of ravioli but especially love mushroom ravioli, especially from the restaurant 310 downtown.
Any pasta with vodka sauce is going to win me over 🙂
The best pasta dish I have ever had was when I was studying in Italy and spent a weekend in Northern Italy, particularly the bicycle-friendly city of Ferrara. A specialty of the region, this dish is called Capellaci di Zucca, aka Hat-Shaped Pasta Stuffed with Pumpkin. At a bustling upstairs restaurant, it was served in butter and sage. I think my mouth cried a little when that amazingly simple but rich dish was gone. I know my mouth certainly cries when I see the tragedy that is American-style squash ravioli with added sugar and doused in low-grade cream sauce. Sigh.
Any pasta with pesto – sooooo yummy!
My current favorite pasta dish is cheese tortellini tossed with diced tomatoes, spinach, toasted pine nuts, chopped banana peppers (key ingredient!!), lemon juice, olive oil, and salt & pepper. It’s easy, fresh, and delicious!
My favorite pasta dish comes from this little restraunt down the street from my work called Bellas. Its tortallini pasta with this yummy cheesy alfredo sauce and peas!!! I use to order it in allll the time. In fact the night i graduated from Highschool I opted to go home, and order in the pasta dish, and sit and induldge versus going out to dinner! LOL!
I love my Grandma’s pasta sauce. 🙂 It tastes great on bread or pasta!
My favorite pasta would have to be broccoli filled ravioli with marinara sauce 🙂
My fav pasta dish is chicken parmesan! SO not healthy, but so very tastey!
Favorite pasta of all time is my homemade spaghetti with meat sauce. Yummmm…
Favorite pasta dish? That is like asking what to pick my favorite outfit from my closet! Way too hard to narrow it down to one! 😉
Krista
I love lobster ravioli in a light vodka sauce or mixed seafood in marina sauce over linguine.. SO GOOD!
My favorite pasta dish was always cheese ravioli when I was little, I would love to try different types of ravioli! I know I would LOVE them:)
Any pasta stuffed with cheese and spinach! Tortellini, manacotti, ravioli…but my all time favorite is probably stuffed shells. Yum!
Pumpkin ravioli with butternut sage sauce..holy yumness!
All pasta is my favorite pasta! 🙂
If the world could come up with a carb-free, fat-free, calorie-free pasta, I’d be in heaven!
My favorite pasta dish is the homemade gnocchi my dad makes every year for Christmas. Heavenly!
I don’t think we have that pasta in Can… I could be wrong. Some day I’m going to have to take a body pump class, they always sound so great!
definitely not picky when it comes to pasta. anything with pesto is delicious though!
YUM!!! I love pasta, any kind! My favorite is plain spaghetti with marinara.. so good!
I could seriously live off of pasta. I really love any kind of pasta in a sweet tomato sauce. With a little fresh Parmesan on top. I was in heaven when I went to Italy on vacation. It never gets old!
For a quick lunch, I make whole wheat pasta and top with rotisserie chicken and marinara sause! Yumm!
Whole wheat pasta with lentil sauce. Yum!
These raviolis are so tasty…we just a some marinara sauce and maybe some mushrooms and chow down 🙂
My favorite pasta dish is the primavera pasta with marinara sauce from this restaurant called Mama D’s 🙂
I’d say anything with pesto! YUM! 🙂
I love ravioli. Such a great comfort food! I haven’t tried Monterrey, but based on your word, I am anxious to get on board.
Whole wheat pasta with chunky vegetable tomato sauce and lean ground beef. Yum!!!
I like pasta with lots of veggies and tomatoes.
My moms baked ziti! Its amazing and she bakes it for every christmas eve. So yummy!