Fast Food

As I mentioned in my Fast Style post I have been pretty busy. I haven't really made any interesting food lately and have actually been eating insane amounts of stir fry.

Stir fry has pretty much become my go to meal on busy days. I usually just buy sliced meat (either steak, pork, or chicken) so I don't have to cut it myself. Then I throw in whatever frozen stir fry blend I have in the freezer as I always have some sort of stir fry blend. I then put in whatever seasonings I am in the mood for and a low calorie sauce (usually chili garlic sauce or ginger dressing...yum).

I like doing this because I usually have to make multiple meals all at once so it is really easy this way because I can just make a HUGE batch.


Also you can make it different every time to keep it interesting. If you can find sauces made by Walden Farms they are really great for this. Oh, and shrimp and tofu stir fry are great too!!

Workout Song of the Week!!

Haven't posed a song in a few weeks but I haven't really been listening to anything new. I do love this song by Dev that I recently downloaded but I love Dev in general. Anyhow, since sharing is caring here go's....

 

Fast Style

So I have been crazy busy lately. I recently started a new job and will be transferring to a different university in the fall (majoring in nutrition). Hence, I have been away from the blog for a bit. I thought I would share my favorite quick hair/makeup for those of you that are busy bee's like me.

Usually when I don't have time to do a lot of makeup I just choose like three things to focus on (not including foundation). Lately it has been just liner, lipstick, and lashes. It's simple and fast so it works for me.

With my hair I usually sleep with it in bantu knots then do some sort of quick style (usually involving tons of pins). Above I basically just pinned up one side all the way to the opposite ear. So pretty much just the front of one side is left out.

I am not really big on braid-outs just because they take too much time to take out so I never really do them. I do my bantu knots without doing two strand twists first since I know some people do theirs that way. That is also too time consuming for me and I like them just fine without doing the two strand twists.

I had used Pravana Smoothing Shampoo & Conditioner beforehand and I used Jane Carter Nourish & Shine wen I did the bantu knots.

What do you (naturals) prefer? Bantu knots, braid outs, or twist outs?

Alternative: Pasta!

So....I like pasta. Way more then I probably should so I try not to really eat it too often because I can get a bit out of control. Whenever I crave pasta I usually turn to one of these alternatives. Unless I have been good that day, then I just go ahead and eat the pasta but sometimes I will have half a serving of pasta mixed in with one of these alternative choices.

Broccoli Slaw (pictured above)
Tofu Noodles (shirataki)
Zucchini or Yellow Squash sliced thin using a vegetable peeler (pictured below)
Spaghetti Squash (my favorite, yum!)

The great thing about these alternatives is you can sneak in some extra veggies. If you aren't a huge veggie fan I would suggest a mixture of whole wheat or brown rice spaghetti with baked spaghetti squash and of course delicious toppings, as always.