Quarantined - Day 2

Managed to get an early start this morning and worked for a few hours which felt good to be busy. I then made a toss salad minus tomatoes as I am all out. Set my garbage outside my door for the custodian to pick up and placed a plastic bag on my door so that they could leave my medication and mail in something.

My afternoon was not very eventful but handled text messages from co-workers and work e-mail. I did work on some word search puzzles to change things up a bit and then around 4 pm I decided to exercise. I used my small peddle exercise bike and then worked out to one of Jane Fonda's DVD's, Trim, Tone and Flex. The videos that she does for seniors are a little more gentle but you still get a very good work out. I saw online that she has been promoting her older video's from the 1980's.

Working out to videos can help build muscle strength, and can help with weight loss. It also helps to release endorphins which makes me feel good and those who are confined need to feel as though they did something good for that day. Each time I finish my exercising/recess, see April 22, 2019 post keeping the idea fun, I am pleased that I had put forth the effort. Since doing this regularly I am feeling and starting to see the changes. My workouts are not hard but they are paying off.

I did well with my diet today. This morning I had a vegan protein shake, for lunch a nice toss salad, and for supper I made stuffed peppers with quinoa pilaf and blueberries for desert. I also drank lots of water through out the day.

Here is my quinoa pilaf recipe:

Pre-heat oven 350

1 cup Quinoa - rinsed
2 cups water or broth
1/2 c. carrots chopped very fine
1/4 c. celery ( one small stalk) chopped fine
1/4 c. onion - chopped fine
1/2 c, chopped bell pepper
1/2 c. Feta cheese

Put rinsed quinoa in pot and cook off moisture then add water or broth. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes or until water is absorbed.

Chop carrots, celery, bell pepper and onions. Place in pan and add 1/4 c. water or broth and saute vegetables until just tender. Add to cooked quinoa and mix in feta cheese. Place in casserole dish and bake for 20 minutes.

This is great for stuffing bell peppers as well. If you make stuffed peppers after adding additional feta cheese on top cut foil to cover the tops and back for 20 minutes and then remove foil and bake for another 10-15 minutes.

I hope you enjoy the above recipe. Until tomorrow......