Fit Friday; Achiote Beef Cabbage Bowl and Speed Play

Achiote Beef Cabbage Bowl Recipe is a protein packed, low carb, and deliciously healthy dinner! Shredded beef, green cabbage, onion & cilantro mix, with fresh pineapple, AND the homemade achiote hot sauce... all on a low carb cabbage bowl! Oh my. You’ll be in all kinds of heaven with our beef cabbage bowls recipe! I love that they are hand-held size with all the amazing tex-mex flavors and toppings! Perfection. :)

Lovin' our Achiote Beef Cabbage Bowl Recipe

My favorite thing to do with this recipe, is to make a bigger batch of the beef and achiote hot sauce to keep in the fridge and eat as my lunch for a few days or more! It's easy to keep cabbage on hand and whip it together in the middle of the day! I'm actually doing this right now with chicken wraps. For some reason, I've been wanting a simple grilled chicken wrap from Wendy's like everrrryyyy single day... so I thought, you know what? I can just buy chicken tenderloins and spinach tortilla shells, since I typically always have shredded cheese and fresh lettuce on hand, and make my own wraps! So that I did. I stocked up and cooked all the chicken that I'd need for 5 days and wah-la! I have a wrap ready in 3 mins or less for lunch each day. Ohh and it's WAY tastier than any fast food joint's wraps and it's healthier for you, too!! Next week, I'm doing this with Achiote Beef Cabbage Bowls again. It's time! With minimal effort, healthy lunches are possible for you and the whole family. This could easily be put into a container and taken to work to eat at lunch instead of eating out. I would pack it for my husband if he wasn't able to come home for lunch each day. :) 

Healthy Cooking Tips:

The main rule of thumb for healthy cooking is to avoid cooking methods that require excessive fat. Remember to eat a lot of fresh fruits, vegetables, and drink plenty of water, too. I try to incorporate healthy cooking techniques and use healthy oils, in moderate amounts, in all of my cooking. I call it “health-i-fying” recipes!

• Baking: dry heat, below 400 degrees for meat and fish, roasts, and vegetables.
• Braising: browning the ingredients first and then covering with broth or water and slowly cooking.
• Poaching: gently simmer ingredients in water or broth, using minimal amounts of liquid.
• Steaming: quickly cooking foods above a small amount of water, allows food to retain most of the nutrients. When you smell it, it’s done!
• Broiling: uses intense, direct heat. Broiling can be done under the broiler in an oven, or over the coals of a BBQ grill.  High temperatures browns and crisps the outside while sealing in the juices.
• Grilling: use leaner cuts and marinade meat to reduce the HA formation, which may cause colon cancer. Gas grills are better than charcoal for reducing HA.
• Sauteing: quickly cooks relatively small or thin pieces of food.
• Roasting: like baking, at higher temperatures-- using a rack underneath meat so excess fat can drip below.

• Stir-frying:  quickly cooks small pieces of food while rapidly stirring in a small amount of oil that’s almost to the smoking point.

YAY... Fit Friday!! 

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We hope you'll make up a batch of our Achiote Beef Cabbage Bowl Recipe to enjoy this week!

I am feeling better and better each day; which means we are stepping up the workouts. Pushing myself a little harder, enjoying that sweet sweat sesh to the fullest! Last spring I was supposed to run a marathon. I was training hard, amping up the miles and getting thoroughly excited. Then I got diagnosed with about four weeks out, no more marathon, no matter what I tried to say to my oncologist. The race company let me defer, which means I am getting ready to start marathon training again.

These next few weeks leading up to marathon training I am doing a few runs to push myself and see what I have in the tank. Today is going to be one of those runs. I am not sure what kind of times I will be pushing for, I have no clue what I can do. I will be using this run to see what I can do. Push and check out all of the paces after.

Speedy legs here I come!

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