I have been doing some slow cooking lately and have been using this hand me down crock pot which I think was actually from my Nana and Boppa. It works but now that I have been doing this more, I can tell there are some things its missing. For one, its small. For two (and biggest) the interior is not removeable so you always have to wash it by hand. Boo!
The The Other told me that new crock pots are only $30 on amazon AND they have a removable dishwasher safe interior. Yay!! Plus its larger! Double Yay! So I ordered one and it arrived yesterday.
For the first meal in my new crockpot I decided to make Mississippi Roast – simple and delicious. Simply delicious. Seriously, if you own a slow cooker, you need to make this recipe. Plus I think with only 3 ingredients, its counts as “Clean Eats” 🙂 Here is the recipe if you want to try it yourself, which you totally should.
The start of the meal:
4.5 hours later (on high)
I decided to serve it over egg noodles so here is the finished product.
So now that I have eaten all that deliciousness I decided to go for a bike ride. I’m lying – I rode my bike before I ate – after I ate I just laid on the couch 😛 But seriously I did ride my bike today, although indoors, but tried a different strategy which I think worked out great. Instead of planning to ride 5 miles, I set a timer for 30 minutes then played a video of mountain bikers on the screen and listened to my audio book. Since I wasn’t focuses on how many miles I had left to be finished the ride actually felt much shorter and I actually rode farther than 5 miles!
I am pretty proud of my steady pace as well. Only one dip in the center there which is when the cats started fighting. Because of course they can’t let me exercise in peace.
For my Birthday, The Other got me an indoor bicycle trainer and we finally got it setup and I did my first workout! It was exhausting but great to ride my own bike although not great to realize how out of shape I have become over the winter!!!
My plan is to ride while watching TV or listening to audio books to help get me a jump on the season. With some 70* days last week I don’t have much time!!
To The Other Door and back tonight. I am getting spoiled by this nice weather!!!! No picture tonight since it gets dark at 4pm now. As long as the weather stays this nice I’ll take it!
Didn’t have a lot of time today but wanted to get in a ride while this beautiful weather lasts! Decided to do a short ride but got as fast as I could. You can see I slow down as I go but I’m still pretty proud of myself. Definitely going to work on improving that time!
After a cold and rainy Halloween the first day of November was perfect! Sunny 65* with blue skies and a slight breeze. Halfway through the ride I stopped at this lake and just sat and listened to the waves lap at the shore. It was so serene. The rest of the ride was beautiful as well – wind through the trees rustling the leaves as the seasons change – overall just a really beautiful and relaxing ride.
Its that time of year when the leaves are changing colors and I was really excited to ride today to see it. It was a beautiful ride!!
I also did a bit of exploring and took a new way home. It wasn’t as nice since it was mostly along the road but the trail did go farther west so I am excited to explore that in the future. While on the way home I passed this adorable church. I think its very cute with it’s princess turrets.
Overall a little slower today – a bit because I was exploring, a bit cause I haven’t ridden in a while, and a bit cause I got new biking pants. They are very warm (they are my winter pants) but they were also a bit tight so it was weird to get used to.
Went out today around sunset. It was a bit cool but otherwise a beautiful night. The sky was so pretty with shades of pink, purple and blue. I did a bit of exploring but nothing too drastic
Made a Blue Apron for dinner afterwards. Crispy Tofu with Red Curry. It was spicy – almost too much – but the tofu was really good so I ate it. I am looking forward to making more crispy tofu in the future but just with soy or miso sauce instead of the curry.
Got stuck at work last night and couldn’t the Wednesday night burrito ride but I made up for it by going out today.
It was a short ride but full of adventure! It was sunset, my light had low battery and it was thundering when I left. It started lightening about halfway through and the downpour started right as I looped around.
It was a warm(er) night so I rode through the rain. A bit sketchy for a bit but lots of fun. I passed a few other brave riders and we cheered each other on. By the time I made it home the rain had mostly stopped. My bike was muddy, I was soaked but smiling!
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