Fabulous Lemon Marinade and Weeknight Dinners

So I bought this bag of lemons when we were going crazy buying produce last week. I don't know why.

It's not exactly lemonade season, so I decided to try the marinade recipe on the back of the lemon bag.

It turned out pretty awesome! I tried it on mahi mahi, but you could do it on chicken, or even use it as a salad dressing!

Here's a weeknight dinner that will look like you put in the effort of a weekend meal. 

Shawn used to not be a fan of fish. If you feel the same way or it freaks you out a bit, but you'd like to take the plunge, I'd recommend starting with mahi mahi or tilapia. These two fishies are mild and not fishy flavored AT ALL. We love to buy these fillets from Giant Eagle because they are affordable without settling in quality. 

Here's what you need for the marinade: 2-3 lemons, 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup of olive oil, 2 garlic cloves (minced), 2 tablespoons of freshly grated ginger (or 1 tsp of ground ginger), 1 tablespoon of lemon zest, 1 tsp of cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp of pepper.

Healthy Granola Bites

Confession time. Yes, I love baking. But sometimes I also hate it. And the time of the year I despise it the most is right after Christmas.

During the holidays, I'm full of Christmas spirit and that comes out in my baking (and blogging). But, afterwards, I've done so much that I'm sick of it.

To the point it causes me pain, literally. Being 5'11, the average countertop is a bit too short for me. So spending hours leaning over a counter or stove leave my back a hot mess. To the point I have to take a lovely trip to my chiropractor.

So, not only does a detox allow my body some time to recover, it also allows me the downtime I need to recover from my overindulgence in baking, to the point I actually come around to wanting to do it again. So that is where I find myself today. Ready to bake!

End of Detox: What We Ate

 So, we are done our detox. I should've updated sooner, but I've been super busy!

But I decided to do one last post to show you what we ate on our last day.

How have we been doing since? Pretty good! We allowed ourself some "food fun" (that's really corny, I know. Forgive me) Over the weekend, but we've been able to allow for a little spurge here or there without totally going off track. And I think that's what it's all about, right?

To the left are the ingredients to my morning smoothie last week, one banana, one of my frozen smoothie packs, a couple tablespoons of greek yogurt and 2 tablespoons of flaxseed.