Still no pictures, my apologies. Unfortunately, you have chosen a blogger whom is not tech-savy and hasn't a clue how to load pictures from her phone. Don't worry... I will figure it out eventually. Until then, a recipe for you (void of an ascetically pleasing picture but hey use your imagination people- it's yummy, girl scouts honor).
Strawberry Pico Shrimp Summer Salad
- 2 quarts of diced and cleaned strawberries (I think they're quarts... you know the regular size stupid plastic container)
- 1 large container of pico from Meijer (sorry, it does have a bit of salt and preservatives in it so it's not strict paleo... but hey make your own then friend... I imagine it's about 2-3 cups of pico)
- Juice from 1 lime
- 1lb bag of cocktail shrimp, whatever size you'd like, tails removed and chopped into bite size pieces if necessary
- About 3 tablespoons EVOO
- 1/2c balsamic vinegar
- 3 English cucumbers, pealed and sliced (cut all your slices in half so they're more bite size)
- 1 tsp liquid or dry dill (I used tube/liquid dill)
In a small bowl add your lime juice, balsamic vinegar, EVOO, and dill- whisk and then, in a large mixing bowl, dump over all your other ingredients. Toss and then chill for 30min or so until cool- devour!
Well, I finished all my massive amounts of cooking and it paid off because my customer texted me later; "this shit is f@cking awesome!!!". He sounded super excited to try out all the delicious meals I had made him and this made it all worthwhile. See, initially I was less than ecstatic about cooking for him because the response I got, when I asked him what he wanted, was pretty much, "Whatever. I don't care as long as it's paleo. If it's good for me I'll eat it." Now what kind of response is that?! I want you to enjoy what you're eating, not merely stomach it simply because you think it will make you a better crossfitter... although it probably will but this is not the point! It actually took quite a bit of sweet talking to even get me to agree to this... well, no I take it back. It took my trainer, Mario, basically telling me I was a dumb ass if I didn't. But all is well, because when I talked to him later he loved it and was all excited to try out the meals- it was awesome! See, now I'M excited to cook and make him new awesome recipes! I love what I do with my life- you should too... if you don't get on that asap.
Well it's off to bed now... tomorrow is "Thursday Fun-day" (aka the best day of the week), boom! If you don't have a Thursday Fun-day at your gym you should change that stat; I guarantee it will make Thursday your favorite day of the week. See Thursday's have traditionally been our make-up day where you made up a workout you had missed earlier in the week... but then it grew into something more. What do you make-up when you were there Monday thru Wednesday? Your own WOD that's what! It started with a simple question by Mario, "What do you want to work on today?" But then we had so much fun collaborating the first WOD that it turned into another and then another... thus 8 hours and 6 WODs later, fun-day was born, and has been my favorite day ever since. On that note- goodnight my little blogging community!
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