Melissa-Brooke-Macrina

All I can say is I LOVE SALADS!! Especially during the summer 😊 They're quick and easy to make and help me stay healthy, energized and focused on my goals! This is one of my favs and I LOVE even more the bowl & chopper that I use to smash it all together and combine the flavors of all of the healthy goodness! Here's what you need: Combine the following in a bowl: • 1 can chickpeas (drained & rinsed) • 1 medium cucumber (peeled & diced) • 1 package cherry or grape tomatoes (halved) • 1/4 cup Kalamata olives sliced • 3 stalks celery (chopped) • Juice of 1 lime • 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil • fresh or dried basil & oregano & salt & pepper to taste ••• mix together & 1 cup to the top of 1 cup fresh baby spinach (if you have the chopper and bowl, chop away 😊) •••Top with chicken, salmon or hard boiled eggs and enjoy!

One of my most favorite and simple go-to meals :)  It's super delicious, super healthy AND super EASY!!!  What do you need???? Quinoa (gluten free)  1 medium cucumber  1 package cherry/grape tomatoes 1/4 red onion 1/4 cup sliced Kalamata olives Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) 1 Lime 1. Boil 2 cups water, add 1 cup uncooked quinoa. Follow directions on package :) 2. Chop cucumber, half tomatoes, chop onion, slice kalamata olives. Combine these in the same bowl and add 2 Tbsp EVOO & juice of 1 lime.  3. Cool quinoa and add to veggies. ***Makes aboout 4 servings.  You can also server over lettuce or fresh spinach.

Parmesean Kale Salad... Let me just say this, I've had some AMAZING kale salads... WHEN I GO OUT TO EAT! In fact "their" salads somehow ALWAYS taste better than when I make a salad myself! Can anyone relate to this!? UGH! It doesn't matter if I'm at a top notch restaurant or someone else makes the salad at my very own place, with my very own ingredients. Somehow, everyone else's salad is ALWAYS better! BUUUUUTTTTT... last week I discovered this yummy & HEALTHY salad! It's VEGAN & GLUTEN FREE! OH...AND SUPER SIMPLE TO MAKE! Here's what you need: • 1 bunch of organic kale • 1-2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) • 1 lemon • 1 cup raw almonds • 1/4 nutritional yeast 1. Vegan-Parmesean Cheese: In a food processor or blender (I prefer Vitamix) combine 1 cup raw almonds & 1/4 cup nutritional yeast Blend until almonds are small pieces 2. Remove the stems from the kale and the juice from the lemon.  Chop up the leaves (I use my OXO Go...

Pretty sure this will ROCK MY WORLD...and quite possibly YOURS as well! THIS ONE HERE MAKES ME SOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO ROCK!!! By the end of January BB will be unveiling Digital Unlocks via Beachbody On Demand. What does that mean? Well, Beachbody On Demand premium paid club members will be able to unlock our T25, Body Beast and CIZE programs directly on BOD at roughly 50% of the cost of the DVD programs. This will only include base kit workouts, deluxe kit workouts, and base & deluxe workout bundles. ***It ALSO means...LESS CLUTTER of DVDs AND NO MORE SCRATCHES! Stay tuned for news and details.  For more information on these programs click here------>  www.beachbodycoach.com/mmacrina

Roasted Root Medley Soup AND Almond-Green Beans with Red Onion Oooohhhhh how I have missed doing these things! Yes, I kinda fell off the wagon since school started.... and, YES!!!! I'm ready to get back on! Here is a pic of tonight's DELICIOUS dinner! I totally did NOT expect to like this Roasted Root Medley turned soup....AT ALL...but it was AMAZING! Roasted Root Medley/Soup Recipe 2 medium sized beets- peeled and cubed 2 medium sweet potatoes- cubed 1/2 red onion- diced 5 large carrots- peeled and sliced ***Toss in a bowl together using 1 TBSP Organic Coconut Oil ***Bake on cookie sheet at 350 until potatoes, beets & carrots are cooked (makes about 6 servings) ***Enjoy as is OR toss the Medley into the Vitamix, add water until desired  thickness is reached, add a dash of pepper and salt and enjoy as a SOUP :) Almond-Green Beans w/ Red Onion Fresh green beans-cleaned and halved 1/4 - 1/2 red onion- diced 1/3 cup whole almonds- ...

Today was my LAST long run before my full marathon and also the day MY BODY SAID, "NO!!!!" I was feeling pretty fabulous before hitting the asphalt. I'm one month out from my full marathon. I've run 22 miles before. This 20 should be CAKE!!!! Or, so I thought.... About 1 mile in, I had this super strange twinge in my Achilles. As any Macrina/Unsinn kid would do, I ignored it and thought to myself, just run it out. That I did. I ran it out....ran it out til about mile 11 when my Achilles apparently had enough and said, "NO MORE!" It kind of sent this painful sign telling me to stop and startled nearby runners as my stride quickly turned into a less than sweet dance move and no, that wasn't music from my headphones the passers by were hearing. It was more than likely an F-bomb or two flying from my little mouth not realizing how loud it was actually coming out...SORRY FRIENDS! So here I sat.... ...legs stretched out before me. Trying...