Delish Pesto and Tuesday's Workout

Last night's dinner was very easy to make, healthy and delish!  We made linguine with homemade pesto and chicken sausage.

Here's how it all went down:

Ingredients

12-15 grape tomatoes

Handful fresh basil leaves

1/3 cup whole almonds, lightly toasted

2 garlic cloves

Sea salt, to taste

½ cup EVOO

Whole wheat linguine

Spicy Italian chicken sausage

Grated parmesan cheese, for sprinkling

Directions

Cook pasta

Thinly slice chicken sausage and saute until golden brown

Blend all of the above pesto ingredients in food processor/blender until preferred consistency

Mix pesto into hot pasta and top with sausage

Sprinkle with parmesan

Enjoy! 

Greg and I attacked our servings almost immediately so I don't have any pictures of the finished product.  This pesto is a lot healthier and yummier than those you find in jars at the store, so try this recipe!

Workout

After class today, I took Maya out to stretch our legs.  We walked a 1/4 mile, ran a mile in 8:30 followed by an easier 1/2 mile then cooled down with another 1/4 mile walk.

I did some ab and arm work with the fitness ball when we returned:

15 crunches

15 Push ups, balancing legs on ball

Repeat two more times

15 oblique crunches on left side

15 oblique crunches on right side

15 tricep pushups

Repeat two more times

Time to shower and do some schoolwork.  Greg's boss is in town for the night so we're going to have dinner with him later!

Have a great day :)