Recipe: Goat Cheese Portabello Mushrooms

Goat Cheese Portabello Mushrooms:

4 med-large portabello mushrooms
8 oz basalmic vinegarette
4 oz of goat cheese
3-4 tbsp pine nuts (chopped)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Place mushrooms bottom up in a baking dish. Pour basalmic vinegrette into the mushrooms, and some in the dish. Crumble and divide the goat cheese, about 1 oz on each.  Sprinkle chopped pine nut on top.
Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

4 servings (unless you're like me and eat 2)

This is an adaptation from the South Beach Diet recipe book, as the original recipe called for marinara sauce and a few other things, but I LOVE mushrooms sauteed in balsamic vinegarette.  

ESTIMATE serving/nutritional information, depending on the brand of dressing you use:

Nutrition Facts User Entered Recipe
4 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories		214.4
Total Fat		17.9 g
	Saturated Fat	4.4 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	2.3 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	2.6 g
Cholesterol		13.0 mg
Sodium		114.5 mg
Potassium		45.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate		9.6 g
	Dietary Fiber	3.2 g
	Sugars	1.5 g
Protein		9.1 g

Vitamin A	5.9 %
Vitamin B-12	0.9 %
Vitamin B-6	3.8 %
Vitamin C	2.1 %
Vitamin D	100.0 %
Vitamin E	1.8 %
Calcium	8.1 %
Copper	14.6 %
Folate	1.4 %
Iron	7.0 %
Magnesium	5.2 %
Manganese	29.8 %
Niacin	2.0 %
Pantothenic Acid	2.1 %
Phosphorus	11.0 %
Riboflavin	7.2 %
Selenium	1.2 %
Thiamin	2.9 %
Zinc	4.5 %

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hey out there blog world!  Here we are... new year!  New opportunities!  Maybe 2014 was a great year for you... but maybe not!  My feelings on 2014: nothing.  I didn't hate it.  I didn't love it.  I am thankful for all that I have and all that life has been for me in 2014, but it wasn't the "Year of a Lifetime" or anything.  WHY!?

Every day/month/year, I set goals.  I don't believe in resolutions because they are short lived and are so simple to fall away from.  I set many goals for myself in 2014, goals of all sorts.  Financial, fitness, family... lots.  I nailed some.  Like punched them in the face. And then there were the ones that I set and fell flat on my face.  THOSE are the ones that upset me.  I nailed the smaller ones.  Ones like being able to do a chaturanga the correct way, without belly flopping to the floor. Ones like spending less money when things get tight. The important ones though, those are the ones I failed myself.  Ones like "spending more time with my family", and "becoming a Diamond Beachbody Coach", and even ones like "eating with more control to set a better example for my daughter who is going to struggle with her weight"... yep, didn't meet any of those goals.

BUT I come to you for accountability... for another chance. These things are not resolutions... I NEVER stuck to any resolution I've set.  These things are going on my Dream Board, as well as many other things. Those thing I will accomplish in 2015.  On my own time, in my own way.  I have many financial goals, family goals and a few fitness goals, even some goals that I can't really categorize... putting them down on paper is what makes them real. Do you have a 2015 Dream Board? Lets work together to accomplish MORE in 2015 and make it a "Once in a Lifetime" year!