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Week One: Check


10 in '10 Challenge Week One: I did it!

(Wondering what 10 in'10 is? Check it out here.)

For the most part, the first week went well. The first two days I forgot to do my crunches...oops. My only other speed bump was my friend Johanna coming over to bake cookies. You see, she had tried baking cookies at her house the day before, but it turned out that her oven had kicked the bucket. Thus, she came to my house. I was a little nervous...but I prevailed! I did not eat any.......not even a little bit of dough......ok, I had a finger-dipping sample of the dough. But if you know me....who luves cookies dough and more often than not likes the cookie dough more than the finished product...eating only a finger-dipping's worth is a major achievement. I allowed myself one cookie too.

Here are some great websites and tools I found:
1. sparkpeople.com : This site is great to track your eating and fitness efforts. You can track your weight progress, your daily calorie intake, the amount of calories you burned during a workout daily, weekly, monthly....you get the picture. I even tracked my walking route on a map and it calculated the distance in miles. I punched in how long it took me to walk it and BAM...I burned a crazy 353 calories. Very cool.

2. Nutrition Data : This site will show you nutritional information on anything. Not only that, it shows you how filling something is as well as the glycemic index. Give this site a try.

Here are my stats:
Work Out: Th, F, Sun, M
Crunches: 40 per day 5 out of 7 days
Weight Loss: 3.4 pounds

And here is my recipe for the week:

Apricot Pork Tenderloin














1/2 c Apricot Preserves
2 T Dijon Mustard
1 t Dried Rosemary, Chopped
2 Pork Tenderloins, 1lb each

1. Combine apricot preserves, dijon mustard, and rosemary in a bowl and stir.
2. Salt and pepper the tenderloins and place them on a foil-lined baking sheet. Then brush the apricot mixture on each side of the pork, saving a little over 1/4 of the mixture.
2. Roast at 425 for 40-45 minutes. Halfway through, turn the tenderloins and brush on the remaining mixture.
3. Afterwards, let the meat stand for 5 minutes and cut it on the diagonal.

Mmmm, it's super good and good for you! (It makes 8 servings, each serving approximately 190 calories and 4 grams of fat.)





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Gotta Try This


I promise you, you will love this! Just thinking about it makes me want to make it again.

(And I'm watching Julie and Julia. I want to make all the things on the movie too...like poached eggs. I've never made poached eggs. But Amy has, and I'm hanging out with Amy. I think Amy and I will be poaching eggs tomorrow.)

This dessert is sooo simple. Like really simple. I promise. Simple.

People we eat it and be instantaneously transported to heaven. And they will think you spent alot of time preparing it. Or maybe not. At least they will love it=)

So here it is.



(Sorry the pics are a little off. I baked this at a hunting lodge which had beautiful lighting in the day but horrible lighting at night. Guess when I took the pictures?)

I need to name it but everything I think of sounds lame.

You'll need the following ingredients to carry this out:

1. brownies from a box
Now you can totally make brownies from scratch, but that's the beauty of it...You don't have to! No one will know! I, K. Kunoff, do hereby give you, ______________, permission to make brownies from the box.
2. large box of chocolate instant pudding
3. large container of cool whip
4. at least 2 cups of fruit
I usually use thawed frozen fruit, specifically berries. If you use strawberries, cut 'em up some.
5. some sugar, about 2 T

If you are using frozen fruit, take it out of the freezer to thaw, about 2 cups. Set aside. Bake the brownies according to the box. Let them cool. Next, make the pudding according to the box as well. {See, I told you this would be simple!} Let it set. Then take a cup or so of the cool whip and mix it in with the pudding. You don't have to be precise.




Next, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of sugar on the berries and mix it up.

Here comes the fun part.

Get out a pretty, clear/see-through serving bowl. Or go simple and use a glass mixing bowl...it will look good either way. Set your brownies, pudding, cool whip, and fruit in front of you.
Cut the brownies up and place enough in the bowl to cover the bottom.



(This is a picture of the second layer of brownies.)

Then cover the brownies with a layer of cool whip. Next, cover the cool whip with the pudding.



Then layer it with some fruit. Repeat.



Now, dig in! Share it or eat it yourself!

And help me come up with a name for it! Be creative.

And make this right now. Literally, you are missing out every minute you do not make this.

I'm gonna make something from the movie right now....at the moment they are eating a chocolate torte......Mmmmmmm.
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Easy-Peasy



Lemon Rosemary Palmiers [palhm-YAH]

These french cookies are an easy treat that will leave your family and friends thinking you spent hours on them. They are great with coffee or tea. Mmmmm.
Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Length of Time: 2 hours; 20 minutes prep, 1 hour to cool the rolled pastry before cutting individual cookies, 40 minutes baking
Taste: The batch I made was heavy on rosemary and light on the lemon. I will make them again using a little less rosemary and a little more lemon. I already adjusted the recipe for my personal taste. Feel free to add and subtract as you see fit! My favorite version of these is cinnamon sugar. See variations below.

(Click on the recipe to see it larger.)
Other Variations include:
Original Palmiers-Simply omit the lemon and rosemary
Cinnamon Sugar Palmiers- Mmmm, my favorite! Just add cinnamon to the sugar.
Savory Palmiers- Try spreading the puff pastry with garlic, parmesan, and pesto.

The possibilities are endless!
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