Pico De Gallo {Recipe}

Pico De Gallo is a fresh Salsa ...it's a great way to eat healthy and a perfect alternative to preservative filled store bought salsa and dips and other upside is that there are many ways to customize it.

This is the recipe I used;

Ingredients; 

• 5 Medium On-the-Vine Tomatoes (other kinds of tomatoes can be substituted) 
• 3/4 of a large White onion (can sub purple)
• 1 lime (Juice)
• Bunch on Fresh Cilantro 
• Salt

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DO THIS; 

1. Chop tomatoes to salsa sized bits (removing seeds) 
2. Slice & Dice Onion very fine.
3. Remove Stems from Cilantro and Slice & Dice very fine. 
4. Mix together 
5. Add lime juice
6. Salt to taste
7. Add optional ingredients (See Below) 

Optional Ingredients; 
Green Onion
Fresh Garlic
Cucumber
Advacado
Jalapeno (very commonly used, but we left it out :) )
Hot sauce
Tabasco Sauce
 Hubby suggested Black olives

Serve on Tacos, with Chips or Crackers  - Crack open a Carona (or, in this nursing mama's Case, a Lime + ice water) and enjoy!

Our Journey to fitness!

For the longest time Hubby and I have been making excuses and assuring ourselves that we would 'eat better and make time for exercise' ...AS IF. we generally eat quite healthy at home (Granola bars, Yoghurt, fruits & veggies) ... our biggest issue is eating out ... we do it all the time and it's gouging a hole in our pocket... which takes us full circle to our OTHER excuse for not exercising as much as we should... COST. with two kids in the home, me going to school and Hubby working for minimum wage, Cost is  WAS a huge concern... but if you think about it ... we were spending more eating out that a gym membership would be (about $100/month for both of us after startup costs) 
Sounds a little backwards right? ...we decided to make a change for ourselves... we want to set a good example for our kids and be able to keep up and playplayplay all day with them

New Shoes (x2) - $100.06
New Gym Bags (x2) - $44.33
Gym Clothes (2 sets + Sports Bra) - $68.00
Towels (x2) - 22.76
Mini - Febreeze Bottles (x2) - $3.94
1st and last weeks membership paid up front (x2) $127
gym membership (x2) $ 106/ month
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Living a long life, being able to keep up with my kids, and loving myself, just a little more; PRICELESS!

*I should also note, ... most people won't necessarily have these initial costs.. I'm sure most people have appropriate shoes (we didn't - we only really wear skater shoes) Towels, gym strip and bags ... but we decided to treat ourselves! we deserve to look and feel great while making this Life changing transformation! 
I'll be tracking our progress and schedule periodically. Hubby just got back from his first workout and says he is feeling great :) I can't wait!!