Zucchini Lasagna

I spent a few hours at the library today and walking out I felt like I robbed the place.  I haven't checked out this many items since I was in my elementary library book reading club!

• Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald
• I'm With Fatty by Edward Ugel 
• P90X Total Body Plus video
• Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga video (I never knew they had workout videos at the library until today!!!  Where have I been?!)
• Skinny Bitch - A no-nonsense tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous! (audio book)

Can't wait to start in on these!  I will be doing a book review of the last couple books I just finished reading towards the end of the week.  Do you have any good reads or videos that I should be checking out?!

FITNESS
10 minutes rowing
25 minutes elliptical
25 minutes biking
20 minutes lifting

      I did this circuit of lifts twice

• Push ups - 15 (BW)
• Mountain Climbers - 20/leg (BW)
• Bicep Curls - 12 (10 lbs)
• RDL - 12 (bar)
• Military press - 12 (bar)
• Tricep dips on bench - 12 (BW)
• SB roll outs - 12 (BW)

      Then followed up with a couple additional abs: Eiffel towers (2 x 5) and SB med ball twists (2 x 10)

= Schweaty mess!

CHOW TIME
Breakfast 
The newest addition to my pantry as well as the first gluten free item, Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Mighty Tasty Hot Cereal!  And mighty tasty it was!

I made the cereal hot on the stove and then added raspberries, honey and a little milk and whipped it up...

Until it was a pink color!

The addition of raspberries gave it just the slightest hint of sweetness that it needed.  I may have to try a cold option of this cereal though, because it was far to hot for the summer weather.  Has anyone tried this cereal in a cold breakfast yet? Suggestions?

Lunch 
Lunch was my new obsession: hummus wrap. I think I have given up on deli meat, that used to be my go-to lunch sandwich, but I have not purchased that in over two months!  I think this is a good swap and the price difference between deli meat and hummus (based on how long it lasts me) it pretty minimal.  Anyway, also on the wrap were green peppers, spinach leaves and ranch dressing.  I also had a side of cottage cheese and one of these guys for dessert...

Last time I made one of these it was raspberry, this time I opted for strawberry banana... mmm mmm mmm!

Dinner
This recipe was given to me by my dear friend Jeana, I'm not sure if she made this up herself (she is vegetarian and does not eat cheese) or if she found it somewhere... I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she created it :)  The last time I made this, I made it with her so we followed the recipe exactly.  However, since then she has moved hundreds of miles away from me so I was forced to make this by myself (not a vegetarian and I am a cheese lover), so I made a few modifications (ie: zucchini instead of eggplant because that's what I had in my refrigerator and added ricotta cheese).

Zucchini/Eggplant Lasagna 

1 Tbsp Olive oil

2 med zucchinis or 1 med eggplant

56 oz. tomato sauce 

1 lb lasagna noodles

1 clove garlic

Fresh spinach 

1 pkg mushrooms

Ricotta cheese

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Chop garlic and mushrooms and add to olive oil in a large pan.  Saute for 2 minutes.  Add chopped zucchini/eggplant and cook 5-7 minutes.  

Cover the bottom of a glass 9x13 pan with tomato sauce, then layer noodles on top of that.  Slather however much Ricotta cheese you would like onto the noodles, then layer spinach, zucchini mix, noodles and sauce until ingredients are gone.  Finish with a top layer of noodles and sauce.  

Cover tightly with foil and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes.  Makes 10 large servings. 

Bon Appetit!