Christmas :-)

Hope Santa was good to everyone ! 
It's so amazing be home , working out at equinox, and cooking in MY kitchen. I told my mom that coming home from the dorm feels like I'm staying in a fucking resort. I LOVE being home with my family, and more or less NO responsibilities. I'm using my break as a time to REALLY dedicate my ALL to my fitness goals. Getting rid of ALL the EXTRA fat I see, and pursuing the best physique I can attain. So far, it's going amazing. All the gross fat food around me motivates me to have even more discipline. And you know what I've noticed? NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE VEGANS OUT THERE. I'm not a "Vegan" per say, but i eat ABSOLUTELY NO DAIRY or ANY DAIRY DERIVATIVES. So when Coffee is served, am i supposed to just drink it black? Yup, at the three christmas dinners/family gatherings i went to...no soy/almond/coconut/no-dairy coffee option. After picking at lettuce leaves, coffee is one of the only things i can have hope for. Especially because dessert is absolutely off-limits unless there's fresh fruit or something, because most pastries are made with BUTTER...ew. So, maybe a small request from a little fitness freak with a horrible allergy to dairy and lactose...just buy a TINY carton of soy milk or no-dairy milk if you're serving coffee to guests :-) 
Anyway...enough about that! I brought the most AMAZING dish to my grandma's house for christmas day dinner, because this girl won't go NEAR a pot roast, uncle ben's wild rice, microwavable creamed spinach, and frozen mac and cheese! At first she was not happy when my mom said I was bringing my own dish, but I made enough for everyone if they wanted, and my mom , my sisters, and me got to eat a great dinner as well! 
-Liz's Christmas dinner feast (Makes enough for 6-8 people as an ENTREE...BIG SALAD)
-6 cans no salt tuna
-Lemon juice from an entire lemon... every last drop
-4 stalks celery
-1/2 fuji apple
-1/3 cup dried cranberries
-2 tbsp flax seeds
-1 tsp light mayonnaise
-handful baby spinach
-3 baby carrots
-1 cup cooked quinoa
-1 head green leaf lettuce
-bag of spinach
--SO SIMPLE:
-open cans of tuna, put in big mixing bowl
-add 1 tsp light mayo and 1/4 lemon juice (optional 1tbsp olive oil)
-dice the celery, apple, spinach, and carrots, and throw in mixing bowl
-i use a fork to combine all ingredients
-throw in the flax and cranberries, mix it up

Making the SALAD: chop the green leaf lettuce into smaller pieces
-chop spinach leaves a bit
-put all lettuce in a big serving bowl, add tuna salad and 1 cup cooked quinoa
-squeeze all remaining lemon juice and toss leaves and tuna and quinoa together
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED :-) 

PS here are my favorite gifts from santa:
-being able to go to Equinox on christmas morning to bust out a GREAT 5 mile run in 42:20 !!
-2 new pairs of lululemon running pants (in my new little size so they don't fall off my butt!)
-a big lululemon travel bag
-super cool Android tablet to use for classes next semester
-a deep tissue massage

Christmas was SO good to me ! Loving every minute of this winter break, busting my ass and cooking up fit food for me and my amazing mommy.

Real blog coming for 2012!!! 
xoxoxoo, Liz