Creamy Zucchini Soup

What an awesome weekend! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Seems like all summer we have been go go go go go! It's already August? WTH. I always see people post on instagram and the FB writing "SMH"...I never knew what it meant until recently. "shakin my head". Kinda funny.

Proof of the PRed Cinnybuns

So I'll give you a run down on the events from my weekend, Friday night we went to the 5:30 cf class. It was test day for snatch and clean & jerk lifts. I pr-ed on both! BOOOOYAH! 62# snatch and 92# clean & jerk. The snatch is like seriously the hardest lift of my life. Gotta work on that one. I set myself some long distance goals. So that's good. Let's say a year from now I want to reach them. That seems reasonable-ish. We shall see! So Friday night we went and watched the new Batman. That movie was seriously so long. 2 hr 45 min. Really? Is that even necessary? You know how people get RLS (restless leg syndrome)? Well I get it, I haven't been diagnosed but I swear I have it. I switched sitting positions probably 50 times in the theater. Ughhhhh, I almost had a minnie freak out. Note to self - don't go see movies longer then 2 hrs.

Saturday morning was so fun! It was team wod Saturday. Scott's guess was right on the wod. SO CRAZY.

"31 Heroes"
AMRAP 31 minutes
8 Thrusters (155/105#) (I clearly had to scale this)
6 Rope Climbs (15 ft. ascent) (and this)
11 Box Jumps (30/24″)
This is a Partner WOD – Partner #1 will perform the work listed above. Partner #2 will run 400m with a sandbag (40/20). Partner #3 is in time out until partner 2 returns. Partner #1 goes to Time Out, Partner #2 goes to the working sets and Partner #3 goes to the run.
Score is your total # of reps

Intense right? Well needless to say after the workout I was covered in sandbag remnants and sweating from head to toe. I needed to be hosed down! That running with the sandbag was far from awesome for my leg issue. My team rocked it at over 5 rounds. That means a mile with 20# on my shoulder. Everyone did so awesome. I love it when we get to work as a team and cheer each other on. I made Cinny Buns again. I PR-ed on that shit too. PR-ing all day every day. hahaha! I whipped those out right before class. So everyone got to eat them fresh out of the oven. BOOM! So after relaxing from that for a bit I got ready and went to Medford with my bestie. She had to return a few things at the mall then we went to dinner at Habeneros. That place has good mexican food. And margaritas. Usually they use fresh fruit in them. Phi got a fresh fruit strawberry one. YUM! I didn't drink. Ate pretty paleo too! I had the Baja Chicken Salad, minus the flour shell and minus the cheese and dressing and tadaaaaa its paleo. Yum!

Scott was already in Glendale, so after Medford I made my journey north for Vernon's birthday. The village was a interesting place. Definitely felt like i was in a men's locker room. They don't have A/C in there. Yuck. It was so sticky and stinky and gross. It was 108F on Saturday. Imagine that. Thank goodness they had an outside area with pea gravel and oddly manufactured picnic tables. It was fun though. I had a couple drinks. Tequila and soda water with a million limes. Yum! No fights broke out while we were there so that's good. We left about 11. We are such old people.

sweaty head

better...

Sunday ended up being awesome. Made a failed breakfast with my man, and then cleaned the house for a couple hours.

Failed breakfast, needs some tweaks

Apphia came over and we suited up for a pool day! YAY! Headed over to our friends house and lounged by his pool for a couple hours. SO NICE! Then we went down to the river and swam for a bit. I think I got a little sun. I hope. I was loosing my tan.

Yay! We made a delicious dinner (duh, what else would you expect...haha just kidding) and Phi and Stu ate with us. Then I made a dessert that was like Thanksgiving. (Inspired from my friend Amy :)) Yum. We all went for a long bike ride too! Active rest day eh?! Heck yes, it was raining on us cause it was a storm outside. But so much fun! I LOVE the smell of rain on hot asphalt. Its the best.

Great weekend right?! I loved it. :) Cram packed with all our best friends and good times!

So I know it's summer and I know it's hot outside. But I made this soup with some of that ginormous zucchini. It was so good. I probably could have ate the whole pot. I didn't put any meat in it, but I have a feeling some crunched up bacon, or some shredded chicken would be great.

Creamy Zucchini Soup

3 cups shredded zucchini
1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
1 yellow onion diced
1 sweet potato diced
1 cup canned coconut milk
2 cups organic chicken broth
2 tbsp garlic
1 tsp black pepper
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp basil
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
1 tbsp EVOO
salt & pepper to taste

In a large pot heat your EVOO to medium heat. Add your garlic onion and sweet potato and saute until onions are translucent. Don't burn the garlic! Add your chicken broth, coconut milk and spices. Bring to a low boil for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add your shredded zook and carrots and incorporate all ingredients until a delicious witches brew has been created. You may want to add more salt & pepper to taste. I did because I love pepper. Let simmer for 15 minutes and serve!

NOM NOM!

| Prep time 10 min | Cook time 30 min | Serves 6 |

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