Apologies for my absence, dear friends! I have been preoccupied for the past 2 weeks watching the OLYMPICS! Final Total for CANADA was a whopping 14 Gold, Setting a new WINTER OLYMPICS RECORD!! Amazing! So, I have created a recipe in honor of our athletes, based on what they would eat.
Just so we’re all clear on the standings here (G/S/B/total):
| 1. |  |
United States | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 |
| 2. |  |
Germany | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 3. |  |
Canada | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
Alright, now that we have that cleared up haha, I wanted to also add an exert from a page I was reading in research of this blog. Its from MSN.ca, and is discussing what was purchased for the Olympians at the very beginning. I thought it was interesting to look at
“So what exactly are the athletes eating out there in Vancouver and Whistler? Just a few examples of whatVANOC has purchased just at the start of the games: 36,540 eggs, 42,440 liters of 2% milk, 28,140 liters of skim milk, 77,800 lbs of bananas, 86,664 Granny Smith Apples, 70,104 Golden Delicious Apples and 11,000 lbs of pasta.” (http://lifestyle.ca.msn.com/health-fitness/diet/ee-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23468426)
Thats a lot of food!
Back to the blog. For Desert: A fast Fruit Parfait, and for Dinner: A firecracker shrimp Pasta
3 Minute Parfait (no.. seriously)
3/4cup vanilla low-fat yogurt
1/4cup blueberries and raspberries (each)
2TBSP honey
3TBSP chopped almonds
You can do this one of two ways: Layer the parfait Yogurt, Berries, Honey,Yogurt, Berries, Honey, Almonds, OR just pile it yogurt, berries, honey almonds. Whatever’s faster for you 
Its as easy as that.
A Golden Finish: Firecracker Shrimp Pasta
1 OR 1.5 cups peeled/cooked frozen shrimp
1/2 TSP Chili flakes
2 cloves chopped garlic
1cup Snowpeas (in pod, halved)
1/2cup chopped rapini
1/2cup chopped cherry tomatos
100g WHOLE GRAIN Pasta per person (a very healthy choice)
1/4cup oil
Begin by starting boiling water for pasta, and heating pan with oil for the shrimp. Follow pasta package cooking directions, adding 3TBSP salt to the boiling water. Add in the snow peas and rapini to the pasta water 4 minutes before the pasta is finished. In the frying pan (about 5 minutes before the pasta is finished, the same time you add the snow peas and rapini to the pasta) add the garlic, chili pepper flakes, salt, pepper and shrimp to the pan. Cook for about 3 minutes on each side. Drain pasta and veggies, and then toss everything together quickly in the shrimp frying pan. Add more oil to coat the pasta if there isnt enough in the pan already. Season with more salt and pepper if desired.
Enjoy my loves!
I shall return soon!
liss
