![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EAk6-meaZRA/TyWYdY1yG1I/AAAAAAAAIB0/N8Wam1JotXU/CDM-0018.jpg?imgmax=800)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W3Q283WIfK8/TyWYd6q28XI/AAAAAAAAIB8/Egv8rz8zN28/CDM-00211.jpg?imgmax=800)
I had planned to post the recipe for the chicken cilantro dumplings by now, but there were no pictures, so I decided to do it another time. I basically followed this recipe for mandu (that hubby made with the “then still a toddler” last year), but I used ground, organic chicken instead of the beef and pork, and I also added cilantro and adjusted the other ingredients slightly. I didn’t make the dumplings with the kid, but looking at the pics on hubby’s blog made me realize that we’ll have to do it again as a family! Here are three of the many pics he posted last year…
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l6A0ejhXwb8/TyWYeJrgvoI/AAAAAAAAICE/cr1b-tis_Ug/Mandu-015.jpg?imgmax=800)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9OTMECu_9s8/TyWYefzJCrI/AAAAAAAAICM/vD5IcAvtcjA/Mandu-0210.jpg?imgmax=800)
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ycmKqycvFlI/TyWYewaBtoI/AAAAAAAAICU/0y-8iLIuNOo/Mandu-045.jpg?imgmax=800)
On to this week’s meals:
Meal 1: Black bean quesadillas with guacamole and a salad
Meal 2: Veggie tofu stir fry and brown rice
Meal 3: Quinoa with roasted veggies, topped with poached eggs
Meal 4: Pureed vegetable soup
Meal 5: Leftovers and “refrigerator finds”
Now on to my weekly exercise. I took four barre classes last week, and they were all very tough and great workouts (I had several Groupons, etc., which made them more affordable). But I know that I have to focus a bit more on high intensity cardio. I did an interval workout on the elliptical, and I ended up feeling very nauseous afterward. I definitely want to increase my cardio fitness in the next few weeks. I also want to do some more workouts with heavier free weights. So here are my workout plans:
- 1 barre class
- 2 weight sessions
- 2 HIIT workouts
- Longer cardio (hope I’ll be able to fit a long hike into my schedule)
Be well,
Andrea