Italian love

Today was a fast day- I woke up late, so I only did about 15 minutes of ab exercises before getting ready for work. My quick breakfast was a huge choco-banana-berry smoothie, and I packed my food for the day as I was sipping on it!

I packed: A baggie of raw almonds, which I ate mid-morning; a can of Amy's black bean soup and some baby carrots I had for lunch, and an apple I snacked on mid-afternoon.

Work went by fast- there were a lot of signs to put up and a lot of customers, so time flew by!
Once I was done I headed over to belmont to pick us this baby for dinner:

Pancetta, otherwise known as Italian bacon, was the key ingredient to my fab dinner tonight!
During the afternoon I snacked on about 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese and did some homework before making dinner.

I made a fantastic Italian dinner tonight! I cooked up the package of gnocci I picked up at the store the other day, and while that was boiling I sauteed some chopped pancetta in olive oil, added some black pepper and wilted some spinach in there. When the spinach was nice and cooked I added some sweet basil tomato sauce (about 3/4 cup) along with some parmesan cheese, added the drained gnocchi and let it simmer for a bit for the flavors to meld.

I thought I would only need a tiny portion because gnocchi is pretty filling...

but I went back for seconds (1/2 of the 1st portion) because it was sooo good! This whole dish made about 4 servings, theres leftovers for Tyler for tomorrow night because he tried it and liked it!!

Now I'm settling down for a bit with a second glass of red wine- I did a lot this weekend, so there won't be too much work for me tonight. Back in the grind for sure tomorrow morning!