Peas, Parmesan, and Pasta

Tonight's dinner is one of my favorite easy dinners of all time!  I pretty much always have the ingredients on hand so its one I often make when I need to go to the grocery store, which I do need to do. I'm trying to hold out on grocery shopping until I get back from the weekend.  

Here's the masterpiece: 

All I do is: 

1. Boil the water. 
2. While the water is boiling, I chop up the garlic pretty finely. 
3. Once I throw in the pasta (any variety will do, I used whole wheat spirals tonight), I cook the garlic on really low heat in olive oil the entire time the pasta is cooking.  I usually throw some crushed red pepper, salt and pepper in too towards the end.  
4. When the pasta is about 2-3 minutes from being done, I put in the frozen peas (But think! This could be any frozen vegetable! The possibilities are endless!)
5. Once its done, I drain the pasta then combine it with the oil and garlic and add parmesan.  

This is a simple recipe that could go so many numbers of way- different sauce, different veggies, etc.  

WORKOUT

I'm going to try to be better about including my workouts on my blog.  Today I was on a tight schedule to I did 15 min of cardio and 30 min of upper body strength exercises.  Someone once suggested if you are in a time crunch, its better to skimp on the cardio rather than the strength because you can make up for some of it in your day by taking the stairs, going on a walk at lunch, or parking farther away, you get the point!  That stuck with me! 

• 2 sets of bicep curls with reverse lunges, 12 lbs in each hand
• 2 sets Jillian Michael's squat with arm press move, 12 lbs
• 2 set of overhead arm extensions, 12 lbs
• 3 sets of chest press machine, 50 lbs
• 3 sets of lat pull downs, 75 lbs
• 3 sets of rows, 50 lbs
• 15 min on the machine that is like a bouncy elliptical. I have no idea what it's called!?