Race for the Cure and Ham Hawaiian

Hello everyone! This past weekend I was part of the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. It was so awesome to see all of those people out there supporting Breast Cancer research. Now if only we could give that kind of support to all cancer research that would be awesome! But that is another rant :) It was so cool to see all of those people running and walking. It was pretty inspiring and almost made me wish I could run. I walked with my Mom and my oldest sister Jennifer. We saw tons of people who were part of teams and whole families out there. We decided that next year we wanted to get my whole family out there. Thats my other sister Erin, both brother in laws and my Dad. We promised we wouldn't make them wear pink shirts or tutus. Granted I did see some cute little boys who were about 4 who had tutus sewed to the front of their shirts. They were so stinking cute. Now before you start thinking wow I didn't know Meredith was a runner. Well I'm not haha! Most people walk the path and those who run just weave around the walkers. I was thinking about how cool it would be to be able to run the race next year. I have always wanted to be a runner so I am going to take this new inspiration to start running. I kept seeing those couch to 5K workouts on Pinterest so I thought I would look into. I also found out that I can get a free app for my phone that tells me when to start and stop running. I did my first workout yesterday and it really wasn't bad! You have to run 3 days a week for about 2 months. Wish me luck on my new adventure! I will keep you all post on how it goes and if I don't tell you about it NAG ME to go run!!! No I'm serious make me do this!

Pre-Race Picture!

Now on to the yummy food part of the blog :) I made this dish called Ham Hawaiian that my Mom made all the time for us when we were younger. This dish is super yummy and of course pretty easy. 

Ingredients: 

- 1/4 cup margarine, divided

- 1/2 green pepper chopped

- 2 cups cooked ham, chopped

- 1 9oz can pineapple tidbits

- 1/8 tsp cloves 

Mix these ingredients with pineapple juice:

- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar

- 1 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch

- 1 1/2 Tablespoons vinegar

- 1 1/2 teaspoons prep. mustard

- 1/8 teaspoons pepper

- 3/4 cold water

Directions: 

1. Melt 2 Tablespoons margarine. Add green pepper and ham. Cook for 5 minutes. 

2. Drain pineapple reserving juice for sauce mixture. 

3. Mix juice with sauce mixture. Stir into ham and green peppers. Cook until thickened. 

4. Add pineapple and heat. Add cloves.

5. Serve over rice :)