Sunday Runday: Running belt and a giveaway

6 years ago I picked up a Spibelt running belt at a race expo.  Since most of my running pants don't have pockets, I needed something to hold my ID, emergency funds, phone, and keys. 

I loved that it didn't bounce when I ran, and that it fit everything, and that it lasted for 6 years!  But I didn't love the fact that it took on kind of a bulky awkward shape when crammed to the gills.  So I thought this would be a good opportunity to try something new.


I contacted SDMom to ask about her favorite running belt.  She gets sent a bunch of different ones to review, so I thought she would be a great resource.  She told me her favorite was the SLS3 running belt, so I ran right out and got one.

This is a prime example of how not all things work for all people.  Because while SDMom loved this running belt, I hated it.  It never stayed in place and usually ends up right under my bra line, stopped in its journey north only by larger geographical impediments.

Luckily, Thatboy had already got a replacement for me, wrapped and waiting for mother's day. HipsSisters is a very different belt that the above two running belts.  Instead of being a small pouch on an elastic band, the entire belt is a pouch.  A large piece of stretchy fabric with two zippered pockets and one smaller pocket which opens to the top. 

Because of the design, it almost functions as a second top of my pants.  It doesn't ride up, it doesn't get bulky.  In fact, because it lies flat against my pants, most of the time you would never even know I was wearing it.  But like most things, experience is the best way to determine if it's for you.  So I'm giving away a HipsSister running belt to one of you!    Like all my giveaways this one will run until next week, so enter now and happy running!


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Race Report: Tinkerbell Half Marathon

It was almost exactly a year ago when I ran my last half marathon.   It was awful.  I was all of 2 minutes pregnant.  So recently pregnant, that we didn't even know it yet, but I had a sinking suspicion due to just how badly I ran that race. Well, that, and the fact that my breasts were having a hard time being contained by my bra.

I had planned to run the Safari Park Half Marathon during my first trimester.  I trained for it and everything.  But I held off on signing up, because I wasn't sure how I was going to feel.  I kept waiting for the morning sickness and fatigue that are the hallmarks of pregnancy.  Hallmarks that never showed up.  But by the time I realized that I was going to be able to run, it was sold out. 

Shortly after I heard that Disneyland was introducing a new half marathon - the Tinkerbell Half Marathon.  I'm sure it was spurred on by the popularity of the Princess Half Marathon in Disney World.  A women-centric half.  I thought it would be the perfect way to make up for the horrible half and missing the Safari Park Half.  The only issue was that it was in January, 3 months after I was due to deliver.  Before I signed up, I talked to my Nurse Practitioner about whether I'd realistically be able to run.  She gave me the green light - assuming an uncomplicated delivery, she promised I'd be up and running within a couple weeks after giving birth.

So I signed up.  And made sure to keep up my running all through the pregnancy.  Even though it meant I got slower and had to decrease my milage to 2 miles a day because I couldn't fit in 3 miles before work in the morning.  I even ran the morning before I went to the hospital to bring Thatbaby into the world.  When it became clear I was going to be induced I told the nurse I'd like to avoid a C-section because it would pretty much mean no half marathon for me.

3 weeks after I gave birth I started training.  Running felt so good without the extra 20lbs and the additional lung capacity!  Even though most of my training had to be done on the treadmill after Thatboy got home from work.  But last week I realized that the training 3 weeks after giving birth wasn't what was going to make this half marathon tough.

You see, Thatbaby isn't especially developmentally advanced.  He's plodding along right where he should be, with the exception that he has decided to enter the 4 month wakeful period about 2 weeks early.  Up until last week he slept every night until around 6:30, waking up once to eat around 4am.  Last week he decided that schedule wasn't to his liking.  He added a feeding between midnight and 1:30am and moved that 4am feeding to 5:30.  Which took away my lovely 6 hour stretch of sleep. 

So on Sunday morning, I was awoken at 1:40am, 4 short hours after bedding down for the night.  I fed Thatbaby and managed to snag about 45 extra minutes of sleep before my alarm went off at 3am.  I got dressed and ready before waking Thatbaby to feed him again before we headed out.  

I am a walking endorsement of Nike.  Gotta love connections - thanks UDubb!

I found my way to my corral, which was packed with women of all ages and sizes.  Over 11,000 women were running and the excitement was palpable.  Lights, music, guest stars, even fireworks filled the air with energy.

And if you want to get a lot of attention at a half marathon, bring your husband and not quite 4month old.  I made a lot of friends early on when people wanted to figure out what psycho would run a half marathon with a baby that tiny.

Real men wear their children.

It wasn't long before it was time to get going.

Minnie and Daisy started us off on the right foot (Get it?)

The race began and we were off.  I had turned my music on to Pandora's Disney station to keep up with the mood of the event.  Which was nice because songs like "Hakuna Matata" and "Spoonful of Sugar" were  definitely fun and inspiring.

Right away I noticed this was a different atmosphere than many of the races I'd done.  And I'm not just talking about the fairy wings and glitter.  Most of the time when I race I surge ahead - going out far too fast, far too soon because that's what everyone else does.  But this race everyone around me seemed to keep a really comfortable pace, and so I just stuck with it.

When the race starts at 5:45 in January, it's still dark.  Which meant Main Street was all lit up.

And so was Sleeping Beauty's castle.

The characters were out to play, the way they usually are during the Disney Races  - which makes for fun photo opportunities. 

The sun started coming out as we left the park.

 

And then we were on the streets of Anaheim.  Which was kind of boring.  I knew it would be.  The rest of the race went really really well.  The miles kind of flew by.  The first 4 were quick, like always.  I felt like I had just passed mile 7 when mile 8 popped up.  Usually around Mile 11 I start questioning my sanity.  I call it the 11 mile wall.  But around mile 11 I thought - wow, only 2 miles left? 

And then the finish line was directly in front of me. And then it was behind me!  I missed a PR by less than 2 minutes, which I attribute to three factors:

1) Stopping for photo ops in Disneyland.  I decided not to stop in California Adventure because I wanted to keep my good momentum going.

2) Starting off nice and comfortable instead of pushing too fast too early.

3) Staying nice and comfortable throughout the race.  

On the other hand -

1) I was 2 minutes faster than my last half last year.

2) I had negative splits!!!!!  I never have negative splits.  Probably because of that whole starting out too fast thing. 

3) I stayed nice and comfortable throughout the entire race.  Which felt good.  I never felt out of breath, never had rocks for legs, never was tired.  I never hit a wall.  In fact, my only complaint during the entire race was that I really needed to feed Thatbaby.  (Which I did as soon as the race was over - I had warned Thatboy before we even started that Thatbaby was going to need to eat when I finished whether he liked it or not.)

After the race we headed over to breakfast where I loaded up on cottage cheese pancakes!

Because every race should end with pancakes and powdered sugar.

I return to me

I waited 3 weeks before jumping back in the game. But really, it had to be done. Especially since training in earnest begins in 2 weeks.

Yesterday morning, after his "breakfast feeding" (which interprets to the time we decide that we've gotten enough sleep and can get up for the day) I passed off Thatbaby to Thatboy and headed out for a run. Things I noticed:
1) I didn't think I had any swelling during pregnancy, but my vibrams slip on so much easier now.
2) I started out slow, just the 2 miles I was doing before I had the baby, BUT now I don't need to walk up the especially big hills. Which means I can run the entire thing!
3) And as far as running the entire thing, I'm doing a 13 minute mile, which isn't very speedy but is SO much faster than I was running during the pregnancy. And I totally credit that with not carrying a baby anymore (and being below my prepregnancy weight at this point in time.)

The only downside to being faster is that the run was over far too early. But I don't want to push it too fast too soon, so I'll keep up with a couple more 2 milers this week before starting to increase my distance next week. And I know that speed comes with time, so I'm not going to worry about that at all. After all, I have until January before my next half.

Yesterday also marked my return to the kitchen. We are officially out of freezer meals! As I cooked up dinner Thatboy informed me that he was really excited for dinner because it smelled like "life before baby." Hot meals that take a little bit of love and time to prepare. And I'm sure he appreciated being off the hook for dinner since the last three weeks he's the one prepping all meals. Now he's got breakfast and lunch and I take care of dinner.

Thatboy and I have been walking to the grocery store on an "as needed" basis, so obviously with the advent of cooking dinners it was "needed." I saw these colorful carnival squash and decided to plan dinner around them.

Have you ever cooked with carnival squash? I hadn't. But I decided to do what I always do with a new ingredient -treat it like an old one! And I had seen a recipe in this month's Food Network Magazine for Gnocchi with Butternut Squash and Kale. Gnocchi is definitely my favorite pasta and the idea of gnocchi, squash, and a dark leafy green was almost irresistible. This cooks up in one pan making cleanup extra easy on people who are waiting for a baby to cry at any minute as they eat dinner. Thatboy adored this dish. He continued to rub his belly and tell me how much he enjoyed it all evening long. And jumped up to clean to show his appreciation. And was eager to have the leftovers for lunch today!

I have to say as good as dinner was, it was missing one key ingredient. I bet this dish would be perfect with some creamy goat cheese mixed in. Think about it, squash, kale, gnocchi and goat cheese? Next time.

Never one to leave a good thing alone, I wanted to add a nice side to the pasta. I know a lot of people ask what kind of side to serve with pasta and I'm of the mind that you can't go wrong with a nice dark green vegetable sauteed with garlic. This works with zucchini, broccoli, green beans, spinach, etc. I would have loved to use broccoli rabe as a side, but my market didn't have, so instead I grabbed some baby broccoli. Totally different flavor, but I love the longer thinner pieces for aesthetic purposes and it sautes up a little quicker than broccoli.

If you're cooking a green veggie with a thicker stem - like broccoli or asparagus, the key is to give it a quick boil first. (Longer than a blanche, not long enough to fully cook). Because you don't want to leave it sauteing long enough to fully cook it or it'll become oil-logged. A short hot water bath fixes this problem and leaves you with a veggie that still has some crisp to it, a gorgeous green color, and tasting more of garlic than oil.

Broccolini

1 lb broccolini

2 cloves minced garlic

3 Tbsp canola oil

salt and pepper

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Wash the broccolini and cut of stems. Boil them for 5 minutes and drain.
2. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-low heat and add garlic. Saute for for a minute - but don't let the garlic brown.
3. Add the broccolini and stir until tender. Season with salt and pepper.

A slight detour

I spent much of the morning lying on the couch, watching Thatboy do errands. At some point I stretched myself out and told him I should probably start thinking about going on my run. He mentioned that he would probably go surfing while I ran, so I decided to take my run to the beach with him.

My typical beach run starts in the parking lot, where there is a protected trail that runs under the super busy roadway and up alongside the cliffs beside the beach. I like the trail because I get to run beside the ocean, but without worry about getting run over by cars, blind turns, or even bikers looking to share the narrow bike line.

So you can imagine my disappointment when I saw that my trail was all closed off with orange tape and chicken-wire. "Don't worry," Thatboy told me - "There's a detour on the other side of the parking lot." And sure, enough -there was.

And so I started running up that hill. But I didn't get very far. Because basically, this hill, takes you RIGHT up to that busy road I was telling you about. And then stops. Where you are greeted with another helpful sign.

I'm sorry, is this sign telling me to turn around and run back down the 20 steps to the beach? Because I'm certainly not supposed to go forward, where the sidewalk is closed and there are cars racing towards me at 65 mph.

So I must be supposed to walk around the protective barrier onto the sidewalk that ends 50 ft. from where I stand at the other parking lot. I mean, I guess I could continue past that on the road - where there isn't even a bike path.......

I decided to go with the "sidewalk closed ahead" option, figuring at least it might take me farther and I'd be running against traffic, which is the safe way to do it. And maybe I could get back down to my trail. Except as I reached the top of the hill, I looked down and realized something.

I know I have very few reasons to complain when I'm out running at the beach the first week of February, but seriously, SERIOUSLY this is NOT a detour. It made what should have been an enjoyable run into a nightmare of weaving through traffic and trying to climb over fences and construction trying to figure out how to get on a trail where I could actually run. Meh.

My second detour comes in the form of food. Because as I type this, I am full to bursting from our annual Super Bowl Pizza extravaganza. It goes a little something like: Hey, we should EACH get our own pizza. And breadsticks. And chicken wings. And of course there is beer and soda involved, and usually chips - though this year we slacked a bit. I know we're not the only ones who over indulge during the big game. Nachos, potato skins, chili, beer, beer, dips, chips, beer. For many of us who have sworn to eat better in 2011, Superbowl Sunday is just a blimp, a little detour before we return to our healthier eating habits. And after overindulging, I'm usually in the mood for something lighter for a good long time. Lighter like salads, bursting with fresh crispness. Lighter like soups lacking in meat. I'm a huge fan of lentil soup after a night of over-indulging. It makes me feel like I'm cleaning house. Lentils are high in both protein and fiber and while there are a million ways to prepare them, I am always partial to soup. Add some tofu in here for extra protein and heft, and I promise you won't even feel the need to overindulge.

Lentil Soup with Tofu
1 1/2 lbs tomatoes
1 cup celery, chopped
1 carrot, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1 whole clove
1/2 lemon
7 oz tofu, drained, pressed, diced
1/2 lb lentils
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 bay leaf
salt
pepper

1. Take 1 of the tomatoes, chop and set aside.
2. Cut the rest of the tomatoes and put them with 1/2 cup water in a soup pot.
3. Add the green pepper, clove, and half of the celery, carrot, and onion. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
4. Strain, season with juice from 1/2 the lemon, and return to pot.
5. Add all the remaining ingredients (except tofu), along with 1 qt. of water to the pot. Return to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes, until lentils are tender.

Say Hello To My Little Friends

See those things? Those are my shiny almost-new Vibrams! Thatboy really sucked it up with Channukah this year, but threw in some amazing redemption at Christmas! I really wanted a pair, but pretty much thought they were going to be one of those unnecessary expenditures.

Why did I want a pair of Vibrams? Mostly because of my injuries over the past year. First the knee, then the SI joint. I had read that because Vibrams didn't have the typical support system of regular running shoes, they forced your form to change, and to use different muscles. I thought they might help me hurt myself less.

The thing with Vibrams is, from everything I've read, you really need to break them in slowly - because they change your form, and work those different muscles. So I obviously couldn't break them in when I was training for the half.

During the half marathon, my left IT Band started bothering me. I know some people stop and stretch out soreness, but I'm a talker. So I just gave my IT Band a stern lecture about how it had many more miles to go and it should stop being such a girl. It worked. Except later that night, my right IT Band started pulling the whole "BUT WHAT ABOUT ME?" routine. And this was long after the race had finished, so it really had nothing to complain about. But it was tight and painful and made walking very painful. So I was a little hesitant about trying out the Vibrams.

But I forged ahead, I mean, I was only going for .5 miles. And you know what? NO PAIN! No IT band pain! And no other pain either. Which was surprising for me. I ran 6 miles over the weekend in my regular sneakers, and voila - that same niggling IT band. Back in the vibrams this week? No pain again. So far, so good.

My only concern - and maybe if you've run in Vibrams you can give me some words of advice - is that I don't really feel like I need to break this suckers in. I've run .5 miles, 1 mile, 1.5 miles, and even 2 miles this morning and I'm noticing no soreness, no difference between running in them and in my regular shoes. Am I doing something wrong?

Okay, that was a lot longer post on Vibrams than I was expecting. And if you're still here and reading you DESERVE this treat. Just in time for the Superbowl! Because tater skins make an excellent Superbowl snacker. I roasted my first goose, and stuffed it with potato stuffing. Which uses a lot of the inside of potatoes and not so much of the outside. But you can easily turn those leftover "scraps" into something delicious by topping them with cheese, bacon and sour cream (and really, isn't anything better topped with cheese, bacon, and sour cream?)

Double Cheese Potato Skins

6 russet potatoes

olive oil

2 Tbsp melted butter

2 tsp garlic salt

3 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese

1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar

4 strips cooked bacon, crumbled

sour cream

1. Preheat oven to 425. Was the potatoes and rub with olive oil. Place on rack in oven (with some aluminum foil on the rack underneath) and bake for 45 minutes. Cool until cool enough to handle.

2. Cut in half and scoop out almost all the insides (use this to make your own potato stuffing). Brush outside and inside of skins with melted butter.

3. Sprinkle potato skins with garlic salt and bake 8 minutes.

4. Fill the skins with the 2 cheeses and bacon and bake an additional 5 minutes.

5. Top with sour cream.

Feeling Like Summer Again

This morning, when I went out to walk Thatdog, it was beautiful out. The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Which of course, always makes me fear for earthquakes, but that's another story.

I almost didn't get to enjoy the day since I spent the first half of it running errands. I hadn't been to the store since we got back from Arizona and we were pretty much lacking in everything. But now the fridge is back to being full and friendly.

The second half of the day I spent in the kitchen, preparing for the week - that meant FINALLY making the cookies to send to The Actress and Armani as a thank you for the cookie cutters they sent us for Christmas. Yes, I am that far behind. (Pictures and recipe to come later this week). I also made muffins for breakfast this week, squash pie to stick in our lunches, soups, dinners, and sides.

But I still managed to get out and enjoy some of the beautiful weather. Around 4pm, I took a little kitchen break to for a run. It was my first real run back since the half (more on that later too. WHEW it is going to be a fun week!) and I wanted to take it easy, but at the same time, not let my mileage drop too much since I've got another half coming up in March. So I did a 6 miler, enjoying the sun, and as I headed back, enjoying the breeze.

It was definitely an unseasonable day. It's been so cold, wet, and gloomy lately, I've forgotten how nice it is to have a summerish day in the winter. It reminds me of one of my favorite summer meals - shish kebabs! Skewered and grilled meat just screams backyard bbq parties, doesn't it? Popping open a cold beer and watching the sun set, late into the evening. The sun was already going down when I got home from my run, but sometimes it's fun to pretend it's summer - in the middle of January.

Ranch Beef and Pepper Skewers
1 cup ranch dressing
salt
pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lb sirloin, cut into chunks
1 large yellow bell pepper, cut into chunks
1 red onion, cut into chunks

1. Combine ranch dressing, pepper, garlic, and sirloin in a ziplock bag and marinate 1 hour.
2. Heat grill (or grill pan) to medium high heat. Alternate threading meat, pepper, and onions onto skewers, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Grill 6 minutes on each side, or until desired doneness.

Eat.Live.Be for a Better 2011

Resolutions, you got them? Sure you do. Everyone does. Even those who claim to be above the whole "new year, new you" philosophy has a secret wish. But sharing is caring. And it helps with accountability.

One of my Resolutions was to be a better blog-friend. Because the blogging community was there for me during one of my darkest periods in ways my real life "friends" weren't there. So I vowed that this year I'm going to be a better commenter and joiner-inner. That means taking part in more blogging events/challenges.

It didn't take long for this resolution to be tested. This morning as I was going through my favorite blogs, and noticed that Joanne had posted a new challenge for the new year. Eat.Live.Be for a better 2011. A group of bloggers who are going to eat and blog for a healthier 2011. Mondays will bring posts about different themes and detail progress in our personal goals over that week. This week's theme is to share our goals.

It's funny, but all my goals are related to "things I learned from running in 2010." My overall goal is to feel better and run faster and safer. But I'll break that down into three parts.

Goal 1 - Drink More. I've always been good at drinking water. It's pretty much my exclusive beverage. But in 2010 I realized that although I'm fantastic at drinking during the week, for some reason it all falls to the wayside on the weekends and I become as dehydrated as the Sahara. I'm really making an effort to make sure I stay hydrated week round. I got two new tools to help with this:

For the weekdays. Because this is SO much chicer than the giant plastic fair cup I normally use to keep a full glass of water at my desk.

And for the weekends. I find I'm a better water drinker if I'm carrying it with me, and I'm a better carry-er with me if the bottle is cute.

Goal 2 - Drink Less. I was probably in the best shape ever right before my wedding. (Weren't we all?) And I do have to say, that one of the key differences between then and now is the amount of alcohol consumed. I actually gave up all alcohol for the entire year before I was married. In 2010 I realized that if I drank nights before I ran then my morning run was AWFUL. So I stopped drinking if I was running the next day. Now, I don't know that I can cut out alcohol entirely, but I would like to cut down my drinking to maybe one night a week instead of "every night I'm not running."

Goal 3 - Add weight training back into my weekly routine. 2010 was the year of injuries. To be fair, it probably really started with the herniated disk in April 2009, but we're going to call it 2010 to make this blog post really work for me. I love running, but a girl can not live on trails alone. I want to be stronger, I want to run without fear of hurting my back or SI joints. I know that to do that I really need to work on my strength - back, core, legs, etc. And it doesn't hurt that one of the bloggers I most admire, Cara is constantly touting the benefits of lifting. Thatboy and I used to go to the gym every night together, but when I messed up my SI joints, I was instructed to stop going to the gym, and I never really got back into it. So I'm going to try really hard to make my body stronger and healthier. (And I'll admit I already failed tonight when I chose to take a phone call from a friend and do some girl chatting instead of heading out with Thatboy to the gym. Well, there's always later this week!)

After all those good and healthy resolutions, I was really debating about whether I should share this next recipe with you. I mean, Sloppy Joes aren't usually considered "health food." In fact, growing up, in a fairly healthy conscious family, we only had sloppy joes when my mom was out of town. It was one of my dad's specialties, a throwback from when he was a kid.

So why did I decide to share this recipe? Well mostly because you know I already believe in not giving up foods completely, so if you're DYING for a sloppy joe, you should have one. BUT don't reach for that Manwich can just yet, if you're going to have a sloppy joe, there's no reason you can't make it yourself. Because pretty much anything you make from scratch is going to be better for you than something from a can.

Lighter Sloppy Joes
1/2 Tbsp canola oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 lb lean ground turkey
2/3 cup BBQ sauce
1/3 cup mustard
1/4 cup worchestershire sauce

1. Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Saute onions until tender.
2. Add turkey to pan and brown. Drain any excess oil/fat from pan.
3. Stir in BBQ sauce, mustard, and worcestershire sauce. Simmer 5 minutes and spoon onto rolls.

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

I'm going to fill this post with a few of my favorite things (in case you couldn't tell from the title.)

Thatboy and I had sofabed Saturday Night last night, curled up next to each other watching Despicable Me until all hours of the morning. And then, in a very rare and very decadent turn of events, we ended up sleeping in till 10:00 this morning. Do you know the last time we slept in till 10:00? Neither do I. Most weekend mornings I am awoken by the very disturbing sense that someone is watching me. Around 8:00 a.m. I raise an eyelid to find Thatboy staring at me. Creepy, right? He can't sleep, and since misery loves company, neither can I.

But this morning, THIS MORNING, I awoke at 10 am, warm and toasty and not wanting to leave my sofabed. But I did. I dressed and headed out for a 9 mile run. Normally with my long runs, I wait for Thatboy to go out for a surf and I run along the coast while he surfs. It's nice to have company before and after, I love running beside the water, and then, when I'm done, I get to sit and relax on the beach till he's ready to go.

Unfortunately between Thatboy's frequent weekends away and his sprained ankle, he hasn't been doing a lot of surfing this weekend. And so I've decided that instead of driving to the beach with him, I'd run to the beach. One of the benefits of living about 3 1/2 miles of the beach is the ability to do this. It was also nice that when Thatboy was away last week, I could run this route instead of my usual trail route because if something happened to me, there would be a constant flow of cars that would notice the dead girl on the side of the road.

My new weekend running route takes me by what I call "The estuary" which I think is actually known as Penasquitos Marsh. But doesn't estuary sound better than marsh?

And there are usually a lot of beautiful white egrets that hang out here. Nothing like some eye-candy when you're on a long run, right?



And the estuary (and my run) flows right into the ocean. There weren't many waves today, but it didn't mean the views were any less thrilling.

Everytime I go for a long run I think how thankful I am that we live so close to the water. It makes me never want to move from our current location!

So sleeping in, running by the beach, how can we complete this trifecta of favorites? With one of my all time favorite foods - buffalo chicken wings. This is one of the easiest recipes in the world, which only adds to why it's my favorite. I've tried a lot of different methods of making buffalo wings and Thatboy declares this is his favorite. It's baked, which makes me happy because this is a lighter version of the fried, drenched in butter classic wing. Of course, the secret ingredient is Frank's Wings Sauce. Is there any other sauce that works as well?

Baked Buffalo Wings
Chicken Wings
Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce

1. Preheat oven to 500. Bake wings for 20-25 minutes, until crispy. Flip them halfway through baking time.
2. Toss wings in sauce to coat.

Told you it was easy!!!!