Pinterest Week Day 4

Day 4 was very interesting.  It was Saturday and we planned to stay at home and go no where.  You know the vision you get in your head of making this fabulous healthy meal for your family and having a picnic outside (que the Heavenly music NOW) with the birds singing and the wind blowing thru your hair and everyone is knodding their head in approval as they chew, yay, that did not happen!  This receipe took forever.  I had no idea how difficult these Quiona burgers would be.  One would like that the egg would make the Quiona stick together like it does when I use ground turkey, but it didnt.  Plus, Quiona is exceptionally sensitive when frying, at least in my opinion.

See how mine were are slightly burnt on the top and bottom?  They are not in the original receipe pic (curses!).  I think that might be because I used grapeseed oil to fry with instead of olive oil even though I have read that grapseed oil is better to fry with.  You let me know if you try this.  They were however still very yummy.  Even on the second day they were fab.

Here is the website:
http://eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/love-my-quinoa-burger/


As a side I served roasted veggies.  These are always wonderful and we love any roasted veggies!

Here is the website:
http://www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com/2011/04/roasted-new-potatoes-and-asparagus.html

In this receipe, I did not use the fresh basil to garnish with only because I did not have it on hand and didnt want to run to the store after everything I had already been through with my stupid Quiona burgers. 

Eat Well!!  Enjoy!

Pinterest Week Day 3

On Day 3 of our Pinterest receipes week, I made Fried Rice.  By far, voted the best by my family.  Time wise, it was the only one that we tried that really stuck by the mentioned time frame in the original receipe.

I got this one from this website:

http://www.food.com/recipe/benihana-japanese-fried-rice-71472

Eat Well!  Enjoy!!

Pinterest Week Day 2

To continue with my week of Pinterest receipes that we tried during Spring Break week, Day 2 was Stuffed Cabbage Rolls.  Now I have never made them before but they were so much fun to and the Kendra really like helping me make these.  I did feel that the boiling of the cabbage and seperating the leaves was a bit tideous but I do not know if there is any other way to do it.  I sure there is but I havent found it yet.  Still waiting for someone to Pin that on Pinterest. 

I found this receipe on the following website: 

 http://www.whattopin.com/topic/food-and-drink-blogs/?id=236757

The pic that is up on the website was taken prior to adding the sauce.  My pic was taken with the sauce.  There is also my shadow that wasnt helping at all.  Like I said, this meal was fun to make. 

Eat Well!!  Enjoy

Spring Break on Pinterest

Last week was the almighty coveted Spring Break.  While every year our little family takes a vacation, we decided to stay at home and just hang out.  Kendra asked Aaron if he would come home every night to see her (his work takes him out of town anywhere from 3-4 nights a week every week except for 2 weeks in December).  Although it was incredibly rough on Aaron, he made it home every night just as Kendra asked.  The kids loved having him around and I enjoyed the adult company.  And by adult company I mean conversations that do not include anything to do with Barbie, Star Wars, Ninjago, and Spongebob (I HATE Spongebob) a glass or two of wine and cheesy TV shows.

Normally I dont worry about what Im making for dinner during the week because the kids and I could live off side dishes.  When Aaron decided to come home every night last week, I thought it would be nice if I made something homemade for him every night he was here. 

While I LOVE Pinterest, Im NOT obsessed with it.  I do find it extremely helpful with finding new recipes I would like to try.  And that's exactly what I did last week.  I took 5 recipes and made them over the week. 

Monday night we had a Jicama bean salad.

Extremely yummy in my book and super easy to make at that.  I didnt do anything different than what the recipe called for.  I didnt see the need for it.  We (and by WE I really mean ME) are trying to eat a little "Cleaner" and I find that can be hard with some of these Pinterest recipes.  This one was all fresh ingredients.

Sorry for the poor picture quality.  Im not a photographer nor do I even try to be but it will work for this purpose.  This is the web link for the recipe.
http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2010/09/recipe-for-black-bean-salad-with-jicama.html

I recommend trying this with a glass of your choice of white wine.  Aaron and I had Yellowtail Moscato.  This little combo probably would be great for a date night picnic.  Think Im gonna take my own advice and try that one.  Enjoy!!

KONY 2012

For those of you that are reading this probably know what KONY 2012 is about.  Im on a mission to understand more about the issue myself. 

Aaron first sent me a Tweet about the KONY 2012 project just 3 days ago.  Now it seems like it is everywhere.  Talk about lighting a fire and watching it spread.  By NO means am I saying that I started this revolution and by NO means is this little blog that has 2 followers gonna stop Joseph Kony and the LRA.  Im saying I find the matter interesting and want to know more about it (the good and the bad) so I can make the correct decision to support the cause or not.  I will not be posting any of my own opinions on this matter.  Instead I will only be posting links to other websites. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/mar/08/kony-2012-what-s-the-story

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/life/kony-2012-why-im-opposed-to-the-campaign/

  

Logan Reading????

Logan has not been reading very long.  I will be honest, I havent worked with him anywhere near as much as I worked with Kendra.  In fact, I havent worked with him at all (not Mother of the Year award nominee).  So when he stated he was ready to start reading, he hit the floor running.  Literally, he ran to get his box set of BOB Books.  Pulled out the first one and started to read.  Im so proud of him.   

My sweet Kendra

I thought since I was posting some things about Logan I would take a few more mins and brag about my sweet daughter Kendra.  Most you reading know my sweet, yet strong willed, independent, yet still needs me to kiss the boo boo's away, Kendra Lynn.

There is never a day that passes that she doesnt make us proud of her.  She is so smart.  We love to watch her talk about things she finds interesting.   

Kendra also has a wonderful fun loving side to her.  She has an imagination that never ceases to amaze us.  I wish I could keep her young and innocent forever.