yummy sunday

My friend Kathy and I were scrapbooking on Sunday. I'm making a gift for someone, can't say who until that someone's birthday passes! We were hungry so we made some gaucamole, I got the recipe from FoodNetwork using my iPhone...It called for avacado, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, cayenne, garlic, lime juice. We improvised because we didn't have lime juice so we used lemon juice, but it was still yummy with tortilla chips. We also had this delish green salad, with romaine, cukes, carrots, little bit of brocolli and sesame seeds. Topped it off with olive oil and some fig balsamic vinegar. Yum Yum and so healthy.
Then strawberries for dessert. I was dying all day for chocolate cake, but settled for strawberries. They were really sweet, but this cleanse that I have been doing for the last few months is difficult. Once in a while I just crave a chocolate cake!

healthy meals

I'm fascinated with garbanzos lately!

They fulfill two imperatives of mine - one to eat very clean and healthy, not necessarily vegetarian, but low on animal products; and the second imperative is to cut my grocery bill. I'm struggling like everyone else and I just can't spend crazy money on food like I used to. I'm almost trying to make it a fun challenge to try to figure out ways to eat very inexpensively. Oh, I forgot, there really is a third reason I eat them. They taste yummy.

Here's one recipe I came up with:

*Can of garbanzos (I love saying this word!!!)

*One chopped tomatoe

*A few carrots

*Some paprika

*Squirt of a lemon or two