the tulips are out!

Here are some pretty tulips I saw while shopping at Michael's. Then, I saw this idyllic looking flower shop decoration at another store. So simple and beautiful.

Here's a way to find more knitting time!

This is a quote I got from my quote a day knitting calender. She's got some funny thoughts.
"Need more knitting time? Neglect housework. The miracle of housework is that you can do much of it at least half as often and get the same results. Take dusting. You grab a cloth once a weeka nd wipe your stuff. Now imagine you do it only once a month! Same arm movement, same effortt, same results...But by doing it less often, you get way more knitting time! (Hint: This works with vacuuming too, but not with laundry.)

yummy salad to bring to work

I made this to bring to work. It was just romaine, brocolli, carrots, sesame seeds and almonds. And strawberries to sweeten and pretty it up. Then, when I got to work I put on the olive oil and the pomegranate vinegar.

garbanzo beans rock!

This is another good recipe with garbanzos. The cukes really do a lot to yum this dish up. I avoid cucumbers like the plague because they don't seem to have much nutritional value, but I'm starting to add them back in because of the clean taste. Now that I'm avoiding sugar and other bad things, I need all the taste I can get.

This recipe called for:

*one can of garbanzos

*one cuke

*a half a bag of prepared green beans

*a few carrots

*olive oil

*juice from a few lemons

*one quarter teaspoon of sea salt

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

cool chickie

This is something I saw at the store and loved. But I really don't have a use or place for it. But by taking a photo of it, I can have this cool image with me!