Sorry the picture isn't so pretty, someday I will take those photography lessons. Until then, you'll have to look at crappy pictures of yummy food!
Just finished up the last of my chicken salad. I think I made it Sunday, so really it lasted an entire three days, and it is only me here! Whoah, so much for food rotation. This tasted so yummy, I could have ate it for every single meal this week! Speaking of, it was actually my breakfast Monday morning!
Sorry the picture isn't so pretty, someday I will take those photography lessons. Until then, you'll have to look at crappy pictures of yummy food!
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Eight years ago, we adopted this fabulous German Shorthaired Pointer, Buck! We didn't name him, and I'm not sure we would have picked that name either but it is fitting and perfect because it belongs to my loyal little companion! I've been blessed with an animal that is capable of showing me that never ending lasting love exists and the more you wag your tail, the better it gets! Pictures above, tongue out and tail wagging. I swear he was put on my doorstep to show me how fun it can be to live from intention, to play, and to love.
And, oh gosh about three years ago now, I started my own business. Fifteen months ago, I ventured out to give that business my all. This meant no more full time or part time jobs to rely on a steady income, just trust. Trust in that if I followed my passions pursuit it would all work out. I can't believe in the last fifteen months where this business has grown. It is not whooping huge, and I never intend for it to be! It's just perfect. What does this all have to do with life in abundance, food, cleanse, nutrition? We'll let me tie it together. When you follow your passions, it just works, you have everything you need. Life brings us gifts every single day. It's up to us if we choose to wake up and accept, or receive, those gifts. It's up to us how our outlook will be for that moment or that day. I personally try, life happens, but I try real hard to go to wake up and say "Welcome universe, I'm open. Open to giving and open to receiving these great gifts." At night, I try really hard to just say a simple "Thank you." What will my thank you be tonight? It will be for today, getting to spend another day with my pup, kids, families, getting to wiggle my toes in the grass while I played fetch with my ever terrific kick-arse pup, and doing cartwheels at the park. It will be for the energetic motivation this circle work and cleansing group I'm involved bring. I can't wait to wake up to see what gifts tomorrow holds. It wasn't always like this for me, it started like this but somewhere in my late twenties into early thirties I lost this. Everything became a hassle, managing the daily grind of life wasn't fun, and I was miserable. Only the ones that knew me well, knew just how miserable. So I had to learn to clean house and clean out. I can't help but get excited about the warmth that fills my heart now and how I know that I made that choice. That choice that we each have every day we wake- how will my outlook be? How will I tackle today? Do I focus on the cant's, the wont's, the should haves OR do I make the intentional choice to see all the miracles that exist around me? It's up to you, totally up to you! "That was the day she made the promise to live more from intention and less from habit." ~unknown Why does this blog posting thing always seem to find me when I should be in bed. Ack, I've been fairly tired in the mornings lately too.... So I should be in bed but I'm just too excited about my tasty dinner tonight and I just have to share it with you all.
So I looked in the fridge and thought what the what am I going to eat for dinner.... hmm and this is what I came up with. I went a little overboard on the jalapeños so... I've toned it down for you a little bit here in this recipe. Even though it was scrumptious, it had quite the kick. Yours shouldn't have quite as much kick, and if you always want a little more, just up the anty! Watch falling pieces on the floor if you have house pets. My pup, I think, scooped up a tiny bite off the floor. I'm almost positive because he proceeded to drink 2 bowls of water before I cut him off.. WHOOPS! Serves: 6 Time: 10-15 minutes Effort: Uber Easy Ingredients: 1 head of cauliflower, organic of course 1/2 large red onion, organic of course 1-2 large roma tomatoes, organic- no surprise 1/2 jalapeño pepper (or go brave and go for the whole thing) 5 cloves of garlic, minced 1-2 cups cilantro, chopped 2-3 cups baby kale (I pulled this straight from the garden tonight!) 1/4-1/2 cup mint leaves 1 1/2 TBS olive oil 1 TBS red wine vinegar 1/2 TBS ume plum vinegar 1/2-1 tsp Himalayan sea salt juice from 1/2 lemon 1. Soak cauliflower in a large bowl of salt water, head upside down. While cauliflower is soaking chop up the following: red onion (great advice on how to chop here), and tomatoes. Mince the garlic cloves. Put in large bowl. 2. Throw the jalapeño (1/2), cilantro, mint, kale in a food processor and chop until fine. Scoop out and dump in large bowl with onion, tomato, and garlic. 3. Rinse off the cauliflower, cut off leaves/stem, then cut into chunks. Throw this in the food processor until fine. Toss it in the large bowl with the rest. 4. Stir in the olive oil, red wine vinegar, ume plum vinegar, sea salt, and juice from lemon. 5. Mix it up and shazam, there's your side dish! *note Ume Plum Vinegar has a lot of salt/sodium so you may just want to sprinkle salt to taste or skip the salt altogether.. You decide. I love the minerals from sea salt AND I used to have really really LOW blood pressure, so I salt it up, but really it is your preference!* Merry Christmas Eve!
This holiday time is such a fun time for me! I am not home this year in NY with family and really miss that; but also have my own little family right here to celebrate with! We also have some great friends coming over for dinner tonight too (they also are extended-family-less for the holidays). Last week, I made this new Rosemary-Sage Chicken recipe for our dinner guests. Yes, I do try new recipes for our guests, not perfected ones! Needless to say, it turned out wonderful, or they were just being extremely nice in their compliments. So it's going to be our main meat dish at Christmas Eve dinner tonight too!! I am so excited, and the smells just take over the kitchen! When the kitchen was full of yummy goodness that made my mouth water, I thought to myself.. I don't know much about this herb, sage.... so before I give you the recipe lets talk a bit about the health benefits of sage! Sage, like most herbs, was used medicinally before it hit the kitchen cabinets. Sage is used in Italian, German, Middle East and English cuisine predominately, however; you'll likely find it in Italian cuisine! In America, it is primarily used in cheeses. Sage has memory and mood boosting effects. The Latin name for sage is Salvis officinalis meaning to save or to cure. Researched has indicated that sage is capable of boosting your mood, helping your concentration and improving memory (Healing Spices, Bharat Aggarwal, Ph.D). Research studies completed confirming its affects:
Rosemary-Sage Chicken 3 lb free range chicken legs (organic, I recommend US Wellness Meats or your local organic farmer) ground black pepper dried rosemary dried sage 1/4 Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice 1. Preheat oven on broil 2. lay chicken legs out, let thaw (if frozen), and pat dry with a towel 3. season the chicken all over with ground pepper (I use a pepper grinder) 4. cook chicken in glass pan under broiler for 30-40 minutes, watch closely and turn over often. Once internal chicken temp reaches 160* remove from oven 5. Meanwhile, combine all other ingredients liberally in food processor and combine 6. Pour over chicken, cover with tin foil, and let it cool for 10 minutes with seasonings spooned on top This recipe is that simple and oh so delicious! Good Evening! It's been a wonderful Saturday! I'm loving the cold front weather that has come in (I'm sure others don't relate)! However, it truly reminds me, northern girl here, of December, the holidays, and the changing of seasons. I like change, it keeps life spicy! So I embarked this past week on keeping you all updated with my food choices and meal plan. This great idea for a blog was inspired by a few friends of mine. As you can tell, I made it to Monday keeping this blog up to date before I got behind. It has been a busy week and trying to stay on top of working full time, family time, and blogging..well I did my best. There is good news though, as promised, I've put it all in a spreadsheet here! I'm going to try tonight to also link hyperlinks to most of the recipes. Remember, my grocery bill was roughly $86.00 this week (I did have some of the ingredients already in the cupboard, but then again, I did also buy some things not on the list)! Eating real live, healthy food, doesn't have to be expensive or time consuming! |
Heather Matheny,
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