A few years ago, I bought two boxes of vintage ornaments from an antique store in Tombstone, Arizona. I love the shapes, colors and detail of them. However, they seem to get lost among all of the other ornaments on our big tree, so I wanted a way to give them a special place of their own. I decided to put them on a silver Armetale platter with some tiny…
I put this salad together the other night with some of the organic ingredients from my Bountiful Basket. The combination of flavors was outstanding, and Jeff and I gobbled it up! I call it a Christmas salad because of the beautiful red and green colors, but this would be a delicious salad any time of the year. A festive salad for any occasion! A festive salad for a festive season!
I hope that you all had a marvelous Thanksgiving. Mine was supposed to start with a 5k race, but because I apparently don’t know how to sleep without injuring my neck, I was unable to run. I spent all day with my head tilted to the right, but at least I could still eat! My parents (Grandma & Grandpa) came over and we grilled, baked, boiled and dutch ovened our…
Today we picked our first clementine from the tree. Four years ago, when our dog Hobbs was a puppy, he chewed the tree down to a nub. I didn’t think we would ever see a clementine. But here it stands, our beautiful tree bursting with fruit. When we couldn’t stand it any longer, we picked one. Joe peeled it very carefully. Leila looked on in gleeful anticipation. Joe…
I wanted to do a fancy post all about how to de-seed a pomegranate complete with photos and/or a video. But with all of our traveling, I haven’t had the chance. So I wanted to share this video I found on YouTube from foodblogga. She shows us how to de-seed a pomegranate while wearing her favorite white shirt. Now that’s impressive. So now that you know how to handle a…
Tweet Look what I found at Trader Joe’s today! I decided to bring it home and make it into a salad for lunch. Per serving, these babies pack 12 grams of fiber, 11 grams of protein and 20% of your daily iron. I grabbed a handful of almonds and gave them a rough chop. I put 1/2 the bag of chickpeas (1/2 bag = 1 serving) on top of a…