1. Listening to NEWEST COUNTRY HITS on Comcast t.v.
2. Eating nothing but craving CHOCOLATE
3. Drinking freshly brewed MINT TEA
4. Wearing BLACK SWEATS
5. Feeling ANXIOUS...school starts tomorrow
6. Weather is currently BREEZY... remnants on Hurricane Irene but the SUN has made an appearance :-)
7. Wanting ONE MORE WEEK OF SUMMER VACATION :-(
8. Needing FOOD for lunch this week
9. Thinking "I SHOULD GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AFTER POSTING".
10. Enjoying this relaxing SUNDAY --- Daniel and I watched Limitless and Despicable Me --- nothing gets better than kicking back and watching movies with the person you <3
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Prepping for the School Year!
Over the past few weeks, I have been hooked on Pinterest! Every time I visit the website I find a new, fun, creative project to do --- whether it is for around the house, a cute accessory, or something neat for the classroom. Last evening, I completed my first DIY crafty idea that I found on Pinterest --- a photoframe message board. I actually made eight of them! Now, you are probably thinking, 'wow, she went way overboard on the number of message boards', however, I didn't! Last year, interactive whiteboards were installed in every classroom in the school that I teach and when mine was installed I lost my only white board space in my classroom. I really didn't mind because what I wrote on my white board, I incorporated into my flip-charts (similar to power point presentation, but interactive), however, I missed having my vocab words and homework assignments displayed throughout the whole unit instead of just a 25 second glance as I went about teaching the lesson. My original plan was to post vocab using the old school method - 'printed words, bordered with colored paper, and them laminated', however, that idea went to the wayside when my school schedule kicked into high gear and I never posted all of the vocab like I had hoped... well after a few visits on Pinterest, I found the answer to my vocab posting dilemma --- dyi photoframe message boards. Here are my creations! I hung them in my classroom today!
I love this idea because the vocab from each unit can be written on the message boards with a dry erase marker and then erased easily at the end of the unit --- no more wasted hours cutting, pasting, and laminating.... even better yet, I now have a place to post my homework! Just FYI, all the scrap booking paper is designed, some of the images you can't really tell --- they just look plain --- but they are all cute and match my new curtains in my classroom!!!
Happy 2011-2012 School Year, Everyone!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
From the Field to the Table
Well --- it has been a while since my last post... way too long --- life has been quite busy lately and this summer has been full of travelling - from sunny California, to the suburbs of D.C., onward to Latrobe, PA and back home to my old stomping grounds of Shickshinny, PA! However, that isn't the only reason I haven't blogged...truth is, I really didn't have much to say about anything until...well now!
In July, while in California, I was having a conversation with a friend about eating organic and how I loved summer because of the wide variety of fresh produce available locally. She then told me about CSAs or Community Supported Agriculture programs. Say what?... I had no clue what she was talking about --- never heard of such a thing...growing up supporting the local farmers around my home meant patronizing the stand at the end of the driveway. I can not believe growing up in rural (farm-country) Pennsylvania, that I had no clue what a CSA was... thus the reason for this blog!
I am sure that I am not the only one that had no clue what a Community Supported Agriculture program was... so I am here to tell you all about it --- keep reading :-) In the USA, there are approximately two million farms... roughly 80% of those are small farms and are for the majority family owned and operated. We are all aware that the large scale chemical farming that we now see in the USA is damaging the soil and polluting our water, so buying local produce directly from your community farmer can put a dent in this harmful trend. Local Harvest is a great resource to find local organic farmers that participate in CSAs near you! Just plug in your zip code, click search, and the results will appear! There were 24 hits (CSAs) for the Harrisburg area alone and for my family back home in Shickshinny, there are 5 within miles of my house! Ok...so now that you know that there are CSAs available in your community, I bet you are know DYING to know what in the world a CSA is...
Community Supported Agriculture is an opportunity for consumers to purchase local, seasonal foods (vegetables, fruits, farm fresh eggs, grass fed beef, etc.) directly from the local farmer. FarmDirect had the greatest analogy to explain CSAs... "what if, instead of getting a news magazine every week, you got a big box of produce from a farmer down the road, a box of fruits and vegetables picked that very morning, bursting with flavor and nutrition? That's what you get when you subscribe to a CSA." Community Supported Agriculture is known as "subscription farming". Community members purchase a subscription at the beginning of the growing season and in return over the 16 weeks (or so) of the growing season will receive a share of fresh, locally grown produce, farm fresh eggs and meats (as long as your CSA participates in all three). CSAs aren't a new farming concept. They have existed for many years, back to the time when people knew exactly where their food came from, when we only ate foods that were currently and season and we enjoyed it because it was delicious, healthy, and fresh! We all know now that when you visit the Wegmans or Giant, especially in the winter, that those nice bright red tomatoes were picked GREEN, thousands of miles away, weeks before you even stepped foot into the store and were sprayed with ethylene gas to make it turn that bright red before it was perfectly placed on the produce counter! Unfortunate, what we as consumers have gained in convenience having produce at our fingers tips, we have truly lost in flavor, freshness, nutritional value, and the truth of knowing where our food truly comes from. However, when you become a subscribing member to a local CSA you can have FLAVOR, FRESHNESS, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, and KNOW where your produce is coming from ---- what a great deal! From May to October, your share box will be full of fresh fruits and vegetables --- of course it will be full of what is currently "in season"... Don't be alarmed when you don't see that juicy, vine-ripened tomato in May, simply enjoy the luscious lettuce, spinach, and asparagus that is waiting for you to devour! I promise you, in August, your share box will be full of tomatoes that are full of flavor and do not taste like cardboard!
CSAs provide more than just food, they offer ways for consumers to become involved in the ecological and human community that supports the farm.
The best time to join a CSA is at the beginning of the growing season...and since we are roughly four months into the season, many CSAs may no longer be accepting subscriptions for this year... HOWEVER, there are a few farms, especially in the Harrisburg area that have a few memberships still available and will prorate the membership for the final few weeks of the season! However, I suggest that perhaps this year may not be the time to officially become a member... Do your research! Since July, I have been searching for the "right" CSA to join and exploring the ins and outs of membership... So far I learned that:
- There are two types of subscriptions: a full share and a partial share --- for families of four or more a full share will feed you all with fresh produce for the entire week, thus a partial share looks like the route I will be taking next year!
- Check the "greeness" of the local CSA by using Ecovian, a web-based search engine that will give you the percentage of local and organic produce that is grown on a particular farm or CSA in your community.
- Research the CSAs in your community.... many offer different crops throughout the growing season and some seasons are longer than others... I have found that some CSAs in Harrisburg have only an 18-week growing season, while if I drive up the road 10 miles, a CSA in Duncannon has a 24-week growing season with many other added perks such jams, jellies and a weekly brown bag surprise with the weekly share! Use LocalHarvest to find CSAs in your community!
- As previously stated, becoming a member mid season may be difficult, however, some CSAs are still offering prorated memberships for the remainder of the season.
I challenge my readers to do a little more research on CSAs... we can start a revolution to eat REAL food...support REAL farmers...and create a REAL sense of community!!!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Ever Find Something Pinteresting?
Over the past few months I have found some great websites that highlight the creative, innovative works of people from all across the world. The first site was Etsy and the only reason I came across this interesting site was because a friend from high school sent an invite to her online store to her friends on Facebook. Etsy is a marketplace were artists, creators, collectors, thinkers, and doers showcase their artwork and products. You can find anything from books to furniture, pottery to needlecrafts on this site. If you have not visited this site yet, I highly suggest that you take a minute or two to explore the amazing creations... I guarantee that you will come back daily to see what new items have been posted and also bookmark items for your "wish list".
This original acrylic painting by Tim Lam can be purchased on Etsy --- Just follow the link for more details! There are so many amazing products on this site...I know that my wish list keeps growing and I have found a ton of great gift ideas for family and friends for the holiday season!
Now, if you are not familiar with the next site, you are probably wondering why the heck I spelled interesting wrong in the title of this blog post... because I didn't! Thanks to my friend and fellow blogger, Breanna, she now has me hooked on pinning! Pinterest is an online community that connects people all over the globe through the "things" we find interesting. Once a member of Pinterst, one can organize and share all the creative, innovative things one finds on the world-wide web from yummy recipes to decorating ideas by pinning to a 'board'. Members can browse pin boards created by other people and by doing so, one will discover new things and perhaps gain inspiration to go out and try a new crafting project or even find bulletin board ideas for the classroom. I know that after only two days of being a member of Pinterst, I have created nine boards ranging from Artistic Visions to Celebrating Others and have pinned over 80 interesting, creative ideas! If you are interested in becoming a member, let me know, I would be happy to send you an invite!
Now, to put all my "pinning" to good use... I can not wait to make this cute "almost no-sew" tote that I found on Pinteresting today... You can link up with Susan Harris' Blog and find the quick, easy directions to this very cute crafty idea!
What will you find Pinteresting?
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Take the Taste Test
I recently attended the National Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Conference (NLC) in Anaheim, California. While at the conference students and advisers alike can take part in workshops, seminars, and demonstrations all while networking with peers from all 50 states, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Over the past three years of attending this conference as a teacher, I have made connections with amazing Family and Consumer Sciences teachers. These connections have given me hundreds of ideas and lesson plans that I have used in my classes over the last three years. Many of you, especially my teacher friends have heard me rant and rave over lessons that have been a hit with my students, especially in May of this passed year. Through Facebook updates and face-to-face talks, many of those people close to me heard about "Chopped on a Budget" --- the 2 week project that I did with my 8th graders using the Food Network show Chopped as a theme! Going into my fourth year of teaching (my how time flies), I now have more fun, interesting ideas to share with my students that I recently learned about at the NLC. One new project in particular that I hope to try with my students is "Tricking Your Tastebuds". While attending a workshop on "Teaching Food Science", I and many other educators learned of something the presenter called the "Miracle Berry".
The miracle berry fruit is a small red fruit orginally grown in Africa. The active ingredient in the Miracle Berry Fruit is called miraculin which has the ability to change the tasting properties of the tongue making sour, acidic and bitter foods taste sweet.
We all know what happens when we eat a slice of a lemon... our faces start to pucker up and all we taste is SOUR.
While listening to the presenter, he asked for several teachers to volunteer in the "Tricking Your Tastebuds" experiment. Unfortunately, I wasn't chosen, however, myself and the other unlucky teachers were still able to witness the "miracle" of the berry by seeing first hand the faces and then hearing the responses of the volunteers. Because the shelf life on the miracle berry fruit is only 1 - 2 days after harvesting, the presenter gave each of the participants a Miracle Berry Tablet. The all-natural tablet contains the freeze dried extract from 3 whole miracle berries preserving the active ingredient miraculin. The participants placed the tablet into their mouths and let it dissolve. In order for the miraculin to work properly the tablet can not be chewed ---the tongue must be coated so that the taste bud receptors responsible for sour, bitter, and acidic flavors are blocked. While waiting the 5 minutes or so, I conversed with the teachers around me to get their thoughts and learned that one FACS teacher has already done this experiment with her students after learning about it while watching an Episode of "Future Food" on Planet Green. The hosts of this show, Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche, are world renowned chefs at MOTO, a restaurant tucked among the loading docks and 19th century warehouses of Fulton Market, Chicago's lively meatpacking district. In the episode "Future Food", the team at MOTO came up with several dishes to try out on their diners, using plants, cactus, flowers, and weeds that are never eaten because of their bitter components. The dishes that were created were concentrated, highly-nutritious, but of course horrible tasting. The diners will presented with the Miracle Berry Fruit then ate the same dishes prepared with grass, flowers, and weeds as before... and ta-da, the diners now had a palatable, nutritious dish since their taste buds were altered from bitter to sweet. Pretty cool, huh? However, I never saw the episode, nor did I ever hear of this miracle berry, so being the sceptic I am, I wanted to see it with my own eyes...
The five minutes passed...the miracle berry was dissolved in the participants mouths and they were presented with three fruits that we always associate with sourness: Lemon, Grapefruit, and Lime. First up the lemon, each of them ate it --- NO PUCKERING... and the response "it tastes like a sweet cup of lemonade"...and guess what else, they even ate the RIND... if you have ever zested a lemon, you know that you only zest the "yellow" because as soon as you hit the white you are going to make your dish extremely bitter! They ate the grapefruit --- same results, and then the lime --- and all reported that they never tasted such flavor and sweetness in the lives.
Well, there you have it... the ability to turn those sour, bitter, usually undesirable foods into sweet, palatable dishes. I think this would be a great lesson to do with my students after teaching about the essential nutrients... many times the sour fruits are avoided but they are loaded with Vitamins, the rind full of fiber, and of course it is hands on!
So far people who have used the Miracle Berry fruit tablets have reported that Guinness tastes like a chocolate milkshake, tomatoes taste like peaches, and rhubarb is irresistibly sweet.
To my teacher friends out there, I hope you can use this idea in your classroom --- its a great way to incorporate science into Foods classes. To my non-teacher friends, take the challenge and try the miracle berries for yourself --- these flavor enhancers may change your mind about the bitter, sour foods you try to avoid!
The miracle berry fruit is a small red fruit orginally grown in Africa. The active ingredient in the Miracle Berry Fruit is called miraculin which has the ability to change the tasting properties of the tongue making sour, acidic and bitter foods taste sweet.
We all know what happens when we eat a slice of a lemon... our faces start to pucker up and all we taste is SOUR.
While listening to the presenter, he asked for several teachers to volunteer in the "Tricking Your Tastebuds" experiment. Unfortunately, I wasn't chosen, however, myself and the other unlucky teachers were still able to witness the "miracle" of the berry by seeing first hand the faces and then hearing the responses of the volunteers. Because the shelf life on the miracle berry fruit is only 1 - 2 days after harvesting, the presenter gave each of the participants a Miracle Berry Tablet. The all-natural tablet contains the freeze dried extract from 3 whole miracle berries preserving the active ingredient miraculin. The participants placed the tablet into their mouths and let it dissolve. In order for the miraculin to work properly the tablet can not be chewed ---the tongue must be coated so that the taste bud receptors responsible for sour, bitter, and acidic flavors are blocked. While waiting the 5 minutes or so, I conversed with the teachers around me to get their thoughts and learned that one FACS teacher has already done this experiment with her students after learning about it while watching an Episode of "Future Food" on Planet Green. The hosts of this show, Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche, are world renowned chefs at MOTO, a restaurant tucked among the loading docks and 19th century warehouses of Fulton Market, Chicago's lively meatpacking district. In the episode "Future Food", the team at MOTO came up with several dishes to try out on their diners, using plants, cactus, flowers, and weeds that are never eaten because of their bitter components. The dishes that were created were concentrated, highly-nutritious, but of course horrible tasting. The diners will presented with the Miracle Berry Fruit then ate the same dishes prepared with grass, flowers, and weeds as before... and ta-da, the diners now had a palatable, nutritious dish since their taste buds were altered from bitter to sweet. Pretty cool, huh? However, I never saw the episode, nor did I ever hear of this miracle berry, so being the sceptic I am, I wanted to see it with my own eyes...
The five minutes passed...the miracle berry was dissolved in the participants mouths and they were presented with three fruits that we always associate with sourness: Lemon, Grapefruit, and Lime. First up the lemon, each of them ate it --- NO PUCKERING... and the response "it tastes like a sweet cup of lemonade"...and guess what else, they even ate the RIND... if you have ever zested a lemon, you know that you only zest the "yellow" because as soon as you hit the white you are going to make your dish extremely bitter! They ate the grapefruit --- same results, and then the lime --- and all reported that they never tasted such flavor and sweetness in the lives.
Well, there you have it... the ability to turn those sour, bitter, usually undesirable foods into sweet, palatable dishes. I think this would be a great lesson to do with my students after teaching about the essential nutrients... many times the sour fruits are avoided but they are loaded with Vitamins, the rind full of fiber, and of course it is hands on!
So far people who have used the Miracle Berry fruit tablets have reported that Guinness tastes like a chocolate milkshake, tomatoes taste like peaches, and rhubarb is irresistibly sweet.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Hooked on the Nook
One of the greatest gifts I have ever received would have to be the Nook! Every year before the start of the holiday season, my mom and dad would ask my sister and I for a few gift ideas --- growing up my sister and I never asked for much but we truly never wanted. Growing up in middle working class, my parents did their very best to provide for my sister and I. We may not have had the name brand clothes or the #1 selling gift of the season, but what we did get, we appreciated. While we have grown and now live on our own, the gifts from mom and dad still come...and every year before the start of the holiday season both mom and dad ask "if there is one thing you would want, what would you like?". Last year, my response was something like this "Nook, please?". I had visited my family in early September and my sister had recently purchased the e-reader. She let me read a few pages and I instantly fell in love. Thoughts rolled through my head... "This would be awesome to take on vacation, NICE and SLIM...no more clunky books taking up space in my suitcase ---> I can purchase new books INSTANTLY ---> and no GLARE in the sun..." I was determined to save a few dollars to make the purchase on my own but as the holidays rolled in and we started exchanging gifts and opening presents, to my surprise under the Christmas tree, there it was... a Nook, with a green case and a reading light... I was HOOKed on my NOOK! I downloaded books instantly and also borrowed books from my sister...how neat --- we can share libraries and be 2 hours apart --- no more waiting until the next visit to share the latest great read! Now that summer is here, I have ample time to sit in the shade with a glass of iced tea engrossed in a great book. Today, I uploaded some great summer reading...books that are now part of my Nook library include:
and today's Barnes and Noble Friday Freebie...
In a matter of minutes and for under $10, five fantastic summer reads were downloaded and ready for the pages to be turned! I can not wait to dive into these books and escape for a few hours.... Happy Reading!
Fill in the Blank Friday
I am so excited today is Friday ---- it is the last day of Vacation Bible School, the first day of the weekend, and it also means I am going home to NEPA to visit family and friends!!! To kick start this awesome weekend, why don't you click on over to The Little Things We Do and link up on today's Fill in the Blank Friday --- just like me!
1. The last thing I ate was Special K Chocolate Delight...
2. The next thing I'd like to eat is Steak kebabs on the grill...
3. The best things in life come to those who wait patiently...
4. Something that makes me supremely and utterly happy is spending time with family and friends around a camp fire..
5. Sports are fun to watch especially sitting and taking in the excitement of an actual event.
6. I miss my sister and family --- although I love where I live, being two hours away is difficult to spend as much time as I would like with all of them...
7. Right now I am motivating myself to do the dishes...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wee Bit of Me Wednesday
I stole this idea from fellow blogger and IUP friend, Breanna Rush... Head on over to Leigh Ashley's and link up for some great weekly "get to know you" questions!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Home Farming: Plant a Seed ---Grow a Movement
Growing up in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania, I had the opportunity to reap the fruits (and vegetables) of hard labor --- planting a summer garden with my Poppy Gregory. Just the other day I was reminiscing with my mom, how much I loved picking rocks (sense the sarcasm) at the beginning of the planting season. Actually, this was the only part of the gardening process that I dreaded --- an acre of rocks...they just kept "growing" as I used to say...my poppy would laugh and tell my sister and I to "keep picking"! Once we were done picking rocks, it was time to plant seeds. After some weeks of patiently waiting, my sister and I along with my poppy would pick our fruits and veggies.
One wax bean would go in the bushel bucket and two would get eaten. We would only ever get scolded if we were caught.There were so many fond memories made on that acre of land. Oh, how I miss those days. Now that I am out on my own, and am finally not living in a complex, I started dabbling in gardening --- not fruits and vegetables, but flowers. They have grown beautifully, thanks to the green thumb and wisdom of flower gardening that I learned from my other grandfather, Pappy Faux.
Since my window boxes have been planted, they continue to grow and are vibrantly colored. I hope that one day when I have a vegetable garden of my own, my green thumb for flowers will transfer over to my vegetable and herb plants. Which brings me to the whole purpose of this blog. While grocery shopping today, I picked up a box of Triscuits and the box was not the typical yellow box with blue writing and a picture of the weaved wheat snack --- the box looked like this...
I was very intrigued with the saying on the front "PLANT a SEED GROW a MOVEMENT" and this logo...
I flipped the box over to the back and there was this seed card. You can only see part of it, as the whole card is glued inside the box. In my box of Triscuits is a Dill seed card. The box briefly explains the Home Farming Movement and mentions Urban Farming, a non-profit organization, but I needed to know more information. As soon as I got home from the grocery store, I logged on to the world wide web and googled "Triscuit - plant a seed" and found this website: http://www.homefarming.com/. It is full of information. This site provides users with a variety of tools, resources, recipes, and networking. The Home Farming Movement encourages individuals whether they live in an apartment with a balcony or have a back yard with raised beds to grow their own vegetables and herbs.
The start your own farm feature on this website is incredible --- it takes you step by step: 1) your location 2)the size of your garden and whether it will be inside or out and 3) a home farm recommendation which includes plants that would work best in the areas you've selected. The website is easily manipulated and a great tool for all those wanting to plant a garden no matter the space you have!
To get consumers involved in the movement, Triscuit has included cards in over eight million packages and of course has created the home farming resources that can be found online. I can not wait to plant the dill seed card. Hopefully, as the Triscuit box says, "in no time, [I] will discover the joy of planting, growing, harvesting, and sharing fresh food from [my] very own home farm".
One wax bean would go in the bushel bucket and two would get eaten. We would only ever get scolded if we were caught.There were so many fond memories made on that acre of land. Oh, how I miss those days. Now that I am out on my own, and am finally not living in a complex, I started dabbling in gardening --- not fruits and vegetables, but flowers. They have grown beautifully, thanks to the green thumb and wisdom of flower gardening that I learned from my other grandfather, Pappy Faux.
I flipped the box over to the back and there was this seed card. You can only see part of it, as the whole card is glued inside the box. In my box of Triscuits is a Dill seed card. The box briefly explains the Home Farming Movement and mentions Urban Farming, a non-profit organization, but I needed to know more information. As soon as I got home from the grocery store, I logged on to the world wide web and googled "Triscuit - plant a seed" and found this website: http://www.homefarming.com/. It is full of information. This site provides users with a variety of tools, resources, recipes, and networking. The Home Farming Movement encourages individuals whether they live in an apartment with a balcony or have a back yard with raised beds to grow their own vegetables and herbs.
The start your own farm feature on this website is incredible --- it takes you step by step: 1) your location 2)the size of your garden and whether it will be inside or out and 3) a home farm recommendation which includes plants that would work best in the areas you've selected. The website is easily manipulated and a great tool for all those wanting to plant a garden no matter the space you have!
To get consumers involved in the movement, Triscuit has included cards in over eight million packages and of course has created the home farming resources that can be found online. I can not wait to plant the dill seed card. Hopefully, as the Triscuit box says, "in no time, [I] will discover the joy of planting, growing, harvesting, and sharing fresh food from [my] very own home farm".
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Get Crafty and Creative
For the past few weeks, I have been pondering what to do with my summer. I am finally done with grad school, so summer classes will not be tying me down...so what is there to do?I have been seeking options to keep myself busy, because there is no way that I can just "sit around"... I will need something to do! I thought about applying for summer jobs to make a few extra bucks --- but seeking a job in which I have to ask to take a few weeks off because of FCCLA doesn't seem fair to the employer. So again, what should I do? Well, I think getting crafty and creative just maybe a good idea!
There are several crafty projects that I want to try and learn to do. Here are a few for sure:
There are several crafty projects that I want to try and learn to do. Here are a few for sure:
Crochet a tote from recycled grocery bags
Quilt a cute apron
Sew a pillowcase dress for the special little girls in my life...and finally ---
Reupholster a chair found at a yard sale.
Check back throughout the summer to see if I made any progress with these crafty and creative projects! (:
Sunday, May 22, 2011
25 Recipes for 25 Years of Life
On Thursday, I will be turning 25 --- wow, how time flies! It seems like yesterday I was little girl playing make-believe school with my sister, Katie. Who would have thought, many years later, that I would actually be a teacher, a Family and Consumer Sciences (Home Ec) teacher, at that? In honor of turning 25, I am hoping to create the 25 wonderful recipes listed below. Perhaps, I will be able to use some of them in my classroom. I found all the recipes on the Food Network Website. They have many delicious recipes that I can not wait to try!
1. Raw Asparagus Pesto
2. Tri-Colour Stuffed Pepper Soup
3. Slow Cooked Chicken Gumbo
4. Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
5. Chewy Chocolate Chippers
6. Hurry Up Chicken Pot-Pie
7. Orzo with Roasted Vegetables
8. Rigatoni with Vegetable Bolognese
9. Grilled Shrimp and Noodle Salad
10. Chile Rubbed Pork Chops
11. Lemon Ricotta Biscuits
12. Sweet and Sour Chicken
13. Chicken Tandoori
14. Farro Salad with Grilled Eggplant Tomatoes and Onion
15. Strawberry Shortcake
16. Gazpacho with Lime Chicken
17. Chicken Paillards with Herb-Tomato Salad
18. Broccoli Chowder with Cheddar Toasts
19. Pot Roast Carbonnade
20. Scallion Sweet Potatoes
21. Hot Plums and Berries
22. Grilled Corn Salsa
23. Vegetable Chips with Blue-Cheese Dip
24. Grilled Chicken with Spicy Peach Glaze
25. Blueberry (or seasonal fruit) Crumble
I hope to make one of these yummy recipes each week over the summer to meet one of my 101 in 1001 goals! Keep an eye out for new posts that include pictures of these delectable treats!
1. Raw Asparagus Pesto
2. Tri-Colour Stuffed Pepper Soup
3. Slow Cooked Chicken Gumbo
4. Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
5. Chewy Chocolate Chippers
6. Hurry Up Chicken Pot-Pie
7. Orzo with Roasted Vegetables
8. Rigatoni with Vegetable Bolognese
9. Grilled Shrimp and Noodle Salad
10. Chile Rubbed Pork Chops
11. Lemon Ricotta Biscuits
12. Sweet and Sour Chicken
13. Chicken Tandoori
14. Farro Salad with Grilled Eggplant Tomatoes and Onion
15. Strawberry Shortcake
16. Gazpacho with Lime Chicken
17. Chicken Paillards with Herb-Tomato Salad
18. Broccoli Chowder with Cheddar Toasts
19. Pot Roast Carbonnade
20. Scallion Sweet Potatoes
21. Hot Plums and Berries
22. Grilled Corn Salsa
23. Vegetable Chips with Blue-Cheese Dip
24. Grilled Chicken with Spicy Peach Glaze
25. Blueberry (or seasonal fruit) Crumble
I hope to make one of these yummy recipes each week over the summer to meet one of my 101 in 1001 goals! Keep an eye out for new posts that include pictures of these delectable treats!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
101 in 1001
I have finally become motivated to start blogging, finally! It has been on my mind for some time. While many of you already know, I am extremely busy and not because of anyone's fault but my own. I can not seem to learn the meaning of "no". While I put much of my time into my work, the students I teach, and my family, I thought it was finally time that I do something for myself - something I can do to relax from time to time. This is where blogging comes in. Many of my friends have started to blog over the past year and it is great to see their input on products, recipes, and even what is happening in their lives. Through my blog, I hope to do some of the same --- share photos, tasty recipes, insights on lesson plans, and updates on my personal adventures.
I recently saw a friend post on 101 in 1001. I was uncertain at first what it meant, but of course I was intrigued and continued to read! I quickly found out that 101 in 1001 meant that she was going to set 101 goals to reach in 1001 days. What a fabulous idea! While I have not created all 101 goals just yet, I will be keeping track of my accomplishments on here --- (Click on the 101 in 1001 tab) --- Check back often to see my progress and to perhaps cheer me on.
Start Date: May 18, 2011
End Date: February 12, 2014.
Thanks to Breanna for motivating me to begin my 101 in 1001. Have I inspired you?
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