BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

Do I have a super easy and very low-key recipe for you. This is fresh from your garden or local farm stand or farmer's market and then right to your table for the freshest and tastiest salad for summer. Our family has long made this type of salad that can be known by various names like the simple summer salad, or chopped veggie salad. This salad is closely related to the Greek Salad, however, this salad contains no letttuce. This salad is so versitile one can adjust to likes and dislikes and adjust ingredients and dressings. If you do have a garden by all means please use your cucumbers, tomato, and green peppers in this salad. Delicious! For our family the salad ingredients for this recipe we chose were: *1 large cucumber ( chopped into 1/2" pieces) *1 tomato chopped (chopped into 1/2" pieces) (*can use 1 pint of cherry/grape tomato sliced or not) *1 medium green pepper (cut into thin strips) (*can chunk them if so desired) *About 1/2 red onion sliced very t

Where I live the climate and weather isn't warm yet, So I like my interior design to feel alive and fresh, and never overdone. I fell that sometimes our surroundings set the mood in your daily lives if it feels all tired and worn out; you might just be as well. How To Keep It Fresh Early morning Sunshine The first thing I do, especially if it's sunny, I open the curtains. I accept what nature gives us. Yes, I even open the curtains on a dark and dreary drab day. I try to embrace nature (and that's another article for another day) and that does help me get my day going.  I'm sure no one disagrees that when it's awfully cold out the sun does help make it a better day.  My dining room's location is just to the right of the foyer in my house, so any guests that enter will first see our open floor plan to the back of the house and fireplace and mantle, but immediately after, they will glance right and that takes in the view of the dining table. I always ha

Smoothies! A smoothie is a beverage that can be made by blending raw fruit and/or vegetables with dairy products, water, ice cubes, and sweeteners.  Smoothies can be for breakfast, lunch, and a snack (in between meal times). Smoothies can be protein packed, gluten free, Quick & Easy, fiber rich and filled with vitamins. Most smoothies are approximately between 150-200 calories, depending on the variables, like extra added things i.e. oatmeal, nuts, or sugars, or heavy vegetables. For this post, I love things that are quick and easy. So I concentrate on 5 or less ingredients (or whatever I have on hand and then adjust recipe) this recipe one can use frozen fruit! So here’s a simple recipe for 5 ingredients: 1 whole banana 3/4C blueberries 3/4C blackberries (substitute strawberries) ¾-1C milk (I use 2%, calories go down with skim milk) 6 ounce Greek yogurt (unsweetened or can use vanilla or honey flavored) Put all ingredients in blender and pulse for abou