First, I'm slacking on procrastinating lately and have only found a few fun things to share with you this week. My thoughts are totally and completely on my upcoming vacation on Maui to visit my family. It's been two years since I've been home, so I'm waaaay overdue for some Hawaiian sun, beaches and FAMILY. I won't be going completely radio (uh, er...internet) silent but I will have a few people guest posting as well.
So on this lovely snowy Friday, I leave you with a few fun things, and a recipe re-post (I posted it on my old blog forever ago, so now you can have it here on PL&B!)
Just in case you wanted to let someone know how awesome they are
this video is why I want to be a high school math teacher:
well, that and the best pickup line ever:
"Can I be your derivative?....So I can be tangent to your curves!"
and now, a recipe for Argentine Lentil Stew
from allrecipes.com
ingredients:
1 cup dry lentils
1 quart water
1 cube vegetable bouillon
3 medium tomatoes, peeled and diced
1 large onion, diced
1 carrot, sliced
1 medium apple - peeled, cored and diced
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 large clove garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup barbeque sauce (or a mixture of ketchup and worchestershire sauce)
1/2 teaspoon paprika
salt and pepper to taste
method:
Place the lentils and water in a large pot, and mix in the vegetable bouillon. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.
Stir the tomatoes, onion, carrot, apple, peas, garlic, olive oil, barbecue sauce, and paprika into the pot. Continue to simmer 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to serve.
My thoughts: I was pleasantly surprised at how delicious this soup was!! First of all, I NEVER have good luck with lentils, but I diligently cooked them long enough this time and it worked out alright!
And what's with the apples and the barbecue sauce?!? It gave the soup a sweet and savory flavor. It was delicious and packs a nutritional punch. Best of all, it's incredibly easy! Except for lentil cooking time you basically just throw everything in a pot and go.
On another note, this soup is best enjoyed with a glass of my Gascon Malbec (my favorite!!)
What is your go-to wine for dinner? And are there any weird ingredients you've included in a recipe that just made the dish? I'd love to hear about them!
Peace, Love & Bagels,
Becca (blogger is driving me nuts today and won't place any picture where I want them to go, so no fun signature to close today's post [sadface])
Okie doke, here are some of the neat things I happened across (or heard about on NPR) while I should have been doing my work this week:
I'm basically obsessed with food blogs...it's where I find absolutely ALL of my recipes. Here's another resource. From the website "Recipes you'll love from cookbooks we trust"
I always have a problem with having too many calendars. This might help a bit, at least it will streamline all of my post-it notes
Brandon playing "Priority" on the car ride back from North Carolina over Thanksgiving weekend
This song puts me in the BEST mood around the holidays
Next Tuesday is the Winter Solstice! Practice your sun salutations so you can offer 108 of them to the shortest day of the year. Here in Cleveland, we probably won't see the sun at all that day (gray, grrraaay Cleveland) but I will be moving with a sun-shiny intention, regardless.
Ashley (my favorite neverhomemaker) has some good running advice, even if you're not trying to come back from an injury.
I made these chocolate chip cookie sandwiches for a work party. They were definitely a party favorite and miiiight even become a staple for future office parties. They're absolutely divine!
Finally, I leave you with one of my favorite pictures. It's my desktop background on my work computer:
Hope everyone has a lovely, lovely weekend! We're celebrating our monthly Freekend(lots of fun, no $$ required!) What are you planning to do this weekend?
Well folks, being that today is Friday, I'm going to give you a look into what makes my world go around. Today I'm kicking off my Fun Things Friday posts. My weekly (er, as long as I remember to post every week) list of cool things that I've stumbled upon during my copious amounts of quality time with the ubiquitous internet. Let's start with a little bit of pure happiness...
It's time to smile.
Christmas is right around the corner. Leo Babauta [Zen Habits] makes a great case for why should shouldn't worry that your Christmas shopping isn't finished.
Even though Thanksgiving have come and gone, there are still plenty of reasons to be grateful and to show it.
Gather inspiration from this list of ways to really live and not just exist. (This one is courtesy of my old blog, Sole Heeler, disguised as a post about a long treadmill run...last January).
This is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, but you'll need some mesquite flour (I searched high and low for it and finally opted just to get it online).
Face of Beauty is an incredibly inspiring and beautiful blog with the mission "to celebrate the incredible and unique beauty in all of us." Heather posted some pretty scary statistics yesterday.
Simplify! Simplify! Someday I want to own only 47 things too.
...and, last but not least, a VERY BIG announcement! Brandon and I are signed up for the Cleveland Marathon! It will be Brandon's first marathon and my second. This is the course map:
