Quinoa...

I just discovered Quinoa....

Quinoa ( /ˈkiːnwɑː/ or /kɨˈnoʊ.ə/, Spanish: quinua, from Quechua: kinwa), a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the grass family. As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beets, spinach, and tumbleweeds.

so yes, sometimes I think I live under a log!!

haha....I knew nothing about Quinoa.

A friend gave me some so I cooked it up

and ate a bowl full with a little butter and some cheese

and yum! I loved it

will be eating a lot this now!

later.....

Trouble with a capital T ....

Saturday I went out to lunch with a very good friend

we talk so much we hardly eat!

So I didn't finish my hamburger and brought half of

it home in a styrofoam container.

And I set it down on the table.....meant to put it up

but Johnny and I decided to head over to Costco.

When we came home, this is what we found....pieces

of the container on the dining room table



and then we saw a tomato laying on the floor

and then we found the empty container in the den

along with a pickle but I didn't get a pic of that

apparently, she doesn't like tomatoes or pickles

and here's the culprit!

yep ... her name is trouble.....with a capital T

and how do we know it's her...because she is the only one

that gets on the table. I do not like animals on the table but this one

she sneaks it in whenever she can!

later....

Mason Jar Salads ...

I saw the Mason Jar Salads on Pinterest and I thought

it looked fun....and handy!

So first up was digging out my jars and

washing them up

then the store for all of the salad supplies

lettuce, cukes, tomatoes, water chestnuts, strawberries

cabbage, shredded broccoli salad, celery, cheese



I would have liked to have put avocada's in the jars but wasn't

sure how they would do

and then cut up everything.....

The first layer is the dressing.

I did a couple of jars without dressing....just want to see how they

turn out.

the next layer is cabbage and shredded broccoli

you want this layer to be the one that is ok to soak up dressing

then just start adding the layers

lettuce is the very last to add

and just mash it down.....I just kept pushing it down more

so that I could get enough in there

and here ya go......enough salads for the week

we can either grab these to take to work for lunch

or have them for dinner. All of the chopping is already done!

later....

Spring is here ....

It's spring time in Virginia

Lots and lots of pollen every where

the cars so covered you can't even ride with the windows down!



oh look, I have to get my car inspected in May

but the good part is

we have beautiful green grass now....

and with the arrival of spring brings

lots of grass cutting

which equals "green socks" on the pups!!

haha...

later...