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What We Ate For Dinner Tonight; Mango and Quinoa Salad

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011

I have made versions of this salad several times, and tonight it was so yummy I decided to share it.
Mangoes are one of my favorite fruits, and they are especially delicious this time of year.
Ever since we got married and Jason was gluten-free, (I have meaning to post more on that 'was'),  I have loved experimenting with different grains other than rice since other carbs were out of the question, and Quinoa remains my favorite.

Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of my salad, but it looked like this minus the black beans, but only because we had none available.



Mango & Quinoa Salad
1 cup Quinoa
13/4 cups Vegetable Stock
Mango, diced
Red Bell Pepper, diced
Fresh Cilantro
Cumin
Half a Lemon
Olive Oil

1. Cook Quinoa according to directions, (or google it like me)
    For best taste substitute vegetable stock in place of water.
2. While Quinoa is simmering, Prepare the mango by dicing it.  If you are anything like me cutting a mango is confusing, so go ahead and laugh,  but i watched this video on youtube and now I feel like a pro.  Dice the red bell pepper (I used about half), and chop the fresh cilantro.
3.  Once the quinoa is done cooking, fluff with a fork and mix in the mango, pepper, and cilantro.
4.  Squeeze the lemon over salad and pour a dash of olive oil in and mix as a dressing.
5.  Season with Cumin, Salt & Pepper to taste.

I love this easy summer salad, it tastes fresh and is so healthy too!




On a side note, me and Jason went to Ben & Jerry's in the Gateway to get our free cones and picked up this little guy in Urban Outfitters...

Maybe someday I can put him in a collage kinda like this?



And then we came home to the cat walking around wearing this bag on like a cape,
....
???

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Thrifting Finds

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011

I had a very successful trip to the downtown D.I.  this past week.
I was making my way to the book section, because we all know my obsession with old books when I took a gander into the collectibles.  Among the scary porcelain dolls and ugly vases I found something that made my heart skip a beat!  A vintage 1969 Rand McNally globe!  The colors were so perfectly muted looking!  I knew at once I must have it!  And for only $10!


Yes...I did spend forever finding the correct date by figuring out which countries and cities were or were not on the globe before narrowing down to '69...
 I also am slowly building up a collection of milk glass for my shelving unit of dreams.  Who knew milk glass would be so difficult to find?  Apparently Etsy does, because sellers everywhere are selling it for ridiculous prices. 


 My mom also very generously contributed to my shelving decor by letting me use the antique type writer used as a guest log at our wedding reception. Seen below on wedding day.


On a side note, I spent this evening glittering vintage book page hearts while Jason cleaned his guns.  We compliment eachother so well....


On a side-er note, I found this old video of my crazy roommate Rachel, and these videos were quite common with her around.  There is also one of me, Rach, and Louisa dancing to hip hop music in our Freshman year "Victoria's Secret Apartment" at the riv, (self-named after how closely our pink-on-pink paint job resembled the store,) but you can bet I won't be posting that.


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And it was very Merry...

Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Are you as heart broken as I am that Christmas season is over?
As every year passes I grow to appreciate the Christmas season more and focus less importance on Christmas Day.
This Christmas was a different one for both Jason and I, it was our first Christmas together. Jason spent it away form his family, and neither of my brothers were here this year.  So Christmas was spent with my parents and my Grandma Dot. I think Christmas day will never lose it's excitement...I woke up at 4:50am to Jason shouting "Merry Christmas!!!"  It was hard to get back to sleep after that!

It's funny making a Christmas list as a newlywed because instead of clothes I wanted more homemaker-type things... among 2 sets of sheets, a vitamix, kitchen supplies, anthropologie money, and other things Jason surprised me with this...
EXPEDIT Bookcase Width: 72 7/8 " Depth: 15 3/8 " Height: 72 7/8 " Max load/shelf: 29 lb Width: 185 cm Depth: 39 cm Height: 185 cm Max load/shelf: 13 kg
The IKEA shelving unit of my dreams!  In my dreams, it was white, because I have this obsession with white white white furniture lately, but my dreams have changed to decorating this shelving unit with loads of milk glass and my old books, and I think it is even a better dream come true!

Thanks for busting or budget by so much Jason!  Our bank account may not be grateful but I sure am!

I had serious intentions of quitting my laziness and uploading some photos onto this blog as well as video of our Christmas day shooting adventures, but the memory card converter is nowhere to be found...so they will be here soon enough!