Lot's of "Yum Yums!"

In case you are wondering, we call it "Yum Yum" to Ginger when we feed her. :)

Nothing exciting going on here. Just had to get an ultrasound on my ankles yesterday because they have been really swollen. My doctor thought it could be a blood clot (just what I need), but it turned out it's not. Probably just water from being on Prednisone. If it's not gone in a few weeks I am going to have to see my doctor and get to the bottom of it.

T said we can go to dinner instead of lunch on my birthday! Yay! In case you don't know, my birthday happens to fall on the same day as the Superbowl this year. So T was telling me back in September that we should have a Superbowl/Birthday Party. No thanks! I hate football! Now that his team is out of it (another secret Whoohooo!), he said we should go to dinner instead. But early so he can watch after kickoff. I couldn't take the Superbowl away from him..what kind of wife would I be? So I made the reservations, Candle 79.. can't wait!

Here's the rose I took a picture of a few weeks ago, for some reason it doesn't want to die. It just started to dry up and I love the look of a dried rose. So artsy..ha ha!
The other night I made Quinoa pasta with peas and onions! YUM! I grew up on this stuff, only with white pasta a tons of butter! ;) "Macaroni and peas" we called it. Anyway, this was my first time using Quinoa pasta. I tasted it while it was cooking and thought it tasted like dirt, but with the peas, onion, garlic and olive oil it masked the "dirty" taste.

Another dinner this week, a concoction I made up. Quinoa Soup! It's quinoa, carrots, onion, garlic, canellini beans, chickpeas, and parsley. Yum! We had some left over and T said we HAD to freeze it so he could have it again! I love parsley!

Here's my lunch from yesterday: apple, pear, and cucumber juice. So refreshing! I felt like this would be a great "skin" juice. Cucumber is great for hydrating the skin, and apple is good for detoxing the liver, which keeps from toxic build up in your body, which can cause acne and wrinkles! Don't forget, what you put on your inside effects your outside! Bye-bye chemicals! :P

I enjoyed this salad with my juice: Cucumber, sprouts, crunchy sprouts, avocado and a couple of artichoke hearts. For dressing? Lemon juice, pepper and a sprinkle of sea salt. Another beautifying meal!

This was dinner last night, broccoli, yellow and green zucchini, and eggplant with tomato sauce and sprinkled with Raw Parma. Yum! Of course T had his with some gluten free pasta.. no need for pasta here! :)

Have a nice weekend everyone!