Saturday, March 15, 2014

Shrimp Sesame Seed Salad

This salad is so delicious. It was originally suppose to be a recipe from the Omni Diet book by Tana Amen, but I ended up changing it completely except for the dressing is similar to her "Sesame Kale salad with Chicken" dressing. So here is the delicious result. This recipe was made for 2-3 people so to make this for 5 or so people I would double the recipe. 


What you'll need:
-1package of baby kale
-2 tablespoons of toasted seasame seeds
-1/2 pound of shrimp (raw and deveined with tails) 
-1 medium sized naval orange 
-3 tablespoons of raisins (I used three of the little boxes) 
-coconut oil
-Nature's Season seasoning 
-Old Bay seasoning 
Dressing:
-1 and a 1/2 teaspoons of honey (I added a little extra honey) 
-4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
-1/2 of salt 
-1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper 

1. Toast the sesame seeds in the oven with olive oil on 150 degrees for 5-10 min until golden brown. 
2.Combine the ingredients for the dressing and whisk together until combined. Add to the kale along with the sliced orange, raisins, and toasted sesame seeds. Refrigerate while cooking the shrimp.
3. Cook shrimp with the coconut oil in a skillet on medium temp. until pink. Add the your desired amount of seasonings while cooking the shrimp. 
4. Let shrimp cool of the stove for 5 minutes then add to the top of the lettuce mixture. Enjoy!
 


Here are images of ingredients:










Friday, March 14, 2014

34$ Anthropologie Dress find.

Found this cute little Anthro sundress at a consignment shop. Only 34$!! 

Coming soon!!

Hello followers! I'm about to start a new journey on my blog. I'm taking  on the Omni Diet. Until the beginning of May it will be an extra challenge as I try to eat following this diet while on a college meal plan and budget (yuck!) But, come May I will be back home in a kitchen and the true journey will begin!! I will be posting recipes and new favorite foods I find. Please pin recipes you like/have tried/want to try on Pinterest. 

Friday, August 2, 2013

More lil canvases.

This might be my new favorite. Flower is made of aluminum and stem is a painted q-tip! 

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Our Happy Garden

After a lot of hard work and manual tilling, Ken and I started our garden. We knew nothing about gardening and still don't really so we are just learning as we go along. 


We tried to use mostly all organic soil and compost. 


We bought 3 tomato plants, 1 pepper plant and cantaloupe, cucumber and squash seeds. 


As you can tell we started from nothing and yes that is Ken tilling away.



We also did a few herbs: Rosemary, Lavender, and Cilantro. 


You cannot see them too well but I made labels for all of our plants with 29 cent, precut craft wood from Michael's and glued wooden sticks to the back. So simple. (Also painted the signs with normal craft paint) 


Our big sign was so easy. Ken actually found the wood slab at Michael's and I just painted it.


Full view of Our Happy Garden. Please note, our cute little ceramic garden gnome. (Found at michael's and I painted it)













Thursday, May 23, 2013

Summer Time = New Post.

So Summer has begun and that means free time and lots of crafts. Tonight I kicked of Summer with a blank 5x7 canvas that turned into a cute little tree to mark the beginning of this joyous season. So Happy Summer and let the fun, humid times begin!