Potatoes with Honey, What!!??

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I am getting creative in the kitchen these days, I guess. I have stopped using recipes and started going by smell, taste and looks. I can’t say I have completely stopped with the recipe book, I sometimes need reminders for temperatures and cook times. This summer my boyfriends kids are here and I have cooked more food than ever before. We have a growing 16 yr. old boy—holy moly can he pack it in. I am trying to stay as healthy as possible for him and his sisters.

Tonight I have decided on roasted veggies and potatoes with some couscous and fresh cut watermelon on the side.

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I separated the potatoes from the veggies for the purpose of space—with so much food I use two casserole dishes. Basically using all the veggies in my fridge creates an array of color.

1. Green and Orange Peppers
2. Whole, Peeled Garlic Cloves
3. Zucchini
4. Squash
5. Snow peas
6. Asparagus

Olive oil and spices makes a great coating. (Depending on my mood I sometimes coat them with coconut oil, oh so good.) This time around I used cumin and chili powder, pepper, thyme and parsley—I think I’m feeling feisty!

A little whiff of sweetness came crawling up my nose as I squared the potatoes, I looked to my side and saw the honey, hmmmmm–I’m adding this. 

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There you have it! I hope it turns out well. I added onions and mushrooms to the mix for a little caramelized candy action.

I love to cook. The best thing about these dishes is the fact there is no recipe to follow. You can easily obtain a healthy, balanced meal by color. I love the feel of water running over my hands while I clean the veggies. Peppers are my favorite. The texture is simultaneously soft and hard. They add color, flavor, and consistency. Whole roasted garlic cloves are delicious. You can add them to anything or roast them alone for a knock out spread. My mouth is watering thinking about the wonderful treat my taste buds are receiving tonight.

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(Meat lovers—adding little bits of bacon creates a zesty boost for the couscous. The kids love it!)

What is for desert?

A Thought

images-35 (picture credit goes to pencil revolution) I wrote this last night for my friends and family on my Facebook. I wanted to share it and then expand a little.

“Time doesn’t stop, or stand still. Moments are pockets of time captured forever in your memory. Others will be involved without knowing, not remembering the same moment. Perceptions based upon these moments distorts reality, it’s the in-between where people believe the truth.

Truth–such a funny word. Yet it holds the holds of all one’s events and thoughts, a very serious action. Is it an action, truth? A noun, a thing?? Truth is one’s perception of what they want to hear, see, smell, touch… It is what one is willing to accept. Regardless if what you believe is true or not, by steering away from one’s own truth creates an unbalance of events. Life will become out-of-control, like an LSD trip. Unraveling like a ball of yarn and in the middle will escape a smaller version of yourself, rolling around waiting for the end–where will it dump you?

These are the elements Jim Morrison may have tripped about. Maybe not.”

  I am certainly feeling the need to write. I just don’t know where to start. I have so many thoughts and feelings streaming through me, they are too fast–my fingers just can’t keep up. It’s exhausting. But, this is why I must write. I have found myself in a new zone, but my mode is staying strong–it is not budging. However it’s molding so as to fit into the new space. Super difficult. I am finding myself having to stand up to or be against my own actions–hypocrite. I have to hide because of someone else–or rather I won’t change. And we’re not just talking about habits, it’s so much more, everything, how I see the world. All the ingredients to which the reason for the event to happen in the first place. I don’t feel like myself anymore, and I want to scream. Where is my looking mirror? I need The Voice to steer me back. How do I stand tall and express who I am without tainting the young in some way. What can I change without losing who I am? It’s Not that I am a bad human, but how do my actions and my morals, my perceptions stay in check as to not influence those around me–who are still growing, learning, becoming their own under someone else’s understanding. How do I love the man who sees the world differently than I do. Not even, how do I afford his mask that he wears during certain moments, at certain times, for certain reasons. Too many limitations for me I say–in the meantime I can’t help but feel his constraints. Yogi breaths, Yogi breaths…

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Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I am sorry if I don’t respond much or write much over the next few weeks. I have taken on a production job for the next four weeks and the hours are very long and the days don’t end!!! My love will have to hover on the side line — my writing and blogging — but I must pay the bills with real money instead of the monopoly money floating around in my head. I will be keeping you all involved with the production as this will be the top subject I write about.

The production: Week One

Cal Lutheran University

First I have to say I love food, I can eat just about anything as long as it’s delicious and delightful in my mouth.

During a shoot a usual perk is free lunch. And because we were on a campus it was very convenient for the crew to eat in the cafeteria. NOW, this school is a private school. The cost in tuition isn’t pretty —  $37,000 per year, and the meal plan is separate and just as ugly — $1600 – $6000 per semester.

One would think with those prices the food would be edible. Here I ask you, the readers, to think back to grade school or high school cafeteria food. YAY, it was that bad. At first sight everything seemed fine. High tech POS ordering system, organized areas for salad bar, cereal bar, toast bar, soup station, hot food area, sushi bar, and make-it-yourself-sandwhich bar.

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I approached the soup and decided on the clam chowder, white as milk and thick as flour tasting like cream of sour mushroom. I spit the soup back in the bowl, in front of everyone — who I didn’t know any of ’em. I then heard from a fellow crew member the fries and chicken strip basket were microwaved, WHAT — Microwaved deep fried food. The pasta was under cooked and the caesar salad I ordered came with wilted lettuce — the chicken bites were made from processed meat, scary. I was not impressed, and we had to eat this “food” for the next three days. If I were homeless I wouldn’t complain, I’m sure. However paying $6000 for a semester worth of meals is well worth the chicken strips to come out crispy and the lettuce fresh!!

I wait with wonder for what the next university will serve us??