Day 21, 22, 23 of My Favorite Things

This daily posting thing is hard!  OK, I've slacked but I've got 3 good ones to share. 

Day 21...Glitter!  Specifically Martha Stewart's Glitter--all the pretty colors, oh my.....

I have glittered everything around me these last couple holiday months...it was skulls, then pumpkins, now Christmas trees.  Tomorrow I plan to glitter some bangle bracelets-just for fun.  I love this set from Michaels with 24 pretty colors--grab a 40% off coupon, get it and glitter the world!

  Day 22....Fuji Instax Camera!  Aaron bought this for me for my birthday last year and it is such a fun treat!  Like the Polaroid's of old but with business card sized prints.  I even purchased some photo albums specifically made for this camera and have scrapbooked at an event!  The only scrapbooking I've done in YEARS! 

Day 23 is Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution cookbook!  I am not a good cook but with this book I feel like I can make excellent meals.  And healthy meals.  And learn something in the process.  We just made a chicken Thai recipe from it that I've had 3 meals straight....good stuff!  He teaches a way to make rice that I've never tried before and will never go back to my old way.  In the new year I plan to try most every recipe in there (do I hear New Year's Resolution?)

 

Healthy Living: Moving into Phase 3, it's a big one!

Last month I moved into Phase 2 with my Healthy Living 2010 plan...the food part.  The exercise part is going well, I'm doing it regularly...yes, even running.  Not to the point I have the urge to enter a race, but getting it done.  I started the food journey with what I know works, but got bored and other food started sneaking into the mix.  With the recent popularity of Jamie Oliver and his New Food Revolution, I decided to investigate what he had to offer.  I'm completely impressed.  I love that his focus right now is on the kids and getting them to eat healthy.  My ultimate, ultimate goal is not just myself feeling healthy and fit, but for my kids to grow up feeling good and not having to break themselves of the horrible processed food, trans fats, high fructose corn syrup and all the other icky stuff out there. 

On Wednesday, Aaron and I spent ALL DAY clearing out the kitchen of basically everything, making a shopping list of what basics we needed  (we used the essentials list in Jamie's Food Revolution--beautiful book BTW) and pretty much getting rid of (throwing out and donating) everything else.  We had chocolate pudding mix that expired in 2006!  If it's not good for us and we're not going to eat it, why store it? 

I forgot to take a before picture but here's a couple of afters.  We are so proud of what we accomplished!

We got the basics from Jamie's list and the ingredients for tonight's dinner and it really wasn't that expensive.  I'm excited and happy to truly learn to cook from the beginning and in a clean way.  This is what we are making for dinner tonight, along with cilantro lime basmati rice and black beans...mmmmm. 

Somehow however, this snuck into the cart and home...

Uh, AARON!!!! 

Coming up in a future post....the children's reactions to this food revolution!