Harmo Houdini

So far, I’ve had 3 days of work since my parents left, leaving Sheff and Harmony on their own all day. Day 1 – I rushed straight home from work. Harmo was in the crate, all is good in the world. Day 2 – Harmo was waiting at the garage door for me. wait! How [...]

Quiche and Easy

Dinner tonight used up some vegetables hanging around – leeks (from our garden!), broccoli (grocery store) and corn (frozen) – as well as the last few eggs in the fridge, the rest of our cheddar block, and a frozen pie crust. Enter.. Cooking Light’s Southwestern Broccoli Quiche My recipe: (adapted from Cooking Light) Bake thawed [...]

A Tale of Two Tarts

Dinner last night: A tomato tart (on pie crust) and a mushroom tart (on puff pastry) Pie crust topped with provolone cheese, sliced tomato, a little olive oil, salt + pepper Puff pastry, brushed with egg washed, topped with seasoned ricotta cheese, sautéed mushrooms and green onions, salt + pepper + parmesan Both were fabulous, [...]

Today’s creations

A creative day – both in nutrition and needlework (haha, I know I’ve been killin’ it with the recent alliterations. They’re too much fun!) E is for Embroidery I took my newly purchased embroidery supplies to work today, and practiced some of the basic stitches today at work while patients were in group therapy. I’ve [...]

Wow – world of weather!

Look at this weather forecast for later in the week! Oh so perfect-sounding! Plus it’s Easter weekend. No big plans around here, although I think I’m going to plan an Easter Egg Hunt for the dogs. I bought some plastic eggs today to fill with treats and hide around the yard. I think it will [...]

Back to the grind…

It’s been great to not have to return to work the day after a vacation – today has been great for catching up on housework, groceries, gym, and getting ready for the week ahead! Unfortunately, East Tennessee hasn’t welcomed us back with sunny weather. Here’s what’s coming our way: With this line of storms, some [...]

Belated Happy RD Day!

I wasn’t feelin’ the blog posting yesterday, so I failed to write a lovely RD Day-related post. But I did have a delicious, colorful and nutritious dinner in honor of my profession: I roasted some butternut squash and asparagus, cooked up the rest of my Trader Joe’s Israeli Couscous, and then topped it all with [...]

Mission Possible: Trailer Dogs

I got an email this afternoon from the Border Collie Rescue of East Tennessee, asking if I could check out a dog in my area as a potential rescue. Apparently someone called the group saying that their friend had gone to jail and they needed to find her dog a home. I showed up in [...]

Wonders at the gym

Escaped work early today, which allowed me to hit up PetSmart on my way to the gym and stock up on food, leash, and zoom groom for Bess – who is arriving Monday afternoon! Quite excited :) In calorie burning news: Had a longer than usual workout at the gym today. Started with 30 minutes [...]

Today’s Lesson

I’ve been doing lots of reading/researching today on nutrition news, partly for my high school presentation that I’m still working on. Some really interesting things I’ve come across: A study out of Austria has shown that young adults with beginning signs/symptoms of schizophrenia might benefit from taking fish oil, possibly prevent psychotic episodes. That would [...]