I am married to my Junior High Sweetheart. YES you read that right, we have been together since seventh grade. I feel lucky.
I live in the beautiful Palouse Prairie. Surrounded by rolling hills that during the summer are beautiful with wheat and lentils.
My version- I added sausage, chicken and apple sausage to be exact. I thought it could use some more seasoning or something, as it seemed a little bland. I will make it again and play with different herbs and spices and even make it with a different type of sausage or leave that out all together. Overall it was good. I don't know how it tasted as a leftover as we are not leftover eaters and the leftovers got tossed after sitting in the fridge for a week.
The Ingredients minus the spinach which was on another counter
My parents came over last weekend and to attend India Nite (post to come). My dad being the sweetheart that he is offered to paint our kitchen for us while we were at work. We painted the entire upstairs when we moved in, except for the kitchen. This was due to the fact that we had been eating fast food or anything I could cook in a microwave for about 3 months. I couldn't take it anymore and on top of that we were tired of painting. I need to give props to my husband though, he did all the painting 4 years ago, I did the hanging up of the plastic. So anyway, we have been in the house 4 years and the kitchen finally got painted. It is amazing how the color makes the cabinets pop instead of blending in. Sorry no before picture, didn't think about that until after the fact, but the walls used to be a yellow color. Thank you Dad for painting 4 layers of paint in less than 2 days! You are the best!
The ceiling cut-out next to the light is a skylight
The color is called Borscht and this little color doesn't do it justice. It is beautiful! So now our living room, dining room and kitchen are all this color. The picture below are older, but you get the idea.
I am behind on my posting my weekly Pinterest Challenges, but I have been doing them. The second Pinterest challenge I did was a little piece of artwork. Wedding Song Lyric Art. I did four different versions, but only ended up framing one. Below are the two ideas I came across that I liked.
Ok, so how did mine turn out? Here you go. What do you think? Our wedding song is Love is on the Way by Saigon Kick. The font is hard to read in the pictures so I have included the lyrics and a video of the song.
In the fame
A close up
Lonely sidewalks, silent night
Bring the evening, deep inside
Hold me darling, touch me now
Let the feelings free tonight
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight baby
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight
Time of season, wipes your tears
No rhyme or reason, no more fears
All the dreamin', is far behind
You are here now, and everythin's alright
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight baby
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight
And
in the morning I'll be gone away
All the things I left behind
If you need me I'll come night and day
Let's stop the hands of time
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight baby
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight baby
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight baby
Love is on the way
I can see it in your eyes
Let's give it one more try tonight
The first Pinterest pin challenge I picked was a dinner, Chickpea and Butternut Squash Curry to be exact. We eat a lot of vegetarian dishes in our household and we like Indian food, so this was right up our alley.
I followed the recipe slightly. I used pre-cut butternut squash, frozen peas, and frozen chickpeas that I had cooked earlier. I used a Patak Mild Curry Paste, which is different from the recipe, but it was what I had and I think I could have added more. The recipe calls for 2 tablespoons, and I added that plus a little bit but flavor was still a little bland for me. Though if I was honest, my nose was a little stuffy, so maybe it was spicier than I thought and I just couldn't taste it. I served it with rice and naan bread. I liked the recipe and will make again, but will use a different Curry Paste, as there are numerous options, maybe I will get brave and try making my own.
Some of the ingredients. Not pictured are the chickpeas, green peas, onions and garlic.
Chickpeas, green peas onion and garlic being sauteed in coconut oil.
So there is this website some of you may have heard of called Pinterest. It is addicting! I could sit on Pinterest for hours looking at all types of different things and, well I have done just that, sad to say. I have a pretty good collection of different boards and pins. Well instead of just pinning ideas, I am seriously going to try and tackle a pin a week. This pin could be anything from food to craft to beauty. Maybe I will find a hidden talent or a new dish I just love, but mostly I am looking for a way to break out of this mundane ride called life.
The University of Idaho has a large Nepali student population and we are lucky enough that they share just a glimpse of their culture every year at Taste of Nepal. The event is held in February, so I am very behind on posting about it. This was our 3rd year going and it is just so much fun! I look forward to it every year.
Unfortunately, I waited so long in posting that I seemed to have misplaced or recycled the program which included what dances were performed and what food we ate. I will continue to look for it and will hopefully be able to come back and fill in the information.
At any rate, the dances were beautiful and the food delicious! I have provided a link to a blog 'SherpaniChef' Nepal Night 2014. She has posted some really good videos of the different dances. She also posts some delicious recipes, some of which have been served at the different Nepal Nights I have attended.
This is dessert! OMG is it delicious!!!!
Dinner-everything is so good!
Instrumental Piece
It is very fun to be able to experience a small sampling of a different culture. I would love to visit Nepal in person one of these days, but until then I will continue to enjoy Nepal Night on the University of Idaho Campus.
Jason and I had a pretty productive break while the University was closed. We took an extra 2 days of annual leave and got lots of stuff done. Well technically Jason did, he worked on the garage.
We moved into the house almost 4 years ago and we have only parked in the garage a full year if you add all the time together. I was embarrassed to open the garage door to take out the trash and have people drive by it was so cluttered and messy.
But Jason tackled the garage, by himself, and he has made amazing progress. He went through all the plastic bins that had been on the shelves and has been going through the random boxes and organizing and labeling everything. I made 2 trips to our recycle center, one trip was just cardboard, the other was all e-waste as well as 2 trips to Goodwill.
He now has room to work on his workbench he has been building. Below are several pictures of the progression. So proud of my hubby!!!
The hallways looking from the kitchen-going through the bins
First round of empty bins being washed
Second round of empty bins being washed- there are 7 in the room right now (2 in tub).
Before workbench cleaned off. Looking from house door to garage door.
Standing at garage door looking back into the garage.
I haven't taken any other pictures of the progress, but it is amazing. Jason has been working on his workbench almost every night and weekend and I think is close to having it done.
