Well, I’ve finally decided to join the masses and start a blog. I’m too shy to even let friends and family know about it yet. I’m just wanting a place to keep track of my journey towards a healthier lifestyle. I don’t know if I’ll post every day but I do hope to be fairly active. This has got to be a better use of my time than watching TV, right? (Who am I asking??? I don’t have any followers! LOL)
Anyway, I brought the kids to the Farmers Market today and gave them a mini scavenger hunt to keep them interested. (Thanks to http://whatscookingblog.com/ for the idea!) If they were able to mark off all the items on their list, they could pick out a treat from one of the vendors. Both kids did great! B (age 5) picked chocolate chip cookies. Of course once he saw his big sister C (age 9) getting chocolate gelato, he wanted that too. Since the cookies came in a 4 pack he agreed to share and got gelato too. So, HOW is this a healthy start? I don’t know! (I didn’t have any! Give me a gold star!) They each had less than half of the gelato and we were out of the house moving around. And we did stock up on LOTS of fresh veggies!
I came home and made a Greek Salad. It is full of fresh cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives, feta cheese, fresh oregano, fresh parsley and some red wine vinegar and EVOO.
Hmmm, the cucumbers look really white in the photo, huh? The salad is marinating in the fridge now. Can’t wait to eat it throughout the week!
The Farmers Market also had fresh lobsters and other fresh fish, so tonight will be our first experiment cooking lobsters at home. Yikes! We’ve got corn on the cob and sliced tomatoes to go with it. The kids named the lobsters Marianne, Steve and Bob. It was nice knowing you guys!
