Quinoa Salad

When I first had the baby, my neighbor brought this salad over for us to have for dinner.  I stalked her for the recipe.  I was a sleep deprived mama who needed the recipe for this salad I loved it so much.  So I called her, texted her & emailed her.  I may have even yelled at her on the street.  Poor thing.  So imagine my delight when I found that she had taped the recipe to my front door. (She was probably too scared to knock for fear of: 1. waking a sleeping baby & 2. that she would come face to face with a crazy person if I opened the door.)

What can I say- lack of sleep does weird things to people.

|Red Quinoa Salad|

1 cup red quinoa

1 cup toasted pine nuts

1 cup dried cranberries; coarsely chopped

2 english cucumbers; peeled, seeded & cut into 1/4 inch pieces

4 ounces feta; cut into 1/4" cubes

2/3 cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

1/3 cup olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

Put quinoa in a fine-mesh strainer & rinse for 1 minute. (Do not skip this step or you will have gritty quinoa.)

Cook according to directions.  Fluff with a fork.  Transfer the quinoa to a large bowl & let cool.

When the quinoa is cool, add the pine nuts, cranberries, cucumbers, feta & parsley & mix well.

Put the lemon juice & olive oil in a jar.  Close the lid & shake until the oil & lemon have emulsified.  Season with salt & pepper.  Pour the dressing over the salad & mix well until coated.  Refrigerate for 1 hour.

And let me leave you with my 6am.  Super hero & his ardvark super hero side-kick:

love this babe.

We're back...for sure this time!

Whoa! being a parent is very time consuming.
I hardly thought about my little blog for awhile.
But lately- I've decided that I have some things I'd like to share.
So here we are.

My hubby has been travelling a lot lately.  Which means I haven't been cooking anything.  Nothing new. Nothing old.  At 4 pm, I starting thinking of bed time. Which means I get my Little Mister down (at 7pm sharp) and go to bed.  Maybe drink some tea wine, eat some cereal & literally climb into bed.

Since I have no new recipes to share, I thought I'd leave you with our typical morning in pictures.

6am

|here|

We try to go to the gym around 4pm-ish.  But that doesn't always happen.

So I alternate Pure Barre & Fusion Yoga.  

7am

|jammies|balls|

We play.  Very early.  Mommy drinks coffee.  

Copious amounts of coffee.

8:15

|Book|

Breakfast time.  

I can't say enough about this book.  Now that Brooks is eating 

regular foods- this books is awesome!

8:30

Little Mister naps. 

 Mama eats. 

Mama Showers

10:30

We play.

Thats it so far.  Enjoy your day!