Day 13: Potato Salad

I love potato salad. I'm trying to stay away from french fries and potato salad is the next best thing for me. It's very simple and easy to do.


Here's my recipe:


2-3 potatoes
parsley
onion
salt (to taste)
extra virgin olive oil
apple cider vinegar
black olives (optional)
bacon (optional)

Boil potatoes. Take them out of the water and cut into cubes. Chop parsley and onion, mix in olive oil, apple cider vinegar and salt. If you like add black olives and crispy bacon. I avoid the bacon and olives for a healthier option. Enjoy


Let me know how your potato salad turned out.

Day 6: Tabouleh Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup bulgur

1 1/4 cups water

4 cups chopped parsley

1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes

1/2 cup chopped mint leaves

1/4 cup chopped onions

For the dressing

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Pinch sea salt

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Bring water to  boil, add bulgur.Stir, cover, and remove from heat. Leave it for 25 minutes or until bulgur is fluffy and tender. Throw extra liquid.

For the dressing. Whisk lemon juice, garlic, salt and oil.

In a  salad bowl, mix parsley, onions, tomatoes and mint. Then add bulgur. Add dressing and season to taste.

Enjoy. It's healthy and wonderful tasting salad.

Learning something new each day.

I'm sure you've heard the expression, "you learn something new every day." I wanted to test that theory and make it happen.
Kids learn something new all the time but as we become adults we stop challenging ourselves. We get into our habits and we stop learning. That's why I want to learn something new everyday. I will use everyday items I have at home. I want to learn new crafts, draw, cook, learn a poem, words, skills, language, learn a magic trick etc.
No matter how silly or embarassing I will post my succesful tries and unsuccessful attempts. I believe we learn form our successes as much as our failures.

So get ready. I don't know how frequently I can post. My intention is to learn something, not just do it for the sake of it. I would love to challenge myself and post something new each day, however that might be unrealistic. What if the internet is not working or I go on holiday? Just because I don't post it at the same time it doesn't mean that I didn't learn something that day.  


This is what I hope accomplish:

a) My mind will be active. More brain activity
b) Bragging rights...to my friends and family
c) Make/lose friends :p
d) Be open to learn
e) Find out my strength/ weaknesses


I will attempt this crazy idea for a year. Oh, my God!!! What am I getting myself into??? Tomorrow will be an interesting day for me. Stay tuned and keep me on my toes. Throw ideas my way and I will try to do them. Huh! It should be fun. I'm so excited>.<