Happy flowers

Gerbera daisies make me smile.  We spread some sunshine today with these flowers for our neighbors!  This is a recycled craft project using glass jars, some pebbles and fresh flowers.  The tags are made from  various craft paper scraps, and the ribbons are recycled as well!

Bento Friday

I recently got a new divider plate lunch box.  Even though I do have a lot of food containers, they seem to disappear pretty quickly also - sometimes they break or crack, or people borrow and don't return them, the dishwasher eats them, the mister leaves them at work and other people adopt them, etc etc....

Today's lunch is half made and half bought.  I grilled asparagus, and steamed the broccoli :-).  The wrapped green item in the largest compartment is a vegan style waldorf wrap with a cashew paste, apples and other yummy goodies.  The wrapper is an edible leaf.  It was strange at first bite, but tasted good enough to finish.  Yes, I'm trying to explore healthy food choices!

Strawberry Basil water

The basil leaves are from my new herb garden, and the strawberries are organic from today's farmer's market.  I drink a lot of water, and sometimes I like to vary my drink of choice by infusing it with fruits, vegetables, or in this case both.  I love the pink color and slightly fruity essence from the strawberry, and the herbacious taste from the basil.  This is a cool refreshing natural no calorie drink.  Try it and you will love it.  Other varieties I like include:

• Adding cucumber slices to water.  This is often done in spas, and also one of my go-to lunch spots, mixt greens
• Adding lemon slices to water
• Adding both lemon and cucumber slices together - very refreshing!
• Adding orange slices
• Adding lime wedges

Let me know what your favorite natural addition to water is!  I'm always on the lookout for new ideas.

Strawberry Basil Water

Bento Friday - Grilled!

Today's bento box is actually just a clear plastic container.  I will transfer it onto a paper plate before heating it up as these clear containers are not safe in the microwave even though they are supposed to be microwaveable.  It's been a while since I posted one of these bento Fridays.  My lunch features grilled tilapia fish and grilled asparagus spears.  I am laying off the carbs today.  I've been on a healthy food kick recently, which explains the grilling.  Gotta love George Foreman for making grilling avaialble to the masses!

Bento Friday

Today's bento lunch has noodles with little bits of baked organic tofu, carrot slices and zuchini.  The bottom tray is a saute of fresh spinach, mushrooms, and garlic.  What's in your lunchbox?

Healthy lunch

Yummy lunch today.  I love this cactus green TV tray from mom.  It makes every meal look super appealing and organized.
In today's balanced lunch, I am eating 2 pieces of vegan brown rice sushi, a raw and vegan korean salad with
Zucchini, carrots, spainach, shitake mushrooms, apples, garlic, onion, dates, ginger, Tamari, lemon, sesame seeds/oil, green onion, miso, paprika, cayenne, agave, mung bean sprouts.  The larger part of the plate is occupied by an organic kale salad - this one is not as glamourous - it's a prepared kale salad from safeway!

Pumped Out Massage Bars

I recently stayed at a hotel which had these nubby soap massage bars.  I really liked them but couldn't find a similar mold.

With that as my inspiration, i decided to super size the nubs and try this one out.  I poured two different colors - the nubby layer as glitter, and the base is white.  I love it!  The nubs last longer than the original and they provide a gentle massage while showering.  If you'd like to give this a try, let me know and I can post a few up on etsy.