Savory Red Lentil Soup Recipe
Savory Red Lentil Soup Recipe The nice thing about lentils is that they cook up rather quickly, and they don’t need to be pre-soaked; just rinsed and drained. I have made various bean soups before, and did the pre-soaking thing. Then one day I came across a lentil recipe in The Oh She Glows Cookbook. The lentils didn’t require any pre-cooking and once the soup came to a boil; it only needed to cook for another 20 – 25 minutes. The...
Chunky Vegetarian Potato Soup
Chunky Vegetarian Potato Soup I love the flavor of the vegetarian potato soup. Before becoming a vegetarian, I used the older version of this recipe with chicken broth. Since then I’ve changed out the broth, and replaced and/or eliminated some of the other ingredients. For instance, I now add diced mushrooms to my potato soup for an extra savory flavor. My preferred mushrooms for this are the Baby Bella mushrooms, although I...
Easy Chunky Vegetarian Chili Recipe
Easy Chunky Vegetarian Chili Recipe Are you looking for a vegetarian recipe for chili that doesn’t use veggie crumbles, and just more vegetables? Congratulations; you have found it. Years ago, I was looking for the very same thing myself. I did find some different variations, and have finally modified the recipes to be more personalized to what we like. This chili recipe has colorful bell peppers in it as well as two intriguing...
Vegetable Cooking Tips
Vegetable Cooking Tips. It’s nice knowing some vegetable cooking tips. Tips can save time, improve flavor, improve shelf lifetime, and more. Here you’ll find some tips on preparing, storing, and cooking vegetables. Carrots in cucumbers To cook carrots faster, provide a larger cooking surface – Carrots can cook a little faster by having a larger surface area. How to do this is to slice the carrot diagonally at a 45...
Are you ready to become a vegetarian?
Are you ready to become a vegetarian? Vegetarian Day is officially October 1, but you can become a vegetarian any day of the year. Some people also transition into becoming a vegetarian, perhaps giving up one type of food item at a time. Some transition more quickly; others take months and even a year or more to fully change their eating habits. October is also the first day of Vegetarian Awareness month. Vegetarians eat fruits,...
Halloween Skeleton Costumes, Shirts, and Accessories
Put together or buy a Complete Skeleton Costume here, for Halloween. Here you will find skeleton costumes, shirts, gloves, masks, leggings, and socks, with skeleton bones on them to compose your own Halloween skeleton costume. Mix and match, or get the whole costume, whatever you need or want. It’s time to get your boo on; or is that bones! Do you know how many bones are in the human skeleton? Is it the same for babies and...
Start Walking for Fitness
The first Wednesday in April has been designated National Walking Day, but you don’t have to wait until then to get started. Walking is an activity that can be done every day, whether indoors or out. This article will focus on walking indoors. Sometimes the weather isn’t quite what we want it to be, and sometimes the timing fits better just to go ahead and walk inside. You don’t even need a lot of room, and it can also be more...
Alphabet Posters for Kids
Alphabet Posters for Kids. Kids like color, coloring, and fun. Keeping that in mind, I have selectively chosen the following alphabet posters – keeping your kids in mind. Any of these can be used as a stand-alone activity, with the parent/teacher reading the chart to the child; and they can also be used in coordination with reading a short story, and finding a particular letter or word on the chart that sounds like a word in the...
Pointillism is a Versatile Technique
Pointillism is a Versatile Technique Don’t have a steady hand, or the caffeine has kicked in? Don’t worry, you can still paint a picture! Just turn on some peppy music and pounce away. Have some aggression that you want to let out, and you still want to be productive? Don’t worry; you can still get out the canvas and paint. Put on some music with a heavy beat to it, and beat the canvas with paint markers! But you...
Basil Pesto Recipe and Postcards
Basil Pesto Recipe and Postcards My family and I had already liked Pesto, especially made with basil. Then one year after I had gotten back into gardening, I decided to grow sweet basil and parsley in my garden. We were looking forward to having a fresh batch of homemade pesto with fresh ingredients. Wow, were we impressed. It certainly does make a big difference in flavor when you can use fresh ingredients from the garden. Sometimes...
Custom Throw Pillows and Matching Fabric
Custom Throw Pillows and Matching Fabric Have you ever purchased throw pillows and wanted them to match your curtains or a quilt? Now you can. Zazzle is a print on demand company that has many designs to choose from. They also now make custom fabric. I am one of the artists on Zazzle, and have designed quite a few pillows already. I recently visited a furniture store and thought that it would be great for these designer pieces to...
Save the Dates for Weddings
Save the Dates for Weddings Save the dates help your guests to plan their schedules. If you are planning a small wedding that is local to your family and friends, you may not even need to send Save the Dates. You can pocket the extra money and spend it on your honeymoon or furniture, etc. However, if your are planning a larger wedding and need to know an exact count of attendees for the caterer, etc., or if you are planning a wedding...
Uncontainable – More than a book about an organization store
Uncontainable – More than a book about an organization store I’ve been reading the book, Uncontainable, by Kip Tindell. It’s the story about how The Container Store came in to being, and also about their philosophies. At this point in time, I am about half way through, but I wanted to share about how inspiring it is. It’s about people actually believing in people and helping to bring out each other’s best. If I was to ever want...
Mosaics are a versatile art form
Mosaics are a versatile art form. Mosaics are pictures that are made of small pieces of pebbles, glass, stone, and more. The art of mosaics has been around for thousands of years. Early designs were made of pebbles. Most early designs had little color. Expanding the art to include glass did not come until later, once more tools were introduced. With the introduction of more advanced tools, designs also became more intricate, and also...
Design Your Own Hair Ties
Design Your Own Hair Ties These are the soft stretchy ones that are approximately 5/8 inch wide. They measure around 10.88 inches long, and can be made with a solid color and/or you can add your own images. You can space the images out, enlarge them, and/or tile them for an easily repeated design. Here are the initial steps: Click on the DIY Hair Tie Link (below). Click on Customize It. Click on Add Image. Select an image from your...