Kale!

Simply put, I love kale.  Easy to grow, easy to cook, easy to enjoy.

I could go on and on about the benefits of kale, but if you have half a healthy mind you already know kale is great for you.  So onto the recipes.

Of course, there are kale chips, sauteed kale with short grain brown rice, and adzuki beans, raw kale, and kale in soup.  But I want to share my favorite kale recipe.  It is simple, fast, and yummy!

Marinated Kale Salad
1 bunch Kale, washed, stems removed, sliced thin
1/4 c fresh lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup oil
2 tbsp maple syrup (I love grade B)
1 small red onion, sliced thin
2 carrots, grated
1/4 c toasted walnuts, chopped
1 sweet apple, chopped

Whisk lemon juice, oil, salt, and syrup together.  Toss with everything else!
Enjoy!

Sometimes I substitute sunflower seeds and cranberries and if I'm livin' it up pecans and pears.

I'd love to hear your favorite kale recipes!

GO KALE!

The Box, revisited

Box Canyon, New Mexico

March 28,  2012

Another stop on our 2002 trip that had to be revisited was Box Canyon.  Box Canyon has good bouldering, fun cacti, and lots of rock formations to explore. Here is a token photo of me bouldering followed by a gorgeous lichen photo. 

I lichen you.  Ha! Want to remember the relationship between algae, fungus, and lichen? To bad here we go.  "Freddy Fungus took a lichen to Alice Algae and now their marriage is on the rocks.

James and E are contemplating the best route up a rock. I love this photo.  It shows how grown up E is, how he has the ability to problem solve, and how James and he share this passion for climbing.

The meeting of the minds worked.  James is at the top.

If you look closely in the photo above, you can see T's yellow shirt. The rock face is huge and beautiful.

Fabulous Feet

just for my sister liz....feet

Southern Michigan

When adult children with families try to plan a get together it can be frustrating. Everyone has busy schedules. So when we called both SILs and it worked out that we could all get together on the same weekend followed by meeting up with one of my sister and her family, we were amazed!
We spent a few days near Grand Rapids, Michigan with James' younger sister, Amanda. We trailered our motorcycle up just to go on a ride with them. We spent the time riding, eating yummy healthy food, and listening to James complain about the cat. Darn those cat allergies.





Friday we headed to Big Rapids (neither of these towns have grand or big rapids), for a dance recital. James' nieces performed ballet, tap, and modern dances. Each dance was set to a famous artist. My favorites included a lovely ballet based on The Rehersal by Degas, and 3 modern dances based on Poe, JK Rowlings, and Steinbeck. I maybe biased but the girls were 2 of the most graceful dancers on the stage that night.
All the cousins played happily for hours. Pool, video games, matchbox cars, pool, Legos, and back to video games. The adults sat in the yard soaking up the gorgeous day!
James was able to take all the kids and his non riding sister on motorcycle rides. Afterward, he gave his professional opinion that the oldest niece, L, has the motorcycle bug. Maybe someday James, Amanda, and L Will go out riding:)

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Let's jump states...

By now everyone knows I am WAY behind on blogging. According to the blog we are still in the southwest but actually we have been home and gone again.
I will blog the western half of our trip. But in the meantime I will stay current with our summer.


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