What I’m Loving {Week 1}

Recipes I’d Like to Try:

This Mushroom & Goat Cheese Bruschetta from William Sonoma. What could be better than mushrooms and goat cheese on crusty bread? Two of my favorite foods.

I’ve been spiralizing a lot lately, and this recipe of Spring Zucchini Pasta with Peas, Leeks & Watercress looks amazing! I can’t wait for Spring, for multiple reasons. One, for tank tops and 70 degree weather. Two, for spring vegetables to come out and replace all the wrinkled, nasty looking winter produce that’s been haunting grocery store shelves for a while!

This Balsamic Chicken & Strawberry Panini. I love strawberry salad with balsamic dressing, so what a good idea to put it on a panini! Her Grapefruit Yogurt Cake recipe also looks amazing. Definitely going to try this out for whoever’s birthday is next at work.  

Tweets:

Good tips for making the best out of what you have left in your pantry: Spring Pantry Spruce-Up: Making the Most of Those Bits and Pieces. I need to take this advice. I seem to always throw away food before I have a chance to use it!

Sometime soon I’m totally going to try polenta for breakfast. Together in Under 10 Minutes: 7 Quick and Healthy Breakfasts.  

Etsy Finds:

 

 I wish I had the money for these! Great size for an apartment balcony: Large planters and gardening system

Perfect for spring: Monogrammed Grapevine Wreath

Salt + Sriracha? Sounds like a dangerously delicious combo! Sriracha Salt 

So Cute: Porcelain Egg Planters

 

Tiny Buddha:

Fantastic advice for actually relaxing. I’m totally guilty of “relaxing” and just looking at my phone: Why We Stay Busy When We’re Not and The Benefits of Doing Nothing 

“Much of our suffering in life is the result of a desire to have reality be different than it actually is.” So true! Trying to be more mindful and in the present.  Lessons from Hiking: 5 Ways to Live with Less Stress and More Joy 

 Favorite BlogHer Articles:

 How to Cook the Perfect Pot of Quinoa

 Healthy Veggie Quesadillas, Santa Fe Style

 Better Than Thai Takeout: Pineapple and Shrimp Fried Rice

 In The News:

 We definitely need this! Proposed Sugar Recommendation

 Good suggestions: Healthy Alternatives to Fast Food

 Agree with all the changes! Proposed Changes to the Food Label

 

 My new Nike shoes:

 

 I bought Nike Free 5.0+ and they are the MOST comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned. Running in these felt like a whole new world just opened up. They feel like I’m wearing socks.

 What have you been loving lately?