Oriental Salad

I almost forgot to add the oriental salad from the quinoa burgers recipe last week.

I hope that people are enjoying this blog and if anyone has tried any recipes or has any type of comments to do with the blog let me know...I am trying to get the print button back up on the blog so people can print our the recipes. Stay tuned for that I guess :)

Oriental Salad

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, melted
2 3oz. pkgs. Oriental flavored ramen noodles
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup sesame seeds
24 oz. broccoli slaw
1/2 cup chopped green onion

Dressing:

1/3 cup oil
1/4 cup apple vinegar cider
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. soy sauce
Seasoning packets from the ramen

Directions:

Crumble the ramen noodles into a small bowl. Stir in the almonds, sesame seeds, and melted butter. Spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F until golden brown, about 8-10 minutes. Cool completely. Toss together the broccoli slaw and the green onions in a large bowl. Whisk together the dressing ingredients. Add the dressing and cooled noodle mixture to the slaw. Stir till well coated and serve immediately.

Source:   Creations by Kara

Quinoa Burgers

What's not to love about quinoa. You can cook it up fairly quickly and it can be used in a variety of dishes.
Besides that my husband will actually eat it. He has a dislike for couscous due to its small size and texture apparently. I think quinoa is the same small size and has a different texture to it but for some reason he will eat one but not the other. Weird hey ?

Quinoa Burgers

Yeild: approx. 10 burgers

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked Quinoa
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese ( or other variety, if you prefer)
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 medium carrot, finely grated
3 eggs
2 tbsp. flour
2  green onions
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. ground cumin
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
olive oil for frying

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the cooked quinoa, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, carrot, eggs, flour, green onions, sugar, pepper, cumin, salt, and garlic powder.

Heat a frying pan and a couple tsp. olive oil over medium-low heat. Measure 1/4 cup and form into patties - mixture will be slightly sticky. Fry until golden brown, about 4 minutes on each side.

*** Quinoa Cooking Directions ***
1 cup uncooked quinoa
2 cups water
1/2 tsp. salt

In a medium pot bring the 2 cups water and 1/2 tsp. salt to a boil over high heat. Add quinoa and reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for about 18-20 minutes, or until all water is absorbed and the seeds are tender.

Quinoa Burgers and Oriental Broccoli Salad

Source:from Eating Well...Living Thin

Soul-mate Gift

Celebrating our 6th Year Anniversary this Sunday August 12, 2012

I always try and find unique ways to celebrate our anniversary as well as my husbands birthday and Christmas gifts for him.

I start my search months in advance to find great ideas online and this year I found a great Soul-mate gift basket idea from LifeDesignCraft Blog.

Supplies:

Basket

Tootsie Rolls/Suckers

Big Foot candy

Foot salts/scrubs/soaks

Fruit by the foot snacks

Socks/slippers

Gift card to Subway so he can buy a foot-long sub

Foot file

Harry and the Hendersons Movie(big foot)

** Forgot to add this in the photo **

Anything to do with feet or that can be used for your feet.

I also found some Big Foot items such as the mints and air freshener. There is also a glass block you can add a photo into, that says Soul-Mate along the bottom. 

2 Print-outs I found on the blog as well that i printed off.

My final effort laid out for my husband to see when he gets home today :) I had a friend make  a cake of a foot for me with Soul-mate written on it as well as my basket of foot gifts and the foot massage coupon and a little card that goes with the basket.

Happy Anniversary Hubby!!!