I was happy that I woke up this morning in time to go to 6:00am spinning. It always makes me feel so good all day. After school I put clothes away from Thanksgiving and did laundry. Then I set to work on dinner. I wanted to try a new recipe so I got some ideas from Eating Well magazine. I decided on arugula pesto because I had a bag of fresh arugula from Trader Joe’s. Here is what I mixed 
I forgot how much I love my sprializer until I broke it out a few times this week! For this delicious creation I sprialized some raw zucchini. I then took the raw zuc. noodles and covered them with Almost Oil-less Pesto and mixed in a diced tomato and some thawed artichoke hearts. I then topped it with fresh parmesan cheese. Isn’t it pretty?! It was one of the most fresh tasting dinners I have had in a while 
I LOVE pesto and all things basil! At the moment I have 4 basil plants growing, one in the ground and three in pots. I know, it is a little excessive, but to make pesto you need a ton of basil. This picture is pretty ugly, but you can imagine how delicious this creamy spread tastes! Almost Oil-less Basil Pesto Recipe/Ingredient List huge bunch of fresh basil handful of raw almonds big splash of lemon juice 1 tsp. olive This is wonderful!! I ate it on salad, pretzels, carrots, and a sandwich! So easy to make. Perfect for a party, a snack or a meal! Tomato Basil Hummus 1 can garbanzo beans 1 chopped tomato fresh pesto (oil-free and made with almonds and the end of my basil Mix all together in the little mini Cuisineart food processor! For the brides, this is the best kitchen gadget! Make sure you register for it – Crate and Barrel: $29.95 Today went fast, but my kids with Halloween just around the corner. I did a pumpkin project with them today, which they loved. We wrote about pumpkins, read about pumpkins, talked about pumpkins and carved a pumpkin (not a jack-o-lantern ) Some of them had never touched the inside of a pumpkin, so they loved cleaning out the guts! They brainstormed many names but voted to name our pumpkin “Homeboy”. I thought it was an interesting choice. Unfortunately Brady Tonight, after getting home from our game, I was in the mood to cook! I had been in the mood all day but had not had a chance, so I was excited to get started. Being that it was already 8pm, I knew we could not have anything that took too much time. We were all starving and did not want to be up eating at 11:00. I had taken some raw sea scallops out of the freezer in the |
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