I have decided that I will do personal posts often using images from my life… cooking, children, friends, love, family, and such. I have all of these beautiful images that I enjoy sharing with my friends and family and what better way than on my blog? As I have become older, more adult?, I find myself becoming passionate in certain areas. FOOD is definitely a passion of mine. Could be a curse, because I love expensive gourmet food – at least when I go out to eat which is quite costly. However in the home I am learning to be frugal and to think outside of the box to create yummy, easy, and inexpensive meals.
There are some days when I think I could pull off being a vegetarian. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a fantastic med-rare fillet, moist and buttery sea-bass, succulent lobster, and Uncle Julio’s chicken fajitas, but I LOVE veggies too. I have recently cut meat out of my diet when I CAN, just to keep the fat content down and the ‘who knows what is injected in meat’ worries lower. The new Kroger by TCU is fantastic. They have a variety of veggies (both organic and non-organic) to choose from and at reasonable prices. Anyway am I rambling yet? My point – you should go, check it out, and have fun picking out beautiful, fresh, and tasty food (they even have a fresh sushi bar.mmm.). I haven’t been the best about eating healthy meals as much and really want to incorporate such foods into the Jenkins’ diets. This particular day I was craving a veggie sandwich and it was simple.
My ingredients:
- Two pieces of white bakery bread (yes, I know wheat is better, but this was so soft and moist – plus it was made in the bakery)
- Olive Oil based Mayo
- Salt/Pepper
- Havarti Cheese (um, yum!!!)
- Thinly sliced tomato
- Paper Thin Vidalia Onion Slices
- Avocado – Nice and Ripe
- Iceberg Lettuce (I love the crispness it adds to the sandwich, obviously the least nutritious choice)
- Hot Pepper Rings (I think they are the same as banana peppers and add the perfect amount of tartness)
Here are the images from my lunch preparation.
Pause: Don’t forget to feed the hungry baby some fresh veggies!
It really was, the boys had to sweat a little, but the girls were photographed just in time for the breeze. The sky was beautiful, ceremony was cooled off, and the reception tons of FUN!
by Arden Prucha
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