Yummy Salads

Here are two salads I am planning on making today.

Tomato Basil Salad

Ingredients

•     4 hot house tomatoes, cut in wedges
•     10 small basil leaves
•     1 tbsp olive oil
•     1 tbsp white wine vinegar
•     1 tsp palm sugar
•     1/4 tsp sea salt
•     freshly ground pepper

Instructions

1. Combine tomato wedges and basil leaves in a large bowl. Set aside.
2. Combine oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Pour over top tomato mixture and stir to coat.
3. Chill until ready to serve.
4. Add hemp seeds or chickpeas for extra protein!

 Easy Raw Cucumber Salad

You can customize this however you'd like and it is pretty hard to mess it up. If you like more cucumber, add it! Don't like peppers, replace them with some other crunchy cool raw veggie.

Ingredients:

• 2 large cucumbers chopped
• 1 red pepper chopped
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 1/3 c sushi vinegar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp garlic finely chopped/crushed

Additional ingredient suggestions:

• chopped zuchinni
• chopped squash
• crushed nuts (peanuts, almonds, cashews, etc.)
• chopped/slivered carrots 

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and chill for 2-3 hours.

Diet update.

I am feeling confident in my diet right now.  There is nothing like a little contest with possible winnings to be the motivation you need to stick to your plan.  I am going to work hard to do as good as I can at this with my eating plan. 

I am not doing as well with my exercising because with Little Prince and Princess Snifflefritz tag-teaming me at night so that I get VERY LITTLE sleep, I just don't have a lot of energy.  I will try to do what I can though. 

I will let you know next week how my progress is going.  The official Biggest Loser contest started yesterday.  So it is a fun way to start my diet plan. 

I could so be one of those people

You know those people you see on Extreme Couponers who have a garage that is as organized as a grocery store and as stocked as one too!  If we could Extreme Coupon like that here in Canada, I could so be one of those people.  Lots of food makes me feel secure.  Organization makes me happy.  And I LOVE getting a good bargain.  I would love to be able to go to the store, fill two carts up and spend $15!