Big salads rule!
I love making salads in my huge Tupperware container. :)
The Big Salad:
- 1 heart organic romaine
- 1 cup chickpea stir fry (with zucchini, carrots, celery, sesame seeds)
- Vitality Sprouts (see below)
- 4-5 T salsa
- 1/2 red pepper
- EVOO + Red wine vinegar (dressing)
- Ground black pepper
- handful sunflower seeds
Nothing is better than a big salad!
The Vitality Sprouts from Whole Foods:
It dawned on me after I bought these that I could probably MAKE sprouts on my own…fairly easily? Anyone know how? :) What a fun little science experiment that would be.
Dessert: Organic dark chocolate chips x 2…or 3…
I am obsessed with chocolate lately. And Adore bars. Lock me up and throw away the key!
Valentine’s Day: Who Is It For?
Eric and I got into a discussion on Sunday about Valentine’s Day.
It is no secret that…
1) I love Valentine’s Day. I’m a huge romantic and I start thinking about it in early January!
2) Eric does not like Valentine’s Day and thinks it is a commercial holiday (I pout my lip when he says this!).
I agree about it being a commercial holiday, however I still love the fact that it is a day to devote entirely to your loved one. So many holidays are commercial now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t look forward to it anyways.
When I was single I would use the day as an excuse to spoil myself rotten. One single year I sent myself flowers and I smiled all week. It is all in the perspective.
Eric claims that Valentine’s Day is for women. In other words, men just kind of go along with the motions of the gifts, roses, etc., but they don’t really anticipate it as much as women do. Eric’s male coworkers are his reference group for his scientific survey. ;)
While he does enjoy Valentine’s Day, he thinks that we could celebrate our love on any day we wanted to. He is a person who likes to do things on his own terms and not feel outside pressure to do something. One rule we have is that I told him not to buy me flowers on V-Day. He did a couple times and I found out the price and we agreed to buy them when they were 1/4 the price (and in good shape!).
So the question remains…Is Valentine’s Day for women, men (let’s be real, they get something out of it too!), or both? How do you feel about it? If you are attached, how does your partner feel about it (honestly)?
I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss.
I’ve always found time to teach them.
~ by Mae West ~
i love love love vday because it’s a day that actually makes me think about ALL the people i love in my life…not necessarily just a significant other. even if it is way overdone, it’s always fun to get in the spirit of things and show your loved ones just how much they mean to you :)
I love Valentine’s Day. In fact, I love any excuse to celebrate anything! My husband is “meh” about it. He doesn’t care really LOL
I feel this way too, I will use any excuse to celebrate something!!
same here…i would celebrate the invention of paperclips if I could
I suppose you could say I have a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. Of course I am all about a day that is based around love of all kinds, but I’m not down with the commercialism that the day seems to bring on. I don’t ever really celebrate either way!
I’m a bit torn on the Valentine’s thing. It’s nice to have a day to devote to LOVE, but then I like to be spontaneous. I feel like when there’s a designated day, we lose the in-the-moment aspect. Having said that I am looking forward to receiving flowers and going out to dinner with my fiance.
I don’t care about Valentine’s Day and I think my boyfriend is pretty apathetic about it as well. I’m not much of a romantic in general, though. We don’t celebrate it at all.
Although, it’s always nice to have an excuse to eat lots of chocolate ;)
I love it. Like you, I have always spoiled myself too. But I am a hopeless romantic. Luckily, so is my hubby! :)
Valentine’s Day *is* a stupid hallmark holiday. That doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. My husband and I both dislike the pressure, and for some odd reason have had huge fights on Valentine’s day the last couple years (I’m sure it’s coincidence, and not caused by the holiday itself).
We usually do cards, and we usually go out to dinner the night before or after. I hate prix fix dinners, and the difficulty of getting a table at the places we like, so celebrating a day in advance works well. Probably my husand is more romantic than me, and is sure to want to celebrate somehow. . .
I always hated until I became a mom.
Now Im loving it because she loves it :)
heart shaped EVERYTHING shall be hitting our domicile this week.
xo xo,
Miz
I think my husband and I are pretty neutral about v-day. We might do something special like have a date night but other than that, we don’t really go all out and celebrate.
We don’t go all out for Valentine’s Day, but we also do something special. It may be a commercial holiday, but it can still be a day to stop and reflect about how grateful you are for your spouse/romantic partner…or for any loved ones in your life.
We think it is a “greeting” card holiday which has evolved to turn into a consumerist practice. We don’t feel like we need to dedicate one day to celebrate our love or be romantic when we do small things that add up big time each day. But then again, we have a “no gift rule” for all holidays to fund our travels which we value more than a card or dinner at a restaurant in our city.
I love Valentine’s Day! What’s wrong with a some flowers and candy? Plus, pink and read hearts on on display everywhere. Even when I’ve been single, I LOVE Valentine’s Day. It’s not just about you and your significant other, it’s about LOVE. Each year I was single, my dad would take me out to dinner, and I always had a great time. I never felt bad about myself because I wasn’t dating anyone. I never understood why girls get so down this time of year if they’re unattached. Celebrate with your single friends or your family!
Hey! I LOVE your blog as always!
About the sprouts, Soak the beans in water over night, in the morning rince them out , rince them 1-2 a day.And soak them every night. They will be done in a week! Yum- they are soo good!YUM!
Sprouts are so fun and easy to make! I highly recommend www.sproutpeople.com! They have a great intro package that includes everything you need to include the instructions and a large and nice variety of different sprout mixes and the sprouting container! It is also much cheaper then buying ready made sprouts and it is fun to try the different mixes they make. (and they sell cat grass you can sprout!)
Valentine’s day was never a really big deal for me, but when I was single I used to go to Whole Foods and get a full 5-course meal (for one of course) and spoil myself with a bottle of red wine, the meal, dessert (of course), and chick flicks while my kitty layed by me. Now my boyfriend and I cook dinner and have a couple drinks and a yummy dessert. We don’t do gifts or anything like that. Usually our groceries for the meal is enough to buy a gift! And lets face it, we’d rather eat than get stuff! :)
I’m really not a fan of Valentine’s day. I find it to be a very depressing day if you are single and an overhyped day where you feel you need to do something grand if you are in a couple. My bf probably enjoys it more than me to be honest.
I love Valentine’s day because it reminds me of being a little girl and getting so excited to pass out Valentine’s day cards, and getting a chocolate peanut butter heart from my grandparents every year :-) My parents would always do a Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt for me and my sister…I need to see if my husband will do one for me now that I’m an adult :-D
Are you sure Eric and my HH aren’t related? ;) Like many “let me show you how much I care about you” events, V-Day seems to be embraced (no pun intended!) more by women. But that’s not to say there aren’t some hoplessly romantic guys out there, is it?
even if you are single, you still have people in your life to love – your parents, your friends, your siblings. valentine’s day isn’t just for romance love!
also, the husband knows it is his job to plan vday and i expect a big whoo-ha. LOL.