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 ~
Not sure if anyone has posted this yet or not, but growing sprouts is actually very easy to do yourself. You can go to sites like www.sproutpeople.com and buy starter kits. Sprouts will start growing within a week!
I love valentines day so much! I love hearts, and roses and chocolate yum!
I love any and every holiday…that’s just me! :) Waddup ‘Family Day’! haha
All my singles girlfriends actually hates valentine day, they actually organise a dinner on saturday inviting ONLY the singles ladies (or the ones who are alone anyway). For my part, I’ve always hated valentine day, single or not. Single I feel bad because I am single and with a boyfriend I feel bad for everybody who is alone. I wish this holiday could symbolise LOVE with cap letters! Means love in general, not only romanticaly but love including family, friends and well, eveybody! So nobody could be left behind! :)
I think this might be the first V-Day that FH has actually been home since we’ve been together. In the past he’s kind of rolled his eyes, but we have gone for a couple of nice dinners. Pretty sure no cards or flowers though! (I too despise getting overpriced flowers…I always tell him to use the money for something more useful and to just surprise me with flowers some other time of the year!).
This year he is home but it hasn’t even been mentioned. I’m trying to decide whether I should bring it up or just wait and see if he does anything. hehe. That seems a bit passive though!
I absolutely LOVE Valentine’s Day, and I think I have my parents to thank for that. Every year growing up, my brothers, sister and I would find a special Valentine and some goodies at our place at the breakfast table. It was a day for everyone who loved anyone, not just for those “in” love.
(Oh gosh, I’m rambling)… it wasn’t until I was 17 and studying as an exchange student in Italy that I realized not everyone celebrated with the same sort of universality. I brought Valentine’s Day gifts for my host family, which included two men in their twenties. They accepted my gifts awkwardly, and then one blurted out “Valentine’s Day is for lovvvvers.”
I could have died. Hahaha. :)
Future Hubby is much more of a romantic than I am. He wanted to buy me a diamond bracelet for Valentine’s Day, but I said no – for one thing, I am really hard on any jewelry that is on my hands or wrists just in my daily life. For another, my wrists are huge and no matter what he bought, he would have to have some sort of adjustment made. I proffered the idea of a diamond necklace, but then we decided on a romantic getaway instead. Those are my favorite – time with my honey, away from all of the stress. :D
I love Valentine’s Day. I think it’s overmarketed, cliched, and ALWAYS a let down some how, but I just love it all the same. My fiance is one of those, “I love if you love it” types when it comes to holidays, so he does what he can, but he’s never been incredibly romantic about this particular holiday. That’s why, this year, instead of getting all crazy, I’m focusing instead on spending time together and appreciating the ways he expresses his love on the other 364 days of the year. I will try my best not to be mean if my bathtub isn’t filled with rose petals, etc. ,etc :)
I like Valentine’s day! :) It def is a matter of perspective.. this is the first year I’m attached/have a valentine for real for the holiday, so I’m extra excited!
i really dont like the commercial aspect of v-day, and neither does the fiance. we never do gifts, etc. we were chatting about it yesterday though, and it always seems that we do something fun on v-day anyway! what a coincidence. the first few years we always went to an sju bball game (we were usually the only ones there… i guess most girls dont want to sit in a smelly gym on v-day!) one year we went to see the daily show with jon stewart, and this year we’ll be headed to NYC to watch a NY Rangers game – his fave :) it was a christmas present though, so that doesn’t even count as v-day hehe. either way its a good excuse to do something fun – coincidence or not!
Ha! I think I have been single every single valentine’s day in my entire life… 22 years… This obviously means I have never had a relationship for more than a year, but I’m OK with that – I am just too busy and have other goals at the moment, but it will happen some day!
Oh but last Valentine’s Day I saw the movie “He’s just not that into you” and well… my name happens to be GiGi, so Gennifer Goodwin really gave ALL GiGi’s a bad reputation of being whiney, needy, etc… and I’m NOT!!! ha ah!!! Made me slightly depressed on that day last year… maybe cause I went a lone too?! ha ha ha!
My husband and I think exactly like you and Eric do … my hubby thinks that it is a commercial holiday that could be celebrated any day, and refuses to go to dinner on the actual “Valentine’s Day.” I, on the other hand, think it’s fun!
dear angela, u can make ur own sprout. Here is a website of a talented woman who cooks vegetarian and her food is sooo tasty.. the website is: www.manjulaskitchen.com . She made a salad with the sprouts and showed how to make ur own.. she has a youtube channel as well.
Take care.
Love.
I like Valentine’s Day and so does my boyfriend. He got quite upset when I told him I would have to spend most of it this year holding rehearsals.
Instead of buying a bunch of flowers we buy a pot plant so it can go in the garden (which we are currently working on) and last much longer.
I love Valentine’s Day. I do agree that it’s a bit more for women than men, but I always get Isaac a present too. He’s got a hard task to make it extra special because it’s also my birthday. That’s probably one of the reasons I love it so much!
I love Valentine’s Day :) This year I’m actually single for the first time in a looong time but I’m still excited! This year I’m celebrating the love I have for my friends and it’s just as fun!
While I always tell my husband that we should do something on Valentine’s Day, we both think that it’s a commercial holiday. I mean, why should we devote ONE DAY to doting on our loved ones? Why can’t we do that any time throughout the year?
It’s the same thing as Christmas. I love the atmosphere – the snow falling, the carols, the hot chocolate or hot cider, being with loved ones by the warmth of the fire – and don’t like how it’s turned into a commercial holiday where there is nary a mention of Jesus (the whole point of Christmas) and all people are worried about is presents.
That being said, this year we plan to go to a movie on Saturday – NOT V-day – and just spend the weekend as we usually do … having fun and spoiling our dogs. LOL!
OK – I’ll get off my horse now!
K
Sprouting is awesomely fun, super easy and mighty cost effective. I have a video here: http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2009/09/24/sprout-sprout-let-it-all-out/