Mi Bella Vida

Fingers are itching

September 24th, 2009

to do some sewing. I have no idea why I’m having this feeling but I really want to put something together. I need to get the sewing machine from mom’s house. I need to remember to remind my sisters to bring the machine when they come over in a few weeks. I feel like making an apron. I cook everyday so an apron would be fun. Maybe some pillows and pjs. I just want to get creative.

Welcome to our house =)

September 23rd, 2009

As all of you know Chris and I got a house last month and we are loving it! He has the shop to keep him busy and I have a house that I get to decorate. Sadly, things haven’t gotten done. We have been working on the outside and there are some things we have to change to the exterior but the rain has kept us from doing it! Hopefully this weekend will cool and sunny and we can replace the hardiplank we have been trying to replace since we moved in. Here are some pictures of our house.

This is my side of the office. I love having an office. I no longer feel cramped.

This is the my side office.

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This is my cool desk! It has a glass top and I love it!

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This is Chris’ side.

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This is our awkward dinning room/ living room. I hate this room.

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This is our family room.

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This is our kitchen

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The hallway

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Guest bathroom

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Guest bedroom

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Master bathroom

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The ugly wall paper in our bathroom  :(

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Master bedroom

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That’s our house! I apologize for the crappy pictures. The lighting was horrible and I didn’t bother to do anything about it. We have lots of furniture to buy and painting to do. Super excited to get it all done! I’m just happy we are done unpacking!

Yummy Dinner

September 23rd, 2009

Lately our dinners have gotten a little mundane. They still taste good but it was time to spice up the routine. Over the weekend we went to Trader Joe’s because I was looking for gluten free tortillas. For the past couple of months Chris and I have purchased some gluten free products. Its hard to find them in regular stores. At the Kroger I get the gluten free rice.

I decided to make a modified version of Whole Food’s Veggie Wrap recipe. I used to meat, lol. Before I made the wraps I had to make the hummus hours before.

Hummus

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  • 1 15 oz can of chickpeas
  • 1/2 cup of tahini (can be found in Publix or DeKalb’s Farmer’s Market)
  •  1/4 cup of chopped yellow onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 teaspoons of ground cumin
  • 1/8 teaspoon of ground red pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt (optional)

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I put it all in our blender because we don’t have a food processor. So I’m blending and I walk away to lower the volume on the T.V , I come back and there is smoke coming from the blender! If I had let it run longer then it would have probably caught on fire. Luckily it was able to properly blend the hummus! Mission saved! Look how good that looks! I usually garnish with parsley but I didn’t have any.

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I worked out and finished as soon as Chris got home. I took a shower while he cooked the turkey meat. I have no idea what he used to season the meat but it was so good!

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First  I heated up the tortillas . I like them nice and warm. Then I spread half a tablespoon of hummus onto the tortilla. You can use whatever veggies you want for your wraps. I’m more than sure they will be  tasty. I used spinach, avocado, tomato, shredded carrots and mushrooms. It was oh so good and very filling. I tried to actually fold the tortilla into a wrap but it didn’t work too well b/c it was way too full.

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Not the gluten free tortillas that I was looking for bu they were still really good.

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The finished product that wouldn’t close!

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For dessert I had a fig cookie. It had been so long since I had one. We totally forgot to buy some skinny cow ice cream :( Whole Foods has some dairy free ice cream that I want to try. That should be interesting.

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