Recipe #1

Well, I think I will try blogging about my high fiber recipes I have been trying to help lose more weight without feeling hungry or deprived. Sooooo here goes with Recipe #1 is from Full Plate Diet (as is the picture!)I changed the cooking of the carrots and celery --- both should cook with the onions for just a little bit):

Tuscan Minestrone Soup

Calories: 89
Fat: 2.3g
Sodium: 442mg
Total Carbs: 16.4g
Dietary Fiber: 3.4g
Protein: 3.9g

1/3 cup diced onion
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 cups water
1 cup carrots, sliced into 1/2" pieces
1/3 cup celery, sliced into 1/2" pieces
1 cup zuccini, sliced into 1/4" pieces
1 cup diced canned tomatoes
2/3 cup cooked whole-grain elbow macaroni (used penne pasta in picture)
1 cup kidney beans, low-sodium canned, drained
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried sweet basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 bay leaf

Cook macaroni in plain boiling water, no oil or salt added, according to the package directions, until al dente. Saute onion in oil until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Add carrots and celery and cook for 3-4 more minues. Add water and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until vegetables are done, about 15-20 minutes more. Remove bay leaf and serve hot.

REVIEW: I love love this soup! It reheats quite well and is perfect for lunch the next day! I added some sliced avocado to the lunch version and feel it added a little more sweetness and color to the lunch version.

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A-li-he-li-s-di Tso-i-ne-i-ga

Happy Wednesday the day after the "Big Event". I have no pictures so I am posting a wallpaper from the Cherokee website and am really wanting to add a couple of thoughts here:
- Language
- Heritage Seed Project
- Culture and Tourism

And my basic words for the week:
Hello-O si yo
How are you?-To hi tsu?
Fine-O s da
And you?-Ni hi na
Okay-Ho wa
Thank you-Wa do
Yes- vv ii
No-Thla
I don’t know-Thla ya gwan ta

Gardening at Elder Que-Nv-Sv

After the wonderfully optimistic squash literally disintegrated overnight I was a little pessimistic about my "Square Foot Gardening" expertise. However the basil, peppers and tomatoes --well actually I don't how well these will turn out but all else has grown quite well!

Since these are entirely notes to myself I need to make several points:
- Don't grow the tall stuff in front of the small stuff
- The location of the garden is PERFECT!
- Use every single space available
- Where the heck is the eggplant???
- Do tomatoes, do peppers, do basil, do rosemary, do zuchinni, do EGGPLANT!!

Central Oklahoma Cherokee Alliance

COCA officers-members-particpants will be meeting this evening to finalize plans for the "Big Event" scheduled in three weeks at the Oklahoma History Center. A wonderful evening of full events is planned ---- and I am supposed to con tribute some sort of table decoration. This should be interesting.

I smile with "Chinese Eyes"

This was a statement one of my kiddos made during therapy last week. Since he is Chinese I take this as a dear and precious compliment. So here is a picture of me with Patrick's new flash. I reminded him I wanted to look no more than 38 years old and ---- much more importantly ---- I want lots and lots of new pictures of my grandchildren!!

Tim Ferriss