Cook {1}

Ahh coooking.   I LOVE IT!  But I never have time for it.

This may not be the most amazing thing since french toast... I just happened to have the time to put together a meal.  With me coming home at 6pm from work, and two of nights filled with prior commitments The Tad and I don't get a lot of time to cook.

Here's my first cooked meal of the year that I decided to post.

Sweet Caramelized Onion Chicken Burgers and Roasted Herb Potatoes.

Roasted Herb Potatoes (Serves 2):  These potatoes are my fav!  

-Dice up 4-6 small red potatoes 

-Toss them with salt, pepper, garlic, the herbs and olive oil. 

(oregano, basil, rosemary thyme... whatever you have) 

-Throw it all in a square pyrex tray and bake at 375 for about 30 min.

 My suggestion is to line your dish with foil, it'll make clean up much easier. We learned that one the hard way a few years back.

Sweet Caramelized Chicken Burgers:  There's no recipe.

-Buy these amazing pre-cooked all natural sweet caramelized onion with peppers and gouda cheese chicken burgers from costco,
-Defrost two of them, throw 'em on the skillet/grill/heating device and brown for a few minutes,
-At the last minute add a slice of pepper jack cheese.
-While you are doing that: toast up some buns & slice up some tomatoes and romaine.

 There you go!  Hopefully Next time i'll have a better recipe for you.

New Years Resolutions...

Well, i'm not a fan of these.





In the past:
 - I've tried to take a picture a day for a year, 
-  i've also tried to stay up on my blog .
- I've tried to give up Mt dew
- I've tried to set up a work out schedule 
-I've planned to cut out take out and cook at home each night.


All of these i have HAD success with for a WHILE and then over time I either lost interest and it faded or I just failed miserably all together.


So in 2011, I'd hate to set myself up for failure.    


 Instead of "resolutions" and "promises" and "whatevers"  


I've been thinking about what I love.  I love to to create.  I love to read. I love to try out new things. I love to cook.  I love to connect & bless others.  (not in that order, and a lot of those overlap.)


I wanted to stay away from professional goals, only because work stories are boring, i spend most of my time at work, and  I need to be refreshed.


So i've created some "goals" Things I'd like to accomplish, things that will refresh my mind, my spirit and my soul.


1. For my crafting:  My goal is to get more things into my shop. Its not a priority, My priority is to get back to that feeling of accomplishment I have when I complete a project! - but I'm going to challenge myself to CREATE something each week.  I think I owe it to myself.  I love making things to much, it can be something for lovealisa or it can be a gift to someone else, or it can be a fun thing for myself.  Whatever the case nothing makes me happier then with i'm sewing/glueing/painting/beading/crocheting/designing.


2. For my reading:  Recently I received a kindle for Christmas, and I HAVE BEEN FLYING through books! That said, I AM on vacation from school, and i'm sure once I go back I'll lose a lot of time.  So I think I"m going to set a goal of reading ONE book each month. 


3. For my new things:  Since I've shown Tad how cool etsy is for my little teeny shop, and how many people make a living off of their small companies, I have turned him away from a "Fox Books" type and into a more "shop around the corner."  We've been trying out small businesses in town (We're not like LA, but there are a lot of places i haven't been to.) I'd like to make it a goal to visit ONE local or family owned business/attraction in town a month. This could be food, shop, theatre, etc.


4.  For my cooking: This is simple.  I'd like to be sharing a recipe/meal... twice a month.  I'd like to do once a week - but... we're being realistic, not pie in the sky.


5. For my ministry to others: This is an interesting one. I think i'd like to challenge myself to connect with someone or some group twice a month.  This can be an encouragement, coffee with an old friend, volunteering, donating time, money resources, gifting.  This one i'm sure will morph over time.  I'll take ideas on this one.


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This hope is that as I accomplish these things, i will start documenting them on here. My blog will be overflowing with posts, I will be proud of all i can do, and you will get to rejoice with me!   So really its like a win-win-win.