I'm Back!

Hello!  Okay, I was gone for a couple days - like was a little crazy those days, so food was quickly made and quickly eaten (but it was still pretty!).  But I'm back now.  Here is the prettiness from yesterday:

A simple, uber delicious breakfast!  Whole wheat toast, peanut butter, and bananas.  To keep it pretty (and not messy), I sliced the bananas a little on the bias (diagonally) and fit them nicely on the slices.  Come on - 5 minutes to a healthy, delicious, and pretty breakfast?  Yes, please!

For lunch, I made a tuna and egg salad sandwich.  I just mixed a can of tuna with 3 chopped up hardboiled egg whites, a little mayo, mustard, salt & pepper, and herbs de provence (because I put that in just about everything).  Then I just cut the sandwich in half diagonally.  You'd be suprised how much more fun a sandwich is to eat when you cut it diagonally.  I makes you feel like a kid again!  For a little veggie, a sliced up some tomato.  I particularly love mine sprinkled with a little bit of sugar - but that's just me.  :0)

For a quick dinner before I went to work, I just steamed some colorful veggies (fresh carrots and green beans) and tossed them in a little butter and garlic seasoning.  For some protein, I just piled some sliced deli turkey on my plate and I topped off the dinner with a little Ambrosia Fruit Salad ("recipe" below).  Colorful, delicious, simple, quick, and wickedly good for you!


**This is a recipe I adapted from a recipe my grandma always makes.  It's down home and very Southern.  The amounts of fruit are entirely variable - if you like something better than something else, just put more of it in the salad!**

Ambrosia Fruit Salad

1 large banana
1 small-medium apple
3-4 oranges (any variety you like)
1 cup cherries (I like using frozen dark sweet cherries, but the traditional way is marichino cherries.)
Coconut flakes to taste

Slice the bananas thinly.  Cut the apples into small cubes or rectangles.  Supreme the oranges (you can learn how here: http://www.ehow.com/video_2346007_make-orange-supreme.html - I like doing this because I'm not a fan of the white connective fibers in a orange...but you can just use orange wedges if you want to.)  Finally, slice the cherries in half.  Combine all the fruit in a large bowl and add as much (or an little) coconut as you like.  Mix well.

This salad takes a little time to prepare, but keeps really well in the fridge for as long as it takes you to eat it all.  It is fantastic by itself, delicious with a little cottage cheese, and AMAZING over pancakes, waffles, or oatmeal.

I hope you make this salad soon and enjoy it as much as I do.  Have a beautiful foodie day!

Ithimis!