Anti-Procrastination Tuesday #46

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Did you read my post about Clean Mama's clean sweep?

She is doing a "Clean Sweep" spring clean + declutter.  

"A month of spring cleaning and decluttering at your own pace"

Simple and Low Key Spring Cleaning!  Love that!!

If interested, just visit Clean Mama to receive the assignment for each week during March. 

Last week's assignment was some Clothing Decluttering and a Cleaning Routine plan.

You can learn about this weeks assignment by clicking here.

Thank you, Clean Mama, for inspiration and keeping it mellow this year!  

Just what this procrastinator needs!!

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Mr. Linky would not show me the most clicked on links for the week, so I picked out a few I loved..thank you all for linking up!

Progress in the Living Room @ House To Your Home

Rose Cake @ The Pampered Mom

A Living Room Makeover @ A Yes Place

Bathroom Reveal @ The Ivy Cottage Blog

Clean Your Machine @ Ask Anna

 

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Be Encouraged, Be Inspired, And Get Something Done!

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One Thousand Gifts #11

Since reading the book "One Thousand Gifts," there is so much meaning in why I count these gifts.  It truly does change ones outlook when practiced each and every day. It helps me learn what it looks like to be "content in all things."  I am grateful.

P.S. Notice how many of my "gifts" have to do with food!  I really love food..:)

215~ permission to rest, to just be

216~ garden plan excitement

217~ BE KIND fruit and nut bars--Yum!

228~ chia seed discovery

229~ sun streaming in warm, hitting my leg

230~ a quiet day

231~ told by a wise man to put my pen down and just listen

232~ a lunch invite

233~ tickles and giggles

234~ a child brave enough to start her own fashion trend {she wrapped wrist in ribbon.  Like a cast:) Cute.}

235~ a middle child who claims to have "found my quirkiness again" :)

236~ warm gloves- a gift from MIL

237~ comfortable yoga pants

238~ a DVD player in my room for yoga workouts

239~ smell of java

240~ a chance meeting of another fighter & her sweet words of encouragement

241~ bagel and tea paid for by a friend

242~ Zucchini Quiche-free, a gift card from my daughter

243~ perspective this counting brings

244~ big, fat, wet, sticky snowflakes

245~ coffee shops, coffee shops, coffee shops

246~ weekend pizza and family connections

247~ making family dance memories with Dance Party Wii game--even grandma joined in!!

248~ Chinese leftovers

249~ do-overs

250~ youngest daughters note "I love our family.  Our family is a GOOD family"

251~ one more week of meal delivered

252~ dear friend conquering her mastectomy

253~ strong, encouraging men in my husband life

254~ trusting God.  Deeper.

256~ keeping palms open, noticing the many "crosses" or "t's" etched in my palm.  Shapes that remind.

257~ making it halfway through radiation-tomorrow is day 14!! 

258~ swirls of chocolate fudge atop a chocolate cupcake

259~ battle scars that help me "remember the works of the Lord"

260~ Cornbread salad!!!! Oh. Yum.  Thank you, Sarah Mast.

Recipes To Make ASAP

Sweet Potato & Parmesan Chips @ What's Gabby Cookin'

Gluten Free Mac N Cheese @ Momnivores Dilemma

Pumpkin, Bean and Quinoa Soup @ One Sweet Vegan

Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cakes @Love Veggies & Yoga

Rotisserie Chicken In The Crockpot @ New Nostalgia

Averie's Vegan No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars @ Love Veggies & Yoga

Garboanzo Bean Soup @ Oh She Glows

Sesame Chili Udon Noodles @ New Nostalgia

No Bake Chocolate Macaroons @ Oh She Glows

Cheesy Chicken & Rice Bake @ How Sweet Eats

Easy Shredded Beef Taco Meat @ New Nostalgia

No Knead 100% Whole Wheat Bread Recipe @ King Arthur Flour

French Lentil Soup @ New Nostalgia via Zakka Life

White Chicken Chili @ Alli-n-Son

Sweet Potato and Lentil Packets @ Vegetarian Times

Spaghetti with lemon and Olive Oil @ The Smitten Kitchen via Pinterest

Chicken Stir Fry In Lettuce Wraps @ Martha Stewart Recipes

Whole Wheat Goldfish Crackers @ The Smitten Kitchen via Craft

Each Week I gather up recipes that I have bookmarked, blogged, saved on Pinterest, Stumbled, or found on Twitter. 

 I then use that list to decide what to make for the week.

Thought I would share this weeks "gathering" with you.

  

Let me know if you would like this to be something I share more often...I think it would be quite handy to have my list on the blog to refer back to, but would want it to be something you all enjoy, too!

What's Up With Me?

{post inspired by Sheena @ the little red house}

Making:  Cincinnati Style Chili + Cinnamon Rolls

Laughing at:  this video of my nephew, Micah

Seeing: how different God made us all and the beauty of it

Hearing: Birds Chirping--c'mon spring!

Tasting: Pepita Sun Butter atop Granny Smith Apples slices

Smelling: husbands cologne--he's getting ready to take me out tonight!

Feeling: grateful for a quiet Saturday

Reading: How To Prevent & Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine

Wishing: my whole house was clutter busted and minimalized

Loving: little girls enjoying sleepovers

Craving: the desire to feel motivated

Liking: this thing that makes my greens dizzy

Anticipating: the end of radiation

Thinking: that my eyebrows are seriously out of control

Oatmeal Whole Wheat Quick Bread

I posted this Oatmeal Whole Wheat Quick Bread recipe about a year ago.  It is still a favorite and I'm making it tonight, so I thought I would repost. I needed some easy, hearty bread to go along with our easy, hearty Roast & Vegetables meal.

 I threw Trader Joes Tri Tip Roast in the oven, dumped a bag of Trader Joes Fresh Roasting Vegetables on top (it is a bag of red potatoes, carrots, garlic cloves, onion, sprig of fresh thyme, sprig of fresh rosemary). Way too convenient!! I added a bit of red wine and Worcestershire sauce to the roast.  

Of Course, salt and pepper to taste.

I am trying to get back into the swing of making dinner again!  I have been so spoiled with my church providing meals for us the last 4 months!!  I do enjoy cooking-- very much-- but I have found I need to stick with meals that are EASY until my energy level is back to normal.  

Got any easy recipes for me?  

Oatmeal Whole Wheat Quick Bread

1 cup rolled oats
11/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
11/2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used coconut oil)
1 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
2. Grind oatmeal in a food processor or blender.  In a large bowl, combine oatmeal, flour, baking powder and salt.  In a separate bowl, dissolve honey in oil, then stir in the milk.  (I mixed the milk, coconut oil and honey in a one cup glass measure and microwaved it until the coconut oil melted (the cold milk made it into a solid state, so I needed to liquefy it).  Combine both mixtures and stir until a soft dough is formed.  Form the dough into a ball (I had to add a bit more flour) and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet.
3. Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until bottom of loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

My Favorite Food Rules

 FOOD RULES -an eater's manual

by Micheal Pollan

I am a big fan of Micheal Pollan. 

He was the first one that I have read who was able to take the incredibly complicated question of

 "What Should I Eat?"

 and answer it in just seven words:

"Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

 I read his first book, In Defense Of Food, a year ago and just really jived with it.   I was so happy to see that he came out with a short, easy to read, manual that expands on the answer. 

Each page gives a simple tip on what to eat.  I read the book in 30 minutes and loved it.

Here are some of my most favorite tips from the book:

#2 Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.

(for example--neon colored tubes of flavored gel called Go-GURT!)

#3 Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry

(ethoxylated diglycerides??)

#4 Avoid food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup

(it is a reliable marker for a food product that has been highly processed)

#5 Avoid foods that have some form of sugar (or sweetener) listed among the top three ingredients.

(exception to this rule, are "special occasion" foods--see Rule 60)

#6 Avoid food products that contain more than five ingredients.

(another sign that it is a highly processed food)

#7 Avoid food products with the word "lite" or the terms "low-fat" or "non-fat" in their names.

( Refined carbs can make you fat.  Sugar makes you fat.  Many low-fat or no-fat products boost the sugar and salt to make up for the flavor lost when removing fat)

#10 Avoid foods that are pretending to be something they are not.

(imitation butter-aka-margarine-is the classic example.  Artificial sweeteners..)

#11 Eat only foods that will eventually rot.

(real food is alive food...therefore it should eventually die)

#12 Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.

(read ingredients on a package of Twinkies or Pringles and imagine what those look like raw or where they grow...ya can't!)

#19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.

#22 Eat mostly plants, especially leaves

(antioxidants, fiber, omega- 3 fatty acids, energy dense!)

#23 Treat meat as flavoring or special occasion food.

(become a "flexitarian"--someone who eats meat only a couple times a week)

#25 Eat your colors!

(colors from nature are full of polyphenols, flavonioids, carotenoid, which all fight disease!)

#34 Sweeten and salt your food yourself.

(you will find you are consuming a fraction as much sugar and salt as you otherwise would--example oatmeal--buy plain not flavored, sweetened or colored!)

#36 Don't eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.

(ha..like that one.  It's kind of a "duh")

#37 "The whiter the bread, the sooner you will be dead"

(I expand on that here)

#39 Eat all the junk food you want, as long as you cook it yourself.

(if you made all the french fries you ate, you would eat them much less often!  Too much work!)

#57 Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does

(Gas stations have become processed corn station.  Ethanol outside and high-fructose corn syrup inside!)

#60 Treat treats as treats.

(special occasion food is great as long as every day is not a special occasion.  Save them for weekends or for true special occasions!)

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

In Defense Of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Micheal Pollan

Spring Cleaning & Declutter With Clean Mama

You all know I am a big fan of Clean Mama.  The look of her blog makes me very happy, she gives away many free printables, and she's a midwest girl, like me!!  

She is doing a "Clean Sweep" spring clean + declutter.  

"A month of spring cleaning and decluttering at your own pace"

Last year, she hosted a Spring Zone Cleaning, which was awesome!  This year is going to be a bit more laid back, with just a "couple suggestions to work in at your leisure"--I like the sound of that.  I need laid back this year, and I also need some motivation to focus in on some specific things.  

I am REALLY looking forward to getting something done around here-won't you join us?  

If interested, just visit Clean Mama to receive the assignment for each week during March. I am excited about this weeks assignment, my closet has been moaning at me for awhile now! I will let you know how I am coming on my progress, and would love to hear from you if you decide to join in.

When you go visit, let her know you came from New Nostalgia and that Amy says "Hi!"