New Year Resolutions 2012

I have been working on this for one week now and have written three other posts as distractions before I felt that this one was ready.  What a compulsion!  I have not been able to concentrate on anything else. 

More sunrises at the beach!

First I decided that I have 2 different sets of goals.  Then I had to name them.  What do you think?

          Goals for 2012 and beyond!             

TO BE:  Working on these personal goals  

         (To be the best I can be and to fulfill God's purpose for me)

Continue healthy habits (last year it said “get healthy")
Sleep well – and maybe more

Aware when eating
Increase in spirituality – start going to prayer group
Nourish and develop more loving relationships
Consider options for my Swim business (swimbea.com)

Enjoy life every day - live in the present moment

more play!

TO DO: (because I want to)

Playing with the grandkids

Traveling / Visiting family and friends

Fishing / Beach bumming

Writing / Reading

Crafting/ sewing
Pictures - using old ones and taking new ones

Making jewelry, beading

Organizing - have to do it...

 

The first set is not much different than last year, but the second set is very different because I am retired!!  I have a hopeful heart for the year 2012.  I hope the same for you!

Baby Durham born in August 2011, New baby Skeens in July 2012!!

Quinoa recipe for healthy cooking

One of my goals in retirement is to cook more healthy and to write down some of the dishes that I have been making on my own.  I love cooking with quinoa but my husband has been having a hard time getting used to it. (We're finally used to wheat bread and brown rice.)  I first ate quinoa in Ecuador.  Or was it Peru?  My favorite was the quinoa puffs cereal that we ate on the cruise ship at the Galapagos.  Now you can get quinoa puffs online though I haven't bought any yet.  But, back to the recipe... I made it last night and Don liked it. I served it with quickly cooked ground round with green peepers, and the last butternut squash from the garden.  Here is a picture and the recipe.

Quinoa (instead of rice)

2 cups of chicken or beef stock (low salt is better)

1 cup of quinoa

½ small onion, minced

¼ cup or so of mushrooms cut small

¼ cup shredded carrots

Bring the stock to a boil

Add the quinoa and the other ingredients

Bring to a boil

Lower to simmer and cook for 20 minutes.

Add any other spices, vegetables as desired.  Make it your own! Makes 4 servings

Microwave.  Use a 4 cup uncovered container.  Bring to a boil on high for 4 minutes.  Bring to a boil again around 2 minutes on high.  Set for power 4 for 20 minutes.