Chew It Review It: Strawberry-Orange Pasta Salad

Getting Back on Track

No more procrastinating. I have to get back on track and get out of this funky mood I've been in for four months. I've been really busy and yet I feel like I haven't done anything constructive. You ever get in one of those moods where you are just mad or dislike everything? Food doesn't taste good, clothes don't feel good, bad hair days, bad face days, ya just want to crawl under and rock and sleep all day days. My two forms of entertainment lately have either been eating or sleeping. I'm one of those "emotional eaters". I get my feelings hurt....I eat. I get upset.....I eat. Depressed......eat. A celebration or a happy occassion......We EAT!!! Ugh!!! I spent the first five months of this year sweating and working my butt off and watching what I eat to loose 15 pounds. It only took two and a half to gain it all back!!! It's September 1st and I am making a vow that starting tomorrow I am going to get back on track and stay on track through the end of the year. Back to exercising, back to working out, back to eating healthy!!!! No more procrastinating! No more excuses! (although I did have some pretty good ones) Cracked my elbow, chipped my thumb, had my heart broken, and broke my toe. All of which were excuses to pig out or not work out.

Fortunately, most of those have healed and life will go on. I just need to stay focused and make healthy choices for myself, physically and emotionally. Now, check out this new cake recipe!!! Ha Ha!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Strawberry-Orange Pasta Salad

2 cups farfalle (bow tie pasta)
1/3 cup Kraft Creamy Poppy seed Dressing
1/4 cup Kraft Real Mayonnaise
4 green onions, sliced

1 can (11 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained
1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt, drain, cool.
Mix dressing and mayo in medium bowl. Add pasta and onions, toss to coat. Gently stir in fruit.
Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

Ok ladies, your gonna love this one! This is a great cold pasta salad for summertime! It is refreshing, sweet and light. Very easy to make and colorful on top of that! I LOVE poppy seed dressing on fruit of any kind so this recipe really appealed to me when I saw that it called for it. I love mandarin oranges and strawberries too so this was a win win for me! Now here is the shocking part so call Ripley's cuz you ain't gonna believe this...... my husband LOVED it! He ate three helpings. Poppy seed dressing on a cold pasta salad with fruit. Yep, he lapped it right up. This recipe came from a Kraft food magazine, not the grilling cookbook.

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Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012 is now in the past. Stored, lovingly,
in my memory bank as one of the best Christmas' I have ever had! You say this a
lot while growing up. The year you got a new bicycle, "Best Christmas Ever!"....the year you got the play dish set and doll that you wanted, "Best Christmas Ever!"....the first Christmas with you new husband or when your babies come along, "Best Christmas Ever!"....or the time when you are all grown up and
wish so badly that you were seven years old again and cherish every single day that you still have all of your loved ones with you and they are all gathered together in one house for Christmas...."BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!"And that house that you are in is called.....Home. Home is where your heart is.
There's no place like Home. Home is where you feel safe. Home is where you feel loved. Home is where you want to be when life gets too crazy. Home is where you want to go when you are sick. Home has homemade potato soup. Home is where your
roots are. Home is where you feel special, wanted, needed. Home is where you feel seven years old again. Home has a special feel when you walk through the
door. Home has a special smell in the air that tells you exactly where you are even if your eyes are closed when you walk in. Home smells of spices, turkey and antiques. Home is always warm and cozy. Home is where you can eat what you like
and sleep when you want. Sometimes Home plays music. Home has a clock that ticks. Home has a friendly four legged creature that is always happy to see you. Home is where you are from. Home is where you grew up. Home is where you boyfriend kissed you goodnight on the front porch. Home is where he sat your father down and asked if he could marry you. Home is where you planned the wedding with your mother. Home is a cup of hot tea. Home has a couch that, no matter how hard you try not to, you always end up taking a nap on. Home is
peaceful. Home is where two of the most special people in my life live. Home is Momma and Poppy. Home IS where my heart is and will always be.Going home for Christmas this year is something I had been looking forward to all month. The past few years it has been at my house but this year my parents wanted to see if they still had "the touch" and hosted all 19 of us for our Christmas Day dinner. They did a wonderful job and I could not be more proud of them. They still got it! It was so nice to have extra time at my home Christmas morning with my family before heading home to share Christmas with the rest of the family. The drive wasn't too bad either, just a 1/4 mile!

I'm 50 and it's legit!!!

Thanks to my wonderful husband and family for the most wonderful birthday ever! I knew that there was a party in the making but didn't know any of the details. My husband surprised me with a party with my family and a few friends that was decked out in all of my favorite things. My favorite color (purple), my favorite holiday (Halloween) and favorite food (Leon's BBQ). We had a great time visiting and I got some very thoughtful and funny gifts. I had the sweetest cake with a picture on it from when I was little and then we all watched a video that covered my past 50 years. Afterwards about 17 of us went to a Halloween theme park and spent the evening screaming and laughing our heads off as we went through several haunted houses. It was the perfect way to celebrate my 50th birthday and I couldn't have planned it better myself. A lot of hard work went into the planning of this party and I am so grateful for all the things everyone did for me. I have the best family and friends ever.