What I Had for Dinner/ Chicken Sandwiches

Yesterday I made Roast Chicken and Fettuccini Alfredo, but my camera ate the picture-Sorry!

So today we had some leftover chicken--and I didn't feel like cooking.

We had chicken sandwiches, with the sprouts shown above, raw sliced sweet potatoes, avocado and artichoke hearts. On my sandwhich I put organic mayo, chicken, sea salt and black pepper, onion, jalapeno's, lettuce and cilantro. I didn't feel like 2 slices of bread-so I just used one.

**Sweet potatoes are high in Vitamin A, C and manganese.

The sprouts above are a mixture of--alfalfa, radish, mung bean, lentil and broccoli.

If you haven't tried sprouting, it is VERY simple.

Purchase sprout seeds (online or at a health food store), soak them in a glass jar in water overnight- then drain them. You can either leave them in the jar or place them in a sprout tray like the one above. Rinse them twice each day, morning and night. Depending on the seeds they will sprout anywhere from 2-4 or so days.

They are NUTRIENT RICH and full of goodness. You can add them to salads, sandwiches, throw them in a bowl of soup, or on top of just about anything.

My kids like to just eat them from the tray.

Typically you would do a larger batch than the one I did---I was trying it out because I haven't made them for awhile.

This is a great item to have in your food storage also. In the event that we couldn't get fresh produce--this would be a life saver!

Homemade Granola

This granola is VERY good--and healthier than ANYTHING you could buy!

You start out by soaking the oats overnight in water and yogurt. (Next time I will add raw honey too)

When you soak the grains you break down the phytic-acid (which inhibits the utilization of nutrients like magnesium, calcium, iron etc. in the grain as well as pulling them from your body) So........you will get more nutrition from the grain if it is soaked first---and second of all your body has less work to do when eating them--they are somewhat pre-digested. Not to mention DELICIOUS!!

Soaked Granola

3 cups whole oats

1/2 cup plain yogurt (you can use maple or vanilla as long as it is natually sweetened-I like the Brown Cow brand)

1 cups water

Mix together and soak overnight. Pre-heat your oven to 300°F. Break the oats apart and spread out on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 60 minutes, or until dry and crunchy. Stir the oats every 20 minutes and continue to break apart as they dry.

To serve add some soaked, dried nuts, dried fruits, cinnamon, honey, dates etc etc. Whatever you like. You can also make a yogurt parfait with the granola. Layer maple or vanilla yogurt, fruit and granola. This makes a GREAT quick breakfast on the go.

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What I Had for Dinner/ Chow

I normally dont' like pre-packaged foods--but THIS I just couldn't resist!! YUMMY!











GOTCHA! Just kidding--that is what my doggie ate for dinner!! HA HA!

Facing the Giants

This is an inspiring, amazing movie. This clip is the MOST AMAZING thing I have EVER seen.

I want you to think of this from a spiritual perspective. The "coach" is Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ- with legions of angels all around them. "We" are the players with heavy loads on our backs.
Remember this video clip whenever you think you have nothing left to give!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vB59PkB0eQ

Architecture of All Abundance Chapter 9

Architecture of All Abundance by Lenedra Carroll

If you haven't already figured this out---I LOVE this book!
An interesting side note-Lenedra Carroll just happens to be Jewel (the singers) mom. You might have also figured out that I LOVE Jewel's music. I loved her music even before I knew about or read Architecture of All Abundance. But now......I love it even more, because I understand the meanings in the lyrics. They hold a lot of power.

I also LOVE the fact that both Lenedra and Jewel are fulfilling their "soul purpose," they are living their lives WITH purpose. That lights my fire!!!

Just think for a moment what this world would be like if EVERYONE lived their lives with purpose--they only did those things that brought true fulfillment. Would our world lack anything? Absolutely NOT! BECAUSE we ALL have been given different gifts and talents by our God and He makes no mistakes!! He has already created ALL that we need--and can create more as needed!

Okay-Chapter 9
The first quote from the book fits exactly with what I was saying above. (And I just opened the book--how cool is that?)

"The universe is constantly saying yes to us. It only says yes. It is our task to discover what within us it is saying yes to."

The concept that Lenedra uses in this chapter to describe how this all works is something similar to throwing a pebble into a pond. Ripples go out--but what we don't see or realize is that underneath those same ripples, are coming back to us. Not only are they coming back--but they exactly match the ripples we sent out.
This not only applies to our actions--but our thoughts! So if you send out fearful thoughts-you will get fear in return; if you send out loving thoughts-you will get love in return; if you send out confusing thoughts-you will get confusing situations in return.
I think the concept is easy to understand--but putting this into practice in our lives--in a POSITIVE way will take some practice; IF you are not already doing this.

"Each person has a measurable frequency, or wave, or prime tone."
"If fear is your primary tone it then reverberates out to your surroundings and the responsive universe says, 'Yes, there is indeed a fearful world, let me bring it unto you.'"
"If desire sets your prime tone then the abundant source says, 'Indeed, you are granted that.'" "And you experience more desire, you always crave, always yearn and want because that is your primary tone. Desire begets desire."

Now--does this mean that we can never fear or have another negative emotion in our lives?
NO- when those situations come up (which they will) where you are having a negativity and you can't take the time at that moment to constructively deal with it. You acknowledge the fealing-ask yourself to contain it (in a box in your mind) and you get back to it later.
When you have time to deal with this emotion--start asking it questions.

Lenedra speaks of a game she started playing when she was young, called "12 What Else."
"In the game, I asked myself to name twelve possibilities other than the one that occurred to me first."

Doing this can give you a different perpespective and you are less likely to just look at the situation from your own needs and fears etc.

We so often CREATE a story around a troubling situation that doesn't even exist.
For instance---when I was waiting for my book to be printed, it was taking an unusually long time. I started to get worried-I started to fear. I then created this story in my mind that "they have stolen my book!, they have already printed it and are selling it around the world without my knowledge!" This was NOT true-- and I later found out that the first printer the publisher sent my book to was trying to pull some funny business. The publisher saw this for what it was-pulled out and went to another printer.

Homework--
1-Notice your thought waves--what are you sending out? A good way to tell this is.......What are you getting back?
2-Pay attention to different situations and see how many times you add in your own "story" and if it is reality or not.
3-Play 12 What Else--this can bring you deep understanding that you have never had before! Allow yourself to step back and look at things from a neutral point of view. Which in turn will bring peace into your life.

And last but not least--KNOW that God loves you-He will help you!
"...Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find!"

Draper Temple Open House

These 2 pictures were taken from the bus. This temple is considerably smaller than the other temples I have been in. It was very cozy feeling.

Everything was SO ORGANIZED--they had the busses and buildings all color coded. So you could get back to the building you started from.

This was taken at the Stake Center right next to the temple. No picture taking is allowed in the temple--but ANYONE can go through the tour.

We were bussed over to the temple from a church building--so they could accomodate the crowds.

This is Alex from our ward. Hi Alex hope you don't mind me putting this on my blog!

Who is this beautiful girl? Oh wait--she is mine! Lucky me!

We were lucky enough to get to go to the Draper Temple open house. The temple is beautiful inside and out. Stone and wood imported from other countries, it's just amazing.

I also was priviledged enough to serve there during the open house a couple of weeks ago. I was with a group covering the first shift. So when we got to the temple no one else was there. It was so peaceful and wonderful to sit in the house of the Lord for about 30 minutes before the tours started.

One person that came through commented "A lot of trees died for this temple." I just smiled and quietly whispered "yes," because it is a silent tour. But what I really wanted to say is "we are just giving the trees back the the person who made them, the trees are not ours:)"

18th Anniversary!

Miguel and I have been married for 18 years. At least 1 of them has been good! Just kidding. They have all been good. Miguel is such a great husband and father.

Our anniversary was really lame. I was not feeling well but we still wanted to go out to eat at our favorite Indian (middle eastern) restaurant. The food was GREAT! The company for Miguel was not. We joked that he should have just taken my picture with him instead of me, and he would have had more fun.

**I have got to learn how to cook more middle eastern food. WE LOVE IT!!