Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone! Hope your sunday was sunny and lovely! This just happened to be my first day off in weeks, so I spent my day tackling laundry and cleaning the house :-) which I must say is very rewarding. But I do have some new recipes for you, and of course a few photos..... So here we go. (oh p.s the photo above is the first shipments of flowers I recieved since starting Sierra's Designs :-)

And here is the first arrangement I sent out.

Gladiola's and Curly Willow tips. Simple but Stately :-)

Quinoa Salad With Kale

1 Cup red quinoa, rinsed
2 cups water
1 tsp vegetable bouillon
1 medium onion sliced
4 stalks of kale, stems removed
2 medium carrots diced
3 stalks of celery diced
2 cloved garlic, minced
1 Tbs lemon juice
1 tsp dried oregano
lemon pepper & salt
1 tsp ground coarse mustard
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp soy sauce

Cook quinoa according to directions, adding the vegi bouillon to the water. Saute the onion, carrots, garlic and celery until softened. add the kale and cook until kale becomed wilted and softened. In a seperate bowl, mix the lemon juice, spices, mustard, vinagar and soy sauce. When quinoa is cooked, mix with the sauted veggie and pour the dressing over. let cool- great served warm or cold.

 Soda Bread Scones (wheat free)

1/2 cup each: Brown Rice flour, Rye flour, Tapioca flour, Soy flour, Millet flour
1 tsp xanthum gum
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp coarse salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup almond milk
1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
3 Tbs mapple syrup
1/2 cup golden raisens
1/2 cup chopped pecans
8tsp sugar ( for topping)

450* oven for 20 minutes

Mix all dry ingredients- Mix all wet - combine until soft dough forms. Form 8" circle, cut into 8 slices and sprinkle with sugar. Delicious served with jam!
 
 
 
Ok, now for the story of the day....  What Animal Might leave these tracks?
 

hmmm. any guesses?..... it's a Bear!

yes, a Bear-

Discovered by Jim this afternoon after seeing his bin of bird seed on the hill in our back yard.

The bear had taken the Heavy bin, and dragged it up past our house and up our backyard, so he could munch in private under our bird feeder.

Sadly I don't have a picture of the infamous bear, just the tracks he left.

The path he took up our back yard.

Well I leave you with another great gem we discovered this past week-

One of the best homebrews we have ever made!- We managed to find one last bottle of the magic brew- and we quickly drank and slowly savored it's deliciousness.

Have a wonderful week everyone- and I might as well let you in on a secret this week....

 it's someone's Birthday on wednesday :-) ....

and I plan to enjoy every minute of it!