Orange & Pepita Granola

This granola recipe is delicious and super easy to make!

Mellow Lentil Soup

Don't let the longer list of ingredients fool you - most are dried herbs!  This soup has such a yummy flavor and is nicknamed the "Sniffle Soup."

Avocado Kale Salad

Mmmmmm, I found my new favorite kale salad!  There is an Avocado Kale Salad at Whole Foods that seems to be a favorite amongst my food nerd friends.  However, it seems every time I am in the store, they never have it.  So, I have absolutely no idea what it tastes like.  If it tastes like this one, I am a fan!  This is so easy to throw together, you'll love it!

Avocado Kale Salad

1 bunch kale, stemmed & finely chopped

1/2 avocado

2 T lemon juice

1/2 t. soy sauce

1/4 t. minced garlic

pinch of salt

Toss ingredients together in a large bowl.  Use your hands to mash the avocado and other ingredients into the kale. Set aside for 10-20 minutes to allow kale to soften.  I pull my avocados out of the fridge as I store them there once ripe, so my salad is already cold.  If you are using a room temperature avocado, you may want to refrigerate the salad before enjoying.  Leftovers are good the next day, too!  Melts in your mouth, yummmm...

Dawn

Recipe adapted from Whole Foods

Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing

Hi friends,

Don't you just LOVE 3 day weekends!  I think it should always be a 3 day weekend and 4 day work/school week!  

This is a great post I came upon.  I told LeAnne I didn't know whether to laugh, because it was so spot on between the 70's and now, or to cry because life was so much simpler back then.

http://www.scarymommy.com/back-to-school-the-70s-vs-today/

On other random topics, I read The Husband's Secret over the long weekend.  I flew through it in 24 hours.  Super awesome book!  Brilliant writing and plot.  If you were a fan of Gone Girl or On The Island, this would probably be your "type" of book, though it was not strange like Gone Girl in case you were not a fan.  I will say, the husband's secret...SHOCKING!  I did not see that coming.  It is not the only secret in the book, though.  I love how the author brings it all together in the Epilogue at the end to show the power of secrets and how wildly different the characters lives would be if secrets were revealed.