tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91248330483868566512011-04-21T17:06:26.796-07:00Seasonal HappinessA blog all about eating with the seasons, eating on a budget and feeling great year round! A little bit of yoga, veggies, love, and some great tips is all you need. Enjoy, SarahSarahnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124833048386856651.post-73013905417344226592011-02-15T10:49:00.000-08:002011-02-16T20:23:59.773-08:00Happy Love Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Well it's officially the day after St. Valentines Day! Happy love day to you all, and I hope that love is in your life! My goodness I am excited for this journey of learning to eat more with the seasons but also on a budget. Thanks for staying with me and please feel free to comment with your recipes, budget saving tips and of course anything else!<br /><br />Starting next week I will be including a weeks worth of dinners and snacks as well as a grocery list and price. Education regarding what is in season and how much everything costs at my local grocery store. <br /><br />Last night I made a super yummy meal for the two of us and I ventured for the first time into dried beans! I thought it was going to be super tough, but I started with lentils. Which prior to this I didn't know the don't need to be soaked! Yay, a soak free bean. I am excited to share my cooking and soon to be putting up videos to accompany these posts! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g2XZXPp2lok/TVtDnyo-0UI/AAAAAAAAAO8/mKB1siyHXCU/s1600/Eat_Well_SeasonalHappiness.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g2XZXPp2lok/TVtDnyo-0UI/AAAAAAAAAO8/mKB1siyHXCU/s1600/Eat_Well_SeasonalHappiness.gif" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I leave you with this amazing lentil salad dish. Super easy and super cheap! (I will update with pictures!)<br /><br /><b>Yummy Crisp Lentil Salad</b><br />1 cup of lentils (you can experiment with different types)<br />1 tbsp of sherry vinegar<br />Salt and Pepper to taste<br />3 tbsp of olive oil<br />2 carrots<br />2 celery sticks<br />1/2 onion<br />handful of chopped cilantro<br /><br />1.) Sort and rinse lentils, boil, then simmer for 25 min until soft. Rinse and Drain<br />2.) Toss the lentils with the sherry vinigar, salf and pepper, let sit for about 5 min.<br />3.) Add the rest of the ingrediates!<br />4.) Eat, also great if made ahead of time and refrigerated!<br /><br /><i>Our estimated cost for this is $1.80!</i><br /><i>Makes 4 servings, but could surely be devoured in a few sittings!</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9124833048386856651-7301390541734422659?l=www.seasonalhappiness.com' alt='' /></div>Sarahnoreply@blogger.com0