Day Seven - A Full Week

Today makes one week that I've been practicing to be a better homemaker like Martha Stewart. So far I've learned that it is far easier than I realized to carve our a little extra time to cook, read and watch Martha on TV. So far it's been as Martha would say a Good Thing. I need to find some easy craft projects to do this next week to get on track. Anyone have any suggestions?

I picked up her Crepe Rose Craft kit at Wal-Mart today ... going to try to make some tomorrow during my toddler's nap time.

On to today's activities:

Food
Enjoyed Coconut French Toast at my favorite breakfast restaurant, Wild Side Cafe here in Naples. Lunch was a Gardenburger. Dinner was a beet green salad with roasted beets and goat cheese. This is one of my favorite salads, I alter the recipe to go with what I have on hand. Today here's what it was:

Beet Greens with Roasted Beets, Oranges and Goat Cheese
4 large beets with beet greens
olive oil
1/4 cup dried cranberries
2 toasted pecans, toasted & chopped
1/4 cup goat cheese
2 tbs. sweet onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup Mandarin oranges

dressing:
2 tbs. orange juice
1-2 tbs. cider vinegar
2 tbs. olive oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Halve beets and coat with olive oil. Sprinkle on a little salt. Roast until beets are tender all the way through. Cool and peel off skin with a paper towel while still slightly warm.

Wash and chop beet green tops. Slice 2 of the large beets (save the other two beets for something else). Add the other ingredients to the beet greens. Mix the dressing pour over the top.

Serves two.

Variations I've made in the past:

• Tangerine or regular orange instead of Mandarin orange
• Dried Cherries instead of Dried Cranberries
• Feta Cheese instead of goat cheese
• Shallots instead of sweet onion
• Cherry Balsamic instead of cider vinegar and orange juice

Check out the article from Living May 2009 about Beets here.

Craft

Picked up the crepe rose kit ... hoping to make it tomorrow.

Reading

Living Magazine May 2009

TV

Will watch TIVOed show before bed.

Projects
Started organizing kitchen drawers

Looking forward to a Martha filled day tomorrow.