Farmers Market recipe

My family took a trip to our local farmers market.  Its definitely harvest season here, right now.  We found so many colorful veggies.  I bought some heirloom tomatoes in yellow and purple, and some beautiful red, yellow and purple peppers.  Along with red and white radishes as big as my daughters fist, and some other yummy foods, including baked goods and jam from our local baker at Karens Kitchen.

Some of my veggies were placed in the fridge, but I never ever refrigerate tomatoes.  It changes the texture and flavor greatly.  So I had to think of a recipe to come up with quick.

Heirloom tomato salad.

3 large heirloom tomatoes. any color you wish ( i used yellow and purple)
2 peppers any color ( I used purple and red)
1 small onion
Half of a cucumber
1\4 cup of italian dressing
1 tsp of dried basil (or a big handful of fresh)
light dusting of garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1\2 tsp of red pepper flakes
and salt and pepper to taste.

You can chop this big or dice it small.  I diced it small because I have 3 girls, two of which can be picky when it comes to tomatoes.  When you dice it small, they can really pick out which veggie is what, and have no choice but to take spoonfuls of all the veggies together.  If your serving it to adults I would probably cut it into bigger pieces.

Dice all the veggies, and add the dressing and spices. Stir gently and let it soak in the juices for about a half an hour.  Please dont refrigerate before serving, you will thank me.

Life as I know it

I have received a few emails from my very favorite clients asking for an update. Its been a long while.  To start,  our son was born in August. A very healthy happy baby boy. He was born via c section after a very long hard 4 days.  He was a very special birthday present to me. We joke around about the surgery because it was a surgery that enables me to get pregnant and a surgery that helped him be born. I have 5 scars that I wouldn't trade for the world, because they remind me of my perfect little miracle.

Life as you can imagine is really busy. He keeps me busy all hours of the day and night and my daughter and nieces keep me pretty busy too.  Between ballet and middle school and making homemade healthy dinners every night. There isn't much time left.

So i have decided to retire for the time being.  I will still post from time to time. And still will do sessions for family and friends and by request from those of you who have been loyal and loving to me. But for now im being completely selfish and just doing life the way I know how. By giving my all to the children God entrusted me with. By being the best wife I can to my husband. And by using my skills to document this amazing life I have been given.

Thank you all for sticking around,  by standing beside me, and especially for all the prayers and support you all have given me. I love y'all more than I can express.