Mmmm....

Glassy mouth gapes wide
Enticing.......baited to snare.
My hand grabs a cookie!

On a nutritional plan that concentrates on veggies - with as much variety as possible - including powerhouse kale and collard greens, as well as fruits, fish, whole grains, as little oil (virgin olive) as possible can we sneak in some desserts? Why, yes we can!

Now what an adventure that turns out to be! The hunt is to create a cookie that sticks as close as possible to the nutritional guidelines and is also a delicious treat! Will it have that ecstatic meltdown condition of a voluptuous rich dessert? Not likely. But will it taste good, be a treat, have a bit of sweet chew, crisp crunch, and chocolate? Mashing a banana, beating in almond butter, ground flaxseed, an omega 3 egg, and honey; sifting whole wheat flour, baking powder and soda, along with my favorite Chinese cassia cinnamon, and nutmeg; and then stirring in the walnuts, dried cherries and cranberries, along with 60% dark chocolate chips was time well spent! My final verdict? Yum!

The questions I've asked tell me that I want to spend more time involved with activities that satisfy like photography, cooking, baking, reading, writing, volunteering. And by learning how to blog could I accomplish all this while learning new skills? By taking pictures of the ordinary can I learn to see more of the extraordinary?

I've accomplished some things this week.
Tackling a new soup recipe created great satisfaction, a good meal and leftovers for another night! Furthermore, entrees are delighted to pose!

It All Takes Time

It all takes time. Whatever the activity, time is part of it. There are as many minutes in my day as there is in everyone else's but most often I feel I haven't enough, I'm running out, I'm short of time. As a result, I've decided to meander through my time. What takes my time? How do I want to use my time? What can I do to have more time or feel like there's enough? How do I make more out of the same amount?