Hearty salad without lettuce

Hearty salad without lettuce. This salad is hearty  stays fresh longer than  a lettuce salad. The salad has carrots, cucumbers, celery, tomato, and  colorful sweet peppers. Happy eating!

Do you like jello? Here is an easy way to cut the calories in half with our adding artificial sweeteners.

I add unflavored jello to a regular jello package. Follow the directions on the box. For the unflavored jello you add one cup of hot water and one cup of cold water. You will not miss the extra sugar-it is still sweet. Instead of of 80 calories to 1/2  cup , it is 40 calories to a 1/2 cup. Happy eating!

brighten up your bathroom counter

Brighten up your bathroom counter with a glass of colorful nail polish. It also tidy up the counter space.

Here is a tip to keep your onion fresh and stop the smell from leaking into other foods in the refrigerator.
Place the fresh cut onion  in wax paper and then into a sandwich bag. This will keep the onion fresh longer and seal the smell too.

Here is a wonderful treat to replace flour-Coconut  butter mochi. One of the Hawaiian favorites
Pan size 9 by 13
baking time one hour
temperature 350.

• one box of Mochiko rice flour
• 2 1/2 cups of sugar
• 3 tsp baking flour
• 2 cups of fresh milk
• 4 ounces  butter melted 
• 5 eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
•  1 can of coconut milk
• 1 cup of coconut flakes
• combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Use blender. Pour into  9 by 13 pan that is well creased. Bake for  1 hour at 350
• check if it is done with a toothpick. cool 10-15 enjoy
• Keep this refrigerated and you can warm a piece at a time  in the microwave.

Spring is in the air.

Some pants  thrive better in the sun. I moved my orchid to a different part of my patio to see where the plant grew best. Before it use to bloom only once a year. Now that I move it couple of months ago- it has blossomed three times!