Warm beet and Toasted walnut salad.

Mmmmm... I love beets and nuts and salad. So this is one of my favorites and nice and filling too. Thought I'd share the recipe since I know my sister can't wait to try this!!

First roast the beets:

Try and buy beets around the same size. I bought golden and red beets. Wash and dry, then drizzle with olive oil and wrap each one and place in heated 375 oven. Cook anywhere from 20-60 minutes depending on the size. Just poke one with a fork and if its nice and tender its done. Let them cool till you can touch them and the peels should slide right off. Done! I usually cook 2 beets per person.

While the beets are cooking chop up some walnuts. Just pop them in the over after the beets are done for about 3-5 min and they'll be nice and roasted and READY.



Have some nice greens ready on the plate. I added some red pepper today cause I had some. Cut up the beets and add, toss on some nuts. Goat cheese or feta is also delicious but I was out and then drizzle with the dressing and enjoy.

Dressing:
3tbsp olive oil
2tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp honey
Thats enough about 2 salads

Me and My Boys

Sorry but here's a million photo's of our little family. I had a hard time choosing so I just posted lots. Talon's best friend Kristopher Orr http://blog.kristopherorr.com/ shot our wedding photo's and for Christmas the Toth's got us a session with him again. He always does such an amazing job and now shoots 100% film. The colors are amazing. Thanks Fer!! Best Christmas present ever.... specially when you have to carry it home on a plane:)

Kinda looks like Momma..

Leo's passport photo 6 months

Me 6 months

We've been working on getting Leo's passport done so we can go to my cousins wedding in Portland the end of the month. I took him to Sears the other day to get his photo done. He'd been sick and had a fever but didn't seem too grumpy so we headed over. I guess you need to have a picture with the mouth shut and Leo was smiling and being so cute for every photo it was hard to get one that would work!! After about 15 min they finally got one that worked and when I saw it I instantly thought he looked so much like me when I was a baby. I went home and dug out this photo and you can tell me what you think.