Faux Wendy's Frosty

If there is one thing I look most to "in the form of snacks and drinks" this IS IT!!!

I look forward to these all year long. My absolute favorite..

Its not very often I can talk myself into a frosty from Wendys...So this is the identical healthy version.

Start saving all your ripe bananas now...When they get ripe, break them into halves or thirds and throw them all into a ziplock bag and freeze. When you get more ripe bananas, do the same and add them to the same bag...

recipe

About 2 or three handfuls of frozen banana pieces

(Ground chia seed) (Use a coffee grinder) (2 tablespoons)

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup of milk

1 tablespoon of raw cocoa....

(They said u can substitute the bananas for icecubes, but ive never tried it)

blend all in the blender

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Faux Tuna Fish Sandwich

For a year or so after the Japanese Fukushima radiation leak, I stopped eating seafood. I missed it terribly, but the news articles of it showing up on the west coast terrifies me. I had to think of the safety of my family and kids. Even though it sucked terribly and I missed seafood I came up with alternatives to fight those cravings in the mean time. One of my biggest cravings were tuna fish Sammies (or so they are called in our house.) I found this recipe in some of my searches and I was so surprised with the taste I ate it every single day for a week.




One can of drained garbanzo beans (save the juice in a cup).....then add a couple scoops of mayonnaise, salt and pepper...Blend in your blended until slighty chunky (like tuna fish)...if it is having a difficult time blending add a little of the cans juice to it.....then..I mixed in diced up pickles, onions and celery...(you can do your own toppings however you like)..I toasted my bread the dark brown I love...add it to it and mmmmmmmmm!!! My kids loved it, I loved it, tasted just like tuna fish ...my husband was reluctant to try it, but actually enjoyed it after a lot of convincing to just try it....

Sourdough Lunch

I love making this for lunch in the summer when my garden is bountiful....I toast a slice of sourdough bread and top it with a slice of tomato..Then top the tomato with slices of mozzarella cheese...for the sauce..I use a small handful of oregano (no stems), a small handful of rosemary (no stems) about 2 or 3 cloves of fresh garlic cloves, enough olive oil to give a good sauce thickness, salt and course pepper....puree and top over the cheese...... 

Father Figure

Over the years, I've had many wonderful father figures show up in my life. Wonderful men who taught me things; whether is was to be more fun and free, how to do a project, to be loved or just to be an amazing listening ear.


Its been going on a year now since my father hasn't been in my life anymore and never will be again...
It still to this day, amazes me at how influential and necessary a fathers love is. Especially on the day you need it the most.
I have a wonderful husband who guides me in life, teaches me thing and provides unconditional love, but there is a huge difference between a father figure and a husband figure.
There are so many times in a day that I wish I could pick up the phone and call a father, not my father, but a father figure. Those moments where I say "My bathroom faucet has been leaking for a week now after replacing our faucet and we can't figure it out."(which it has been, ugh) The moment the father would say "Im on my way over" the figure who selflessly drops everything to come to the rescue, and lets me watch as he works and teaches me those valuable lessons in life, so that I can relay the knowledge to help someone else one day.
The moment where my husband isn't home but there is a snake in my yard, or a spider on my wall or I need help getting something down from the attic. Those moments...Those moments where I need to talk to a father figure because their advice is different on so many levels than a mother, friend or a husband...They say things differently, they give different advice.
How about the moment when, I want to learn to use a tool for a project. I don't want to ask my husband, I want a father to show me these things. Its different...
I want to not only talk to my mom when I bicker with my husband, but I want that other person.
Mothers are teachers, nurturing and caring, Husbands are honest, Friends I feel obliged to and well fathers are nurturing, honest and teachers.


We can post an ad for Help Wanted, Dog walker wanted, Children nanny wanted, Lawn Service Wanted, Acts for Elderly wanted, Foster Parents Wanted...But I've never seen Father Figure Wanted..
So here goes...Im sending this Wanted Ad into the abyss....


Wanted: Father Figure
Duties:

• Will answer the phone when I need help with something, will selflessly drop everything to come help
• Will come to my house to kill spiders for me when I'm having an anxiety attack
• If I need advice, you will listen and give your most honest opinion, even if it hurts my feelings
• When I am having a fight with my husband, you will tell me it will all work itself out
• You will give me your honest opinion before big purchases like vehicles, toys and houses
• You will help me fix my leaky sink pipes (Yes both) (Well because my husband and I fall short in the plumbing department)
• You will teach me to use power tools (Ive already mastered the jigsaw and the drill, but my next goal is the skilsaw ) (No, not my husbands help, because he is impatient and a terrible teacher and its just not the same)

P.s - After a fishing trip, you will feel compelled to drop some of the extra fish off


Signed,
Your future daughter figure