Happy Saturday! I hope you have some fun plans this weekend to close out the last days of May. I’ve got some meals planned with extended family to celebrate my last week here in the States and I hope to catch up with a few more friends.
The best news is that I’m finally done with my portion of the first draft for the book I’m coauthoring! It’s about planning charity fitness events and in conjunction with my work for Charity Mile. It feels so great to be at a breaking point! There is sure to be more revision ahead, but knowing I have so much already completed is a relief.
In the midst of my work this week I was able to read my way through some great stuff.
Speaking of Charity Mile I was able to do an interview with Healthy Ashley about her involvement in charity fitness events. She is so inspiring! You’ll be ready to lace up your shoes and get in a workout after you read what she has to say.
The school lunchroom grows green was an article on The Christian Science Monitor this week. It talks about lots of wonderful changes schools are making from organic gardening to reducing waste. It is so great to see some positive news in this area!
With the post Every little love adds up, Michelle at Find Your Balance offers some great advice for positive thinking. This post really hit home for me. This is an area I’m always trying to improve with myself.
If you haven’t heard about the Food, Inc. Movie, get ready. I cannot wait until it opens! I was hoping so much that I would get the chance to see it while in the States, but it looks like I’ll have to wait until the fall.
Three Cheers for Beans was a post by Kitchen Courage this week. Check it out for three tasty bean salad recipes perfect for warmer weather. I especially like the one with maple syrup. Sweet beans are a big joke between us and our Brazilian friends. Rice and beans are so common there, but the idea of sweet beans horrifies most of the people we know. Too funny!
Photo of a super cool wine glass that belongs to a good friend of mine.
Loved Michelle article too-am going to check the rest of the links now!
Lori,
Hey Sweetie!
I just found your blog through Veggie Girl’s blogroll. I’m so glad I did! Fake Food Free is totally going in my reader from now on!
Thanks for Michelle’s article. It was great. 😀
Have a wonderful weekend!
With Love,
Emily
Thanks for the bean link. I love all bean recipes!
Love these posts! I always find something new I didn’t know about. Congrats on the book! Enjoy your last bit of time in the US!
I always enjoy your LTAHW! I popped over to Kitchen Courage and now I’m craving black beans, even though I just had some last night. But they are my favorite.
I didn’t know that about sweetened beans not being common in Brazil. I just assumed that since it was a popular ingredient, that it would be used for a variety of dishes, sweet or savory. No worries: they perfected beans with feijoada, in my opinion!
Thanks for visiting my blog, as well as writing about me on your own! I love what I see of your writing, and can’t wait to read more. Thank you!
Sweta – It was well written and such great advice!
curlytop – Thanks for your comment and welcome! Cute blog!
Alison – There are some great recipes there. A nice bean salad is so great for summer.
Erica – Thanks! I’m so glad everyone enjoys the links. I love sharing what I read and helping spread the word about other blogs at the same time.
Tangled Noodle – Yeah, it is funny. They kind of do the gag response when you explain the brown sugar in them like in baked beans. Ha!
Betherann – Thanks I enjoy your blog and that was a great post. I’ve been struggling with keeping my reading up b/c I’m traveling, but I will be visiting more often for sure. 🙂
Enjoy your last week here! And thanks so much for the link to my post!
I have only seen the trailers for Food, Inc. but just saw a screening for FRESH. Lots of good thought-provoking movie making happening about food right now!
congrats on finishing your first draft – what an accomplishment!! love the links 🙂
i just love your links to a healthy weekend! thank you again!