so the whole meat thing wasn't workin' out for me.
no matter how many egg whites, beans and nuts i was eating, i wasn't getting enough protein.
so, i added back in some chicken. chicken=yum.
a couple nights ago i decided to make a healthy version of chicken salad...
no matter how many egg whites, beans and nuts i was eating, i wasn't getting enough protein.
so, i added back in some chicken. chicken=yum.
a couple nights ago i decided to make a healthy version of chicken salad...
cubed chicken ( i cooked 4 boneless skinless tenders)
large spoonful of light sour cream
large spoonful of fat free, plain yogurt
a touch of mayo made with olive oil
squirt of spicy mustard
juice of half a lemon
lots of seasonings. just an assortment of your favs, to taste
handful of dehydrated cranberries
diced green bell pepper
handful of raw half walnuts
quartered cherry tomatoes
diced avocado
mix all together, and chill in the freezer for 20 minutes, or for at least an hour in fridge.
serve on 9 grain toast. die of deliciousness.
want to meet our little baby?
that's our dear little Gizmo.
he is 3 months old, and so so so cute and sweet.
he likes fresh green beans, and tasty mango.
he likes to play with his little bouncy ball, and sit on the top perch.
he likes at least 12 hours of sleep, and to be covered with a quilted blankie.
he is really quiet, and is still adjusting to BBL home life, but he is a happy birdie.
we love him!
in other news...i love the way my sofa contrasts with the aqua colored paint on the walls, and how you can see the gray wall of the hallway peeking through. paint makes me happy...
want to know what else makes me happy?
BBL giveaways!
The lovely Brittany from Love Stitched was sweet enough to send me these beautiful earrings so that I could give them away to one of you lovely ladies! I love the gorgeous blue roses. Aren't they so charming? I think they have a lovely vintage feel to them..
Brittany makes other beautiful earrings! I own a pair of her cute rose stud earrings, and they are so pretty. Ted loves them too :) Everyone go check out her wonderful etsy shop!
all you have to do to enter is comment by this Monday at 7:00 PM Arizona time.
xo!
xo!
159 awesomespice comments:
oh my gracious . . . Gizmo's so sweet! i hope your little birdie settles into BBL life quickly and happily! :)
as for the earrings . . . *melt/squee* . . . SOOOOOOOOO pretty! i hope i win! :)
thanks to you and Brittany for the lovely giveaway! :)
wow am I the first comment? this never happens!
Lovely earrings! I hope I win!
and your bird is way cute. just fyi. :)
Will the bird try to fly away if you let it out of its cage?
Cute earrings.
Lauren!! Those earrings are GORGEOUS! Love them! and gizmo is so cute! Hope all is well and we seriously need to meet up and catch up sometime.
Love,
Natalie
pick me pick me pick me! (jumps up and down) i want the golden ticket! PICK ME! Purtty Plz with low calorie sugar on top! PLZZZZZ!
Gizmo is so adorable. I always wanted a bird, but I'm allergic...sad day :( Cute earrings. Oh and ps: I tried the flat iron curling technique...it is the epitome of fantabulousness.
Aww! Gizmo is adorable! I love your home decor. The aqua and red together, slay me. Love!
Those earrings are darling!
I pretty much love everything about this post! And those earrings are tooo pretty.
I think I need to make some chicken salad!
And, those earrings are SO pretty! I would love to win them!
I love your new baby! His little face is so cute!
And the earrings are darling. Also.... could you include some of those sandwiches with the prize if I win? thanks.
your bird is so cute!
those earrings are so adorable too!
Gizmo is adorable! I'm so glad he's adjusting well to liffe at the BBL home!
Those earrings are sooo gorgeous! If I don't win them here I'm definitely going to need to invest in a pair or three :0)
oh my, Gizmo is a cutie! and I agree your walls are awesome.
btw those earrings look adorable too.
I love those earrings!
What a cute little bird! I love your walls!! Those earrings are beautifuL! I hope I win :o)
Love your new baby! What a cutie :) And I love these earrings, very vintage-y. Have a wonderful weekend!
I think I might be the only one that can't see the picture of the earrings! Sad day.
I have an awesome recipe for you though! My mom adapted it from the Grand Central Station Deli in NYC, and I think it is awesome!
Apricot Chicken Salad
2-3 chicken breasts, poach and shred
1/2 C dried apricots, cut into small pieces
1/4 slivered almonds, toast in 1/3 t butter
1-2 green onions, finely chopped
1/2 C poppy seed dressing
Mix it all together...
Its fab!
I think I might be the only one that can't see the picture of the earrings! Sad day.
I have an awesome recipe for you though! My mom adapted it from the Grand Central Station Deli in NYC, and I think it is awesome!
Apricot Chicken Salad
2-3 chicken breasts, poach and shred
1/2 C dried apricots, cut into small pieces
1/4 slivered almonds, toast in 1/3 t butter
1-2 green onions, finely chopped
1/2 C poppy seed dressing
Mix it all together...
Its fab!
love your cute bird! how fun! and the earrings are so adorable!
I flippin love those earrings. And Gizmo. And your bangs.
I flippin love those earrings. And Gizmo. And your bangs.
Loving those beautiful earrings, they actually remind me of some my grandmother had, hers were clip ons, she had great style. Anyhow I love your blog and all the fun tips and pictures.
What a beautiful bird!
I have a true love for vintage earrings. Definitely hope I win!
Ahh! I love birdies!!
Super cute earrings... Her etsy shop is pretty sweet. :)
Can I just say how much I adore your blog!!! I just found it! You are your hubs are so gorgeous.
Little Gizmo is precious-- I had a bird that looked just like him named Jake!
That recipe looks delicious... I have to try it out! I did the no meat thing for a year but couldn't handle it, so I have been eating more chicken lately too. :)
dude those are SA-weet!
That chicken sandwich looks good! And your bird is super cute! I have a little bird exactly like that! But he's a she! :)
as usual, the photos are great, Lauren! love the name Gizmo for your new birdie... and lovin the Zooey bangs! :)
Brittany! you are making such cute things! way to go! i love it all!
Your bangs look good, it adds to your uniqueness. Love them.
That bird is so cute. Im kinda afraid of birds, but yours looks friendly.
Those earrings are very cute!
so cute! i would love these! your bangs are way cute!
Adorable earrings! And Gizmo looks like a cheerful little addition to your home. :-)
Gizmo is so cute. We used to have one growing up!
The earrings are adorable too!
I love that birdie....Can we have Gizmo eating Pocket Edward?
i absolutely love the colors of your house! i never would have thought to put those colors together but they look so good. you're brilliant. :)
also, LOVE the earrings. :)
I love those earings!! And even though I'm not an animal person, while reading this post I started thinking how fun it would be to have a bird. But then that thought went away when I remembered I'd still have to clean up after it. I've got enough cleaning to do around my house without an animal.
Gizmo is the sweetest! Is he smiling in that photo? Yes, I believe he IS! Have fun with him! I hope he doesn't shell seeds and throw them all of the floor like parakeets do!!
Yummy recipe! I have been trying to eat less meat too. It's hard! You have to keep track of that "protein from alternate sources"! I am goint to ry your salad!
The fringe is very cute! If you read "Little House on the Prairie" Pa called bangs "that lunatic fringe"! He obviously didn't care for them!
oooh cute earings!!
Keep at it Lauren! Way to go! I love adding a little celery salt in my egg salad, chicken salad, potato salad!
Love ya girl!
Your birdie is so beautiful!
And those earrings are precious!!
Your birdie is presh.
AND I L-O-V-E those earrings. Yesss please.
1. Love Gizmo
2. Love the couch/wall contrast
3. Love the recipe
4. Love the earrings.
5. All you need is love.
ooh i love those!
Gizmo is so so SO cute!
And, your bangs are awesome! Especially with that headband.
AND, I love those earrings.
Your blog makes me happy.
Gizmo looks so cute and happy! and your haircut looks great! :-)
I love your blog! Your birdy baby is so very sweet. Good luck with him!
ooh, those earrings are beautiful by the way. C:
I used to have a bird like Gizmo! He's so cute! PIck me for the earrings! I need a "pick-me-up" on my self esteem, maybe it will do the trick!
I don't usually like floral jewelry, but the earring are so classy looking!
cute headband and earrings!
Gizmo is so cute! Your walls are fabulous, I can't wait until we move to a new house so I can paint to my hearts content :) Love the earrings!
I love, love, love the fringe, the birdie, your walls, and the fabulous earrings!! :)
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!! love!! also, i love gizmo!! and that chicken salad looks DIVINE!! you're so creative and cute!! i hope i get those earrings!!
why must etsy have so many cute things and i must be so poor? sad.
Love your version of chicken salad, your birdie is adorable, love love your paint color, and those earrings are so stinkin cute!
:)
Love the earrings and keeping up with your cute blog. Have a great day!
mm vintage.
how i adore le vintage.
Gizmo is way cute! =]
I love her Scarlet O'Hara headband =]
Happy Saturday!
THANKS FOR THE FEATURE LAUREN! WE ARE SO EXCITED TO FIND OUT WHO THE WINNER IS :)
Those earrings are fab! They remind me of a pair I had when I was little girl! Congrats on the new bird!
Love those earrings!!!
I really love the aqua walls with the red couch. :)
Gizmo is a PERFECT name for a bird. So cute!
im in love.
birds are my #1 fear. but to each their own!
cute vintage looking earrings :)
Those earrings are phenominal!
Love the earrings!
Aww Gizmo is super cute!! I'm sure he has a happy home with you guys! :) And those earrings are soo pretty! I will have to check out her shop...
Hope you're having a lovely Saturday!
Uhmmm hi!
Gizmo is quite the cutie! What a fun addition to your family! I too love the couch/wall contrast and the vintage earrings are amazing!!
Cute earrings! Love them!
I noticed in your pic of your new baby (adorable, btw) that it didn't appear that you had anything lining his cage bottom.
If you don't, newspaper makes a great cage liner. Unless you are using white paper and I can't see it!
I love cockatiels. My parents raised them when I was a kid.
Oh.my.gosh! Gizmo looks almost identical to my cockatiel George and the cage is pretty much the same too... hehe. :)
Lauren Lou! You are so cute. LOVE how youve painted! I wanna see alll the rooms! I bet its amazzzin! I want those earrings. SOO pretty. they make me feel like theres a young orphan girl selling those pretty flowers on the corner of a street. like in the movie, Little Princess. Anyway, i also am in love with gizmo...and i dont even know him, just how it is with channing tatum. mmm , anyway, love the Fringe still...fits you!
Lauren Lou! You are so cute. LOVE how youve painted! I wanna see alll the rooms! I bet its amazzzin! I want those earrings. SOO pretty. they make me feel like theres a young orphan girl selling those pretty flowers on the corner of a street. like in the movie, Little Princess. Anyway, i also am in love with gizmo...and i dont even know him, just how it is with channing tatum. mmm , anyway, love the Fringe still...fits you!
Lauren Lou! You are so cute. LOVE how youve painted! I wanna see alll the rooms! I bet its amazzzin! I want those earrings. SOO pretty. they make me feel like theres a young orphan girl selling those pretty flowers on the corner of a street. like in the movie, Little Princess. Anyway, i also am in love with gizmo...and i dont even know him, just how it is with channing tatum. mmm , anyway, love the Fringe still...fits you!
I always wanted a bird, but my mom's afraid of birds. He's so cute!
Your bird is cute & I love those earrings!
Sooo cute!
Lovin the bangs
Yay, enter me!
Cant wait for the results!
aw your bird is so cute :) and so are those ear rings!
62 comments? holy cow i wish i could get 3 or 4 comments on my blog. i wish. anyways, i want a bird. like really bad but my husband says no. i also want a baby though too. i really like your blog. its fun to read, it makes me happy. i feel like im bff with you and i dont even know you. we are fb friends though so thats cool...anyways... thanks for blogging all the time. i really like it. p.s. i really love your headbands, id buy one but i look stupid with them on. my favorite is the allison, if you made it like headband that went behind my ears, id be all over it. you dont have to but its cool. haha :)
I love blue walls ANd blue earrings!
I love your bird's Mohawk! Count me in on the giveaway! :)
Aww Gizmo is so cute, he's a white version of my bird Holly =D
yay for giveaways! love any vintage-y things
Your bird is adorable!!
and those earrings are gorgeous!
Your 'fringe' looks super cute! I love painted walls, to bad I am to lazy to actually paint. :)
Your bird is so so pretty....the earrings are lovely too :)
Gizmo is just a baby!! Such a cutie!!
Love the fringe, even though I've already said that a million times. ;)
Those earrings are beautiful!
I love them. So glad that you put her up on your blog, I will have to go and visit her site more often. I have been wondering where everyone got those cute rose earrings.
OK you know how when you are in the dashboard part of blogger an you have the title of someon'e new post an a picture and a couple of words? Well I see yours tonight and it says "Meet Gizmo" then a big picture if a chicken salad sandwich!! Yeahh I've had that kind of day.. But the real Gizmo is super cute and new Fringes look good too! Have a great Sunday!
Hi Lauren! I've been a long time reader, but I'm a first time commenter. (I know, creepin' much? Sorry about that. Haha.) But I commented on your page on facebook and told you how I had never commented. So I figured I would be brave. I absolutely adore reading your blog, and look forward to every post. Your vintage, eclectic, and romantic tastes have inspired me as I've decorated my new apartment. Thanks for being in inspiration!
I love the paint colors! Darling. And the earrings....oh please oh please oh please!
I had a Cockatiel when I was a kid-- great bird.
I love the earrings! So pretty!
The little birdie is so sweet!! Oh! Also, I'm so happy I bought one of your headbands :) Now, I just have to patiently check the mailbox every day!!
<3 Kristin <3
After seeing that "healthy chicken sandwhich and how you described it thats exactly what i want for sunday dinner yum! Gizmo is adorable, I want a bird you are lucky he's quiet that's the one thing i think would steer me away from that pet species :)...
oh and put me down for those earings! I love giveaways! and I really wanna win! *fingers crossed* sorry for all the exclamations today's just a loud day! haha :)
Hello Queen of everything good in the home, from damask to red couches. Anywho, just wondering where you got your bedding from? Good quality damask bedding is super hard to come by.
Gizmo's a cutie pie! I love those earrings. so vintage and girly!
Cute birdie! and yummy sandwich! and, love the earrings. they really do look vintage.
I'm getting hungry just looking at that Chicken Salad! And i LOVE the earrings :)
absolutely gorgeous! - the bird, the paint AND the earrings! :)
Gizmo is so cute..
How much fun.. I always wanted a bird...
Also love the new fringe..
I got one last year and then I somehow let it grow out.. Think I might go for it again..
SUPER cute earrings..
They do have a vintage feel.
Gizmo is sooo adorable!! And the chicken sandwich looks delish! Plus, the bangs look great and those earrings are precious :)
Youre chicken salad sounds soo yummy!! I will def have to try that this week. I love chicken salad.
Youre chicken salad sounds soo yummy!! I will def have to try that this week. I love chicken salad.
I went on the Etsy site and started creating a mental list of the things I loved and the list got too long to remember. There wasn't anything on there that I didn't like.
Gizmo is adorable, congrats on your new baby! <3
ohhh i love those earrings! so cute! i think the colors are AH MAZE ING
Gizmo looks so happy! I love birdies. :) I'm glad you finally got your little bird. I know you've been wanting one for a long time.
that chicken salad looks amazing! it sounds perfect for a lazy sunday lunch! and gizmo, just precious! :)
i am loving the "fringe!" i tried bangs once in the 7th grade only to be made fun of constantly. never doing that again! haha.
gizmo is adorable! he looks so happy.
those earrings are lovely! :)
I am starving my guts out right now. Please bring me over some chicken salad!! Gizmo = cutest bird ever! I must say I'm not the fondest of birds because of Hitchcock's The Birds dun dun dun...but Gizmo is not scary and I already love him. P.S.I am totally loving on those earrings!!
i love the colors of your home together. those are the ones i picked out for my kitchen! :)
and more jewelry, who couldn't want that?
Hello Gizmo!! What a cutie!!!
Congrats on your new Gizmo! And love the earrings; I love vintage.
Congratulations on your new little baby! Also, I'm really adoring your "fringe."
The earings are so cute!
I love the earings.
Hope I win! I lOvE them!
chicken salad sounds delicious!
Every girl's dream..a lovely pair of earrings!!!
I could never own a bird because they freak me out for some reason, but Gizmo is adorable!And so are those earrings!
I love the contrast of your sofa and the wall too & your fringe looks fabulous.
Such cute earrings!
Roses and vintage style = LOVE!
Your new birdie is super cute. I had a bird just like yours when I was little.. and we taught it many tricks. -- They are much easier to take care of than dogs and cats.. good choice for now in your apartment living years...
Glad your back to some meat now!
The chicken salad looks delish!
Aren't birds fun to have!!! Hey, I'll be in Mesa in a few weeks! Just thought you'd like to know that!
aww so cute (the birdie and the ear rings!)
Okay so those earrings are so increda-darling! :] love them so much. it would be way sweet if i could win them
Cute earrings!! Oh and I love your couch.
Gizmo made me smile very big - so cute!
i would DIE to have those earrings! please let me win.
Love Love Love the sweet lil birdie! and the earrings! I would rock those babies!!!
Im always up for a giveaway!
youve got fun things to give away!! pick meeeeee!!!!
super cute- the earrings, Gizmo and your apartment!
Darling earrings, would love a pair, but who wouldn't?
lovely earings!! :)
Blue rose are my favorite. I seriously gasped when I scrolled down and saw these. Studs are perfect right now 'cause baby likes to pull on long earings. Also, to plead my case further even though I know this is random pickings,I have an antique jewelry box that is gold has feet and a creme porcelain top painted with blue roses. It is what I keep my wedding ring in. I would totes put those in there too. Yes please, I would like to enter.
awe. gizmo!
those earrings are super cute! love them =]
i would love to win these earings! They are so cute.
Gizmo looks a little shy, maybe someday he'll show his cute face!
As for the earrings... love the vintage look :)
Those earrings are fabulous! I have yellow rosettes from cheapo XXI that I heart. I would love more ear jewelry!
Love these!
Those are adorable...love them!
Those are some pretty cute earrings so I'll take my chances & comment. Woo!
Vintage earrings = I need them!
Ummm love and a half!! I'll take em!
love these! they are perfect for casual days or when dressing up.
great accessory!
--Shelby
REALLY cute!!! I want a pair!
Cute earrings!
Gizmo totally fits your little home :) And those earrings are fabulous! I am definitely going to have to visit her shop. Thanks for the links!
Presh earrings. Anyone who sees me on a relatively regular basis knows that I love wearing earrings.
When my parents home was broken into last year Aprl '09, the burglars stole a lot of my fav earrings (some of them from England). It was a very sad day.
Know what I LOVE BBL Give Aways!
One of my resolutions this year: Wear more jewelry!!
Those earrings are adorable :)
those earrings are so cute and very vintagy! you should see my apartment..it's like the spitting imagine of your apartment..including a red ikea couch, the same damsak target bedspread and everything else red, black and turquoise!
Gizmo is so cute! Makes me miss my bird! =(
Cute earrings! LOVE THEM!!!
Gizmo is so cute! Makes me miss my bird! =(
Cute earrings! LOVE THEM!!!
love the earrings. Love the bird. :D
Hey Lar, can I just say that i am in love with the colors in your pictures. Your light blue wall and red couch are to die for. I love the pictures of Gizmo, so cute, he is a super cute birdy! I have always wanted a bird, but I can't stand their noises. Sam is buying chickens next month, joy. I hardly ever comment, but I read often :). It's been a while since I've been to Goodwill, and that's probably why I haven't seen you lately :). Jen
I LOVE that you named your bird Gizmo!! I got a puppy for my birthday last year and his name is Gizmo too!! I love your blog too so that makes it extra awesome :)
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