Friday, March 22, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Cutting Back Mother-In-Laws Tongue
Don’t
worry my wonderful mother-in-law, Jan, is safe. Sansevieria trifasciata, a
plant better known as mother-in-laws tongue is one of my favorite house plants. It tolerates neglect and low sunlight and is
the ultimate plant for someone who just can’t seem to get anything to stay
alive.
Mine,
as you can see got a little out of control. I couldn’t find a good visual out there
on pruning this plant, but I did read that you could simply cut back the fronds
in the same shape as they grow. I tried it for myself cutting a few fronds into
points. A couple of months later the plant is still as hardy as ever.
Now
that I know this plant truly is indestructible I plan on being a little more aggressive
with my pruning. I did read that this may stunt the original mother plant, but
force new shoots to grow. With any luck
I should be able to split it later this summer and share with family and
friends.
What
are your favorite house plants?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Green Olive Couscous
I love
this couscous recipe. Eating it from the
serving spoon as I dish the leftovers into tubs love it. It is the perfect mix of flavors, my favorite
salty olives with a burst of lemon and the comfort of sautéed onions. It is
delicious hot, works great at room temperature, and I even love it cold. The
problem is everyone else seems to think it is just “nice” or “works well as a
side dish”. The only other person who
ever got excited about it was my dad. The good news is if this dish doesn’t
light up your world you won’t have felt like you wasted your time. The most
time consuming part is chopping the veggies. I make this for a quick week night
meal with shrimp or sausage. Do you have
a recipe you love, but everyone else is lukewarm on?
Green Olive Couscous
1 cup couscous
2 tbsp olive
oil
1 small red
onion, finely chopped
1 red pepper,
finely chopped
¾ cup green
olives, chopped (My favorite are the applewood smoked by Mezzetta)
1 lemon,
juiced
1 tsp cumin
salt, pepper
1) Bring 1 cup of
water to a boil. Remove from heat and add couscous. Give the couscous a quick
stir and cover.
2) Heat the olive
oil in a large pan. Sauté the onion until it's softened, and then add the red
pepper. Sauté for an additional few minutes.
3) Add the
veggies, olives, lemon juice, and cumin to the couscous. Salt and Pepper to
taste. Mix well, and serve warm or at room temperature
Monday, March 18, 2013
What I've Been Reading
As usual George
Martin makes you fall in love with his characters and then he kills them off! A
Storm of Swords is the third book in the Game of Thrones series. His quick plot
twists keep me on my toes. I do enjoy the books, but don’t really care for some
of the newer characters. I’m still emotionally invested enough in a few of the
characters left that I will pick up the next one. I need to know what happens!
Linking up with 52 Books in 52 Weeks.
Linking up with 52 Books in 52 Weeks.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
One Down Two To Go
All of the toilet seats in our house have some sort of design. This was not one of the big selling points in our house, but we figured it was an easy fix.
A year and a half later we finally got around to replacing one with a plain seat. As you can see my husband was getting a little more help then he bargained for. He has been doing most of the home improvement projects lately, including painting the office. Time for me to step it up and cross some things off the to do list!
A year and a half later we finally got around to replacing one with a plain seat. As you can see my husband was getting a little more help then he bargained for. He has been doing most of the home improvement projects lately, including painting the office. Time for me to step it up and cross some things off the to do list!
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