Tuesday Tidbits

Hi everyone, it’s Tidbits time again and I hope you’ve got your fork ready and your napkin tucked in because I found a blogger with a great imagination and super skills in the kitchen.

Meet Christine from No Gojis No Glory (don’t you just LOVE the name!).  I saw Christine’s popular Roasted Red Potato Salad on Google+ last week and I knew I had to see more!  I liked it so much that I made it for lunch that very day.  It was super delicious and had layers of flavours that will have me making it again and again.

In the past, Christine had tried all sorts of diets but came to the conclusion that eating healthy, wholesome foods is the best way to achieve her  goals of ‘becoming healthier, eating well and living a good life’.  Like many of us, she has a history of diabetes, cancer and heart disease in her family and believes that eating well is one of the ways to combat these illnesses.  I agree wholeheartedly, Christine.  It’s just plain, good, common sense, right?!

Christine`s blog is much like the food she creates – clean and beautiful.  Her photos are mouth-watering and she has produced some truly original dishes that will have you running to your kitchen.  This one caught my eye because I have been pondering a Portobello dish but wasn’t sure where to start.  I no longer have to figure that out because Christine has the perfect answer.

Herbed Portobellos with Fontina and Grilled Vegetables – No Gojis No Glory

And this chicken dish – whew! – can you just taste the flavours?  I am loving the fact that Christine can make a healthy dish look so decadent!  Pineapple and chicken are such a great combination and grilling them only adds to the flavours.

Pineapple Glazed Chicken Teriyaki – No Gojis No Glory

I was truly thrilled to find Christine’s blog because we possess the same  passion  when it comes to healthy eating.  Thanks so much for sharing with us, Christine.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what you bring to us next!

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Now let’s put our forks down and put on our thinking caps with some fun quotes from Albert Einstein.  I had so much fun reading these and he certainly gives you a lot to ponder.  I wonder what he would make of today’s technological advances.

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

• “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”
• “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
• “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
• “I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are details.”
• “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.”
• “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
• “The only real valuable thing is intuition.”
• “A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”
• “I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.”
• “God is subtle but he is not malicious.”
• “Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
• “I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”
• “The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.”
• “Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”
• “Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”
• “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
• “Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.”
• “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
• “Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
• “Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.”
• “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
• “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
• “God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.”
• “The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.”
• “Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.”
• “Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”
• “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”
• “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
• “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
• “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
• “Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
• “Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.”
• “If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
• “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.”

Copyright: Kevin Harris 1995 (may be freely distributed with this acknowledgement)

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Since we’re on the thinking side of things, don’t you just love LIBRARIES!

 The leather, the smell, the solitude…

 The architecture!

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Ok, too much thinking is not good for my brain.  Time to relax on the beautiful island of Santorini.  How many of you have been to Greece?  I have many friends who have travelled there and name it as one of their favourite destinations.  Looking at this view, how could you want to go anywhere else?

A light lunch for two with a carafe of wine at the little table in the top corner, please!

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Dreaming about Greece and luncheons and wine has me thinking about LOVE!  May Baracat has written a short but touching post titled, ‘What You See When You Really Love Someone’.  It’s worth the time.

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So, we did some eating, some thinking, some swooning and finally, if you would like your ‘Awwhhh’ moment of the day, click here or on the pic for more.  Have a good one, everybody!