A New Favorite Recipe!!

I have recently become dairy, sugar, and iodized salt, free. But, while on a diet like this, it can be hard to adjust...and NOT giving in to that chocolate craving!!! ; )

So, to help to hone in on these dying-for-sugar moments, my mom found a really good, healthy, and simple recipe for a delish dessert!

Almond Butter Chip Bars
**(or Chocolate Almond Chip Brownies....in desired)


1-16 oz. organic creamy almond butter (not "Not Stir")

1 cup Blue Agave Nectar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1 cup organic carob chips or organic dark chocolate chips



Mix almond butter with a hand blender until creamy. Add blue agave, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, and sea salt. Mix well until all ingredients are thoroughly combined. Mix half of the carob chips or dark chocolate chips into the batter. Pour batter into a well greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with the rest of the carob or chocolate chips. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes. Once out of the oven, it will look like a puffed up souffle'. Let it sit for five minutes before cutting and serving. Substitute other organic nut butters for unique flavors.

**To make the recipe into more of a brownie-like taste, use chocolate almond butter. (But if you cannot find chocolate almond butter at your local grocery store, than you can add organic cocoa and additional agave nectar to the almond butter, before combining with the rest of the ingredients.) We used about 1/2 cup of organic cocoa, and about 1/4-1/2 cup (or to desired sweetness) of the blue agave nectar.

These are yummy!!!!!

Musical Me!

Hope you enjoy this beautiful rendition of "Lullaby of Birdland" sung by: Nikki Yanofsky. This is an old jazz song.... :)

Fashion Goals: 12/8/11

Here are a few goals (in the fashion/sewing department) I've thought up for myself, lately.

1. Learn how to do a vintage hair style

2. Make a vintage a-line dress

3. Perfect my vintage make-up style technique.

The Importance of Horse First Aid

For a project this year...I have been working on learning more in depth about horse first aid. There is a lot more to it than one might expect...
While horses are big, strong, defensive, thousand-pound animals...they can also get themselves into a lot of "scrapes." Being such large animals has its high points, but because horses are flight animals they have the natural instincts of prey animals, which naturally leads to fleeing. Now, when horses flee they don't exactly, always give themselves time to think about what they're doing...in turn leading to unexpected "scrapes"-running into something, stepping somewhere they shouldn't, the possibilities are endless...! So, as horses don't usually plan on getting themselves hurt....we, as humans, their owners, and partners(the head of the "herd") have to be prepared for whatever situations our beloved horses will get themselves into. Thus, to know first aid is vital as a horse owner...trainer...or even just plain lover!
First, and foremost, in emergency care for horses it is important to know how know if a horse is normal.
1 Ask yourself how your horse looks....get into the habit of describing the way your horse looks on a normal day...
- Is my horse alert?
- Does he look limp or glazed-over?
- How is his appetite?
- Are his eyes open, normal, and forward?
- Does my horse react to circumstances as usual?

TO BE CONTINUED...!

Scotty McCreery-A surprise!!

Enjoy this amazing video, of Scotty McCreery at his homecoming concert!!!! (plus an unexpected guest... :D )
Nicki

An Adorible Video!

Equine Diaries

I am officially leasing a horse now! Yay!
It's a really neat feeling....when your trainer tells you, "treat him like he's your own horse" it makes you feel all proud inside and excited to get started and do as much as you can, as soon as you can-to get busy working with "my" horse.
Giddy-that's his name-is a real sweety. He's adorable, and has the cutest, nicest build to him. He is half Arab, half Quarter Horse and a beautiful red/chestnut coloring. I love his dainty, white face markings best! :)
Now that we have been doing lessons for a while and have a few shows chosen to shoot for this summer show season, I am ready and "rearing to go" and get to work with training Giddy (and him training me...) so we can meet our best potential!

Event!

CALLING ALL HORSE-LOVERS, OWNERS, ENTHUSIASTS, COWBOYS, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!

If you have a love for horses like I do, then you're gonna want to gallop on over the Springfield, IL on March 4-6 for the Illinois Horse Fair, presented by the Horsemen's Council of Illinois.

It will be held at the state fair grounds in Springfield.

The schedual is as follows:

Friday 1pm to 7pm

Saturday 9am to 7pm

Sunday 9am to 5pm

Here is a link to the wedsite with more information, such as; the schedual of events, cost, clinicians who will be their, ticket sales, and more!!!

http://www.HorsemensCounsil.org/HorseFair

Hope you can make it, if so have FUN!

~please comment on this post, if this article brought you the the Horse Fair, and if it helped or not!!!!~

Important

Please visit my other blog, Sacred Honor, for a very important post!!!

An Update of My Horse Adventures

I know that I haven't updated on what I've been doing lately with horses. So here's a quick on what I've been up to!
{Me teaching a "first lesson" to my cousin this winter}

{"Keep those heals down in the stirrups!"}

{"Way-to-go! Nice steering"}