I confess that I'm a total nerd! One of my favorite things to do as a teenager was to close myself in my room with poster boards, a stack of magazines, scissors, and glue. Oh and don't for get the gold puff paint! Then I would cut, arrange, and glue for hours as I listened to Mariah Carey or Garth Brooks. I would express whatever was going on in my dramatic teen heart. So, hopefully I'm not quite as dramatic these days but every now and again I love to make a good old fashion collage. When I found this blank covered journal, I felt it was the perfect canvas for a December collage. So here it is in all its throwback glory.
Tonight I am adding a diced problano pepper and fresh tomatoes instead of the canned (I didn't have one in the pantry). We are also trying a new type of rice tonight, brown basmati rice that I bought at Aldi a few weeks ago. I may have a little, I try to take it easy on the rice, even though its not one of my allergens at the moment. However, for the rest of the family I like to round out the meal by putting it on top of rice or quinoa. 
