Sunday, March 15, 2009

Lush Puppy



I swear he didn't learn this from us.

Yummy Salad

Dressing:
3/4 cup ranch salad dressing
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 tsp curry powder
1 garlic clove, pressed

Salad:
1 large Granny Smith Apple
1 medium carrot, peeled and cut
1 salad sized wad of baby spinach leaves
1 small red pepper, diced
1/2 small onion, sliced
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries

Chicken:
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2" cubes
2 Tbsp snipped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Mix ranch, curry, lime juice and garlic. Set aside.

Cut up the apple and the rest of the veg and mix together.

Fry the chicken until no longer pink in the middle. Coat with 1/4 cup of dressing mixture. Add cilantro and almonds.

Add the rest of the dressing to the salad, then lump it all together and eat it. Because it's yummmmmmmmy.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Master Trackers

So, sort of on a whim (and 2/3 of us through coercion and bribery), we joined an Animal Tracking and Sign Interpretation class through the FVCC Continuing Education Center. We and five other were able to join Brian Baxter, a field biologist, in the Owens Sourwine nature preserve and learn how to track critters. We had a blast!



We learned about poop and prints and smells, and were able to identify in the field: raccoons, mink, squirrel (no moose), deer, coyote, beaver, heron, grouse, skunk, and house cat tracks. We rooted around in a few critters' houses and sniffed some poop (whoo!). We saw eagles and geese and deer and had a wonderful day in the great outdoors.



We found what looked to be a heron playground. Very cool tracks all over this little island.



Brian, our fearless leader.

Big thanks to Berit for sending us the photos, since we were too stupid to bring the camera.