Showing posts with label Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tuesday. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 13, 2012



Last week I was obsessed with eating pasta and fresh green salads, this might be from the new walking routine I started last week. Yes, I'm still walking in the mornings on Megan's Beach and loving the fresh start to each day. Since I've started cooking this year I have found it difficult to stick with a recipe, which is why I love making pasta, I feel as though pasta doesn't have any 'rules.' Besides the yummy shrimp and veggie pasta dish above I also made a huge pan of lasagna that is out of this world amazing (sorry no photo.) Do you have a favorite pasta dish?
Now I just need to find something new to make this week that's not involving so much pasta (giggle), suggestions?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012


Last week I cooked the yummiest dumplings with a soba miso soup for dinner!!!! Since I'm a little new to cooking I've noticed that it's really difficult to go exactly by a recipe, so there where a few modifications but everything tasted amazing! This is the dumpling recipe that I found on Design Sponge's blog HERE (substituted ground pork with ground turkey) and the easy miso noodle soup recipe on Steamy Kitchen's site HERE. 
This week I'm thinking Italian! I just picked up a new book called The Silver Spoon Pasta and it has some amazing recipes that I can't wait to try.
Happy Cooking!!!


PS Next week I hope to have made my own photos of the food I make (the above photos are linked back to sources.)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011





St John has over 35 beaches. If you're looking for a small, quiet beach you should check out Jumbie Bay Beach next time you're on St John. It might just end up being your favorite beach.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A change in perspective is always good from time to time.
I'm thinking about taking a few yoga classes this month to tone up and get out of the office. I'm not sure I'm ready for a headstand though. Can you stand on your head? I've read that headstands are good for your brain, heart, and respiratory system.

If you're on St John you might want to take a yoga class with Beth. Take a look HERE for her latest schedule. 


Tuesday, May 31, 2011


Do you ever wish you could switch jobs with your significant other just for a day?

My significant other works on a boat and I know for a fact I would do a terrible job but it would be a lot of fun to go to work with him. Every week he takes guests to Virgin Gorda to explore The Baths. The Baths are giant boulders scattered along the shore and are an amazing natural creation to explore by walking through or snorkeling around. I highly recommend that you include it in your next adventure to the Virgin Islands. You can even rent a small guesthouse within the boulders that is wonderful, take a look HERE.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

  
Can you image...
I found a message in a bottle washed up on the beach?
Just like in the movies!!!
I was so excited to find it I had to bring it home and open it up to see what the note said.  I was expecting the note to say something about being stranded on island and I started to wonder what would make a person write a message in a bottle if they weren’t stranded on an island.
What would your message say?


{message in my bottle}
Tuesday, May 3, 2011


Confession, I have arachnophobia!
Last week I started digging in the ground where I have my garden planted in pots, to try something new. Come to find out my garden is infested with tarantulas! Which explains all of those small holes in the ground. Doesn’t really make me feel like getting down on my knees and planting a seed in the ground, if you know what I mean. Of course I know nothing about a tarantula, and I’m thinking these hairy, crawly, monsters are going to fly up onto my face, and with one bite I will die in the backyard.





Since my phobia is getting in the way of my gardening I’ve decided to do a little research.

Come to find out I cannot die from a tarantula bite, if they did bite me it would be more like a bee sting. I also found out that tarantulas might be some of the biggest spiders in the world but they are the least aggressive and really aren’t that dangerous (just scary.) Tarantulas are also very fragile, so they aren’t likely to be jumping up at my face (sigh of relief.)

About.com has a pretty interesting list if you too need more tarantula information: 10 Cool Facts About Tarantulas.

You might also like this blog post about the Termite Mound.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011


There is nothing tastier than a tomato grown in your own garden. For whatever reason the tomatoes from the market never taste the same. The last couple of weeks Eric and I have been enjoying the most amazing tomatoes with our dinner. I planted “jet star hybrid” and they seem to be the perfect size. I do have to fight the thrush birds to get them; if I don’t pick the tomatoes before they turn red the birds will eat them.




Tuesday, April 19, 2011





Is now the proud owner of two orchid plants. My birthday orchid is still growing strong and has new leaves. I found this encouraging to get another orchid plant and went to visit Duncan at The Orchid Shop located on St Thomas in Tillitt Gardens. He had a beautiful “Pacific Sunspots” that was ready to bloom. Isn’t she gorgeous?!

Photos of my beautiful birthday orchid HERE.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Have you ever been good at something and then one day no matter what you did you where no longer good it? When I moved to St John all my herbs died and I couldn’t get them started again, I thought the seeds where bad, so I planted a lot to make up for the fact that I had failed a few times. I’ve never claimed to have a “green thumb,” there are a few things that I can keep alive, while other plants just wither-up and die if I touch them. Basil has always been an easy plant for me to grow.





If you know me then you know I don’t like to cook but I do like to grow fresh herbs and veggies to eat.

My point is that I’ve over compensated and have more basil then two people can eat. Eric suggested that I start a new business selling basil and call it “Sage’s Basil.” My thought was pesto! Again, if you know me, you know that I could eat pasta every day and be happy, really!

So like any un-chef I went to allrecipes.com and found a pesto recipe I could butcher. I added a lot more garlic, basil, pine nuts, and of course my “magic bullet” thought it was too thick, so instead of more olive oil I added a bit of water so it could turn. Long story, but it is amazing! I wish you could taste it or that I didn’t eat all of it so at least I had a photo to share ;)
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