A Gold Mine

I recently stumbled upon a gold mine for eating ML approved, Healing Cuisine by Elise. This website is AWESOME! I have been addicted to browsing her website and trying out a bunch of new recipes. Last week, I decided to make the Black Bean Brownies, and I was one happy camper. These brownies were delicious, healthy and very easy to make! I did not make any changes to the recipe. I think these would be great with some pureed strawberries or raspberries. Guess I will have to make them again soon to try it with some pureed fruit sauce.

Almost ready to put into the oven!

The yummy brownies were just the start to a wonderful weekend! We also had landscapers at our house all week and Saturday the project was completed.  Our house came with just a rectangular small concrete patio, we decided to expand it with patio pavers. Check it out:

We also had 4 Cryptomeria trees planted which will hopefully create a natural privacy screen in about 5 years. We absolutely love our new patio! We spent some time on Saturday using sidewalk chalk to draw out the patio furniture "layout" and we think we have it figured out. We ordered a new dining set for our patio and as soon as we have that, I will take a picture of the final new patio!

Well that's it for now...... hope to have a picture of our new "outdoor living" space next time!