Happy Memorial Day!

I'm taking the day off - talk to you guys tomorrow.


Check out the Cooking Channel while I'm gone!

Summer Sandals: Jeffrey Campbell Snick Slingback Stud Wedge Sandals

Check out these hot studded wedge sandals by Jeffrey Campbell sold at Intermix.  This would look so cute with a white gauze flowy top and denim shorts.


Please let me know if you've tried this out or have them - they are so cute, but I'm not sure if I can deal with the height.


 $165

Recipe Alert: Massaged Kale Salad with Shrimp

I was at Mecca Whole Foods a few weeks ago with the kids, and one of the nutritionists on staff was doing a Massaged Kale Salad demonstration.  I was all over this.  I wasn't ready for salads as an entree, so I waited a few weeks and I designed and enjoyed this massaged kale salad with shrimp recipe last night for myself (my daughter took bites here and there, but my hubby and son would not go near this.. hehe)


This was so fresh tasting and definitely a yummy summer salad.  The shrimp makes a good protein addition, but you could do grilled chicken or tofu, if you desire.


Massaged Kale Salad with Shrimp
Serves 4
1 bunch of kale, de-stemmed
1/2 red onion, chopped and diced
1 avocado
2 tbsp good olive oil
1/2-1 freshly squeezed lemon (more or less to your taste, i always prefer more)
1/2-1 T of sea salt (again, to your taste)
pepper (to your taste)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds (prefer roasted and unsalted)
1 lb of cooked clean shrimp (as per your liking. I either grill or broil in oven)


Wash and pat dry kale. Roll up kale and cut into shreds and strips.
Wash and dry your hands :)
Place in large bowl and cover kale with sea salt.
Massage kale with your hands until it starts breaking down and becomes tender.
Add avocado, olive oil and lemon to kale and continue to massage.

Add onion, sunflower seeds, shrimp, pepper and toss.



Serve and enjoy!

Summer Sandals: Miss Trish for Target

Happy Friday! I finally feel like summer is coming and I'm getting inspired to start wearing sandals.  I just took a trip to Target and saw they still had styles from the Miss Trish for Target line.  These are adorable.. I should have picked some up last year, but they are selling them online.

These are so cute in person, pic does them no justice.

$24.99

$24.99

Taking some years off...

I need advice - I am 28 and starting to get fine lines under my eyes. I really haven't noticed them until last month. I usually never use any product on my face, other than Oil of Olay (just like Mom!).  My mom, who will be 60 in August, has used Oil of Olay or Almond Oil on her face every night, and her skin is smooth, with minimal lines and sagging.  I'm wondering, should I keep using Oil of Olay, or does anyone have any recommendations?


I did read about Kinerase Intensive Eye Cream being really good.  Has anyone tried it?


Also, do you girls sleep with your bras on or off? I wonder if it makes any difference in sagging....don't want any fried eggs on a nail.....*chuckle*

Giveaway Time!

Missy Maintains is giving away  Exhale Core Fusion: Lean & Toned.

Enter her contest here!


Good luck!

Magazine Review: Shape, June 2010

I usually love SHAPE, but I didn't want to buy it this month.  Kim Kardashian, who now appears to be Asian, is on the cover.  I usually buy health and fitness magazines to get inspired or aspire to be the healthy people in the magazines.  If I aspired to be a knifed up media whore, I would have read Tila Tequila or Heidi Montag's blog - but even they have the balls to admit who and what they are.


But, I bought it anyway - and it'll be the last issue I buy.

picture courtesy of bittenandbound.com 

Kim, who is a spokeswoman for Carl's Jr. (a fast-food chain), a diet pill (QuickTrim), a skin care line and clearly has taken many trips to her mother's plastic surgeon's office - is not the prime candidate for the SHAPE cover.   SHAPE's Editor-in-Chief Valerie Latona says, "we've started to get a lot of negative feedback about the fact that Kim Kardashian admits to taking diet pills-and how could Shape EVER put someone like that on our cover??

Let me share my own story: When Kim Kardashian came to us about a cover (obviously - Kris knows their 15 minutes is almost up and working every angle possible), my knee-jerk response was similar: "Absolutely not. I don't want someone on the cover of Shape who takes diet pills and doesn't work out or eat healthy." But when I actually took the time to listen and find out more about Kim, about her dedication to working out (which started when she was young), and about how she really struggles with her weight and food-and particularly sweets (my own weakness)-I started slowly warming to her. And when I found out more about what Kim Kardashian actually does during her workouts, I was officially a fan.

Then Shape interviewed Kim-and her story was incredibly motivating and compelling...and real."

REALLY?  Just because she works out with Gunnar Peterson doesn't mean her belly and body don't stay taut due to a little nip tuck from the doctor.  I'm sorry, I thought I bought SHAPE and not US Weekly.  SHAPE clearly did this to boost their magazine sales, and while it was a good marketing tactic for them - I'm sure they did nothing but insult their audience. If Kim were to actually come out and tell the public the truth about her plastic surgeries and treatments, instead of promoting workout videos and diet pills, she might have some more credibility. 

SHAPE, if you feature someone who isn't an empty shell and has to rely on plastic surgery to make themselves pretty... perhaps someone I can relate to - maybe I'll come back to you. But until now, I'm good.


Did you read this edition of SHAPE? If so, what did you think? Comment here or hit me back on Twitter @Tastelookgood.