Happy Sunday everyone! It has cooled off here temporarily and feels more like fall. Today I am joining Mary Ann and Annie for our Sunday favorites. They are both in Europe. I’m jealous are you? Let’s drown our sorrows and chat about How to Eat Healthy Stay Stylish and More.
PREVENTION-THE BEST VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS FOR BRAIN HEALTH
We try to eat healthy most of the time. Steve loves sweets, but rarely indulges except for a chunk of dark chocolate daily. Sweets are not my downfall, but carbs. I try not to keep crackers etc in the house, I will eat the whole box. FYI did you know you can freeze crackers? I try to pop them in the freezer if we have any left overs to avoid them. At any rate, this article on the best vitamins and nutrients for brain health from Prevention is interesting.
Beautiful Cotswald Home in House and Garden UK
I am drooling over this beautiful Cotswold home by Joanna Wood and photographed by Simon Brown in House and Garden UK. Anyone else want to move in?
Roasted Baby Carrot and Green Bean Salad
I made this baby carrot and green bean salad to take to friends for dinner on Thursday night. It is simple to make, tastes delicious, and makes a nice presentation. Most of my salads are concoctions of what i have on hand or what is fresh. I made a citrus vinaigrette (very similar to this one from Bon Appetit,. I used two packages of Trader Joes baby carrots and one package of their haricots verts. I tossed the green beans in a little bit of the vinaigrette with salt and pepper and roasted them in a foil lined sheet pan in the oven for eight minutes at 425. You want them to be crisp tender. I halved the larger carrots tossed them in a little bit of vinaigrette and roasted them for roughly 20 minutes. Keep your eye on the oven you want them to be crisp tender not mushy. I served them on a bed of arugula with crumbled feta and thinly sliced red onion, and drizzled the vegetables with the citrus vinaigrette. You could add beets or numerous other garden vegetables to the mix. I like this vinaigrette
These are the simple ingredients I used from Trader Joe’s to create this healthy salad.
AARP SIX SECRETS OF STYLISH WOMEN
This article Six Secrets of Stylish Women from AARP is one of the best I have read on the subject. I think you will enjoy it too.
OUTFIT OF THE WEEK
Every item is either reasonable, or on super sale this week. Banana Republic is having their friends and family event almost everything is 40% off.
I ordered these BR refined utility pants (40% off)and they are amazing (great for travel). You will see them on me next week. I think they would be great with this Quince cashmere sweater and their leather jacket, birdies loafers, a leopard crossbody from Gigi New York, Quince has a much more reasonable version here), and J Crew tortoise hoops (40%off).
That’s it from my desk this week. Thank you for reading How to Eat Healthy Stay Stylish and More. On the topic of healthy aging, you might enjoy my post How to Age Positively with Grace here.
What do you have planned for your Sunday? Let’s pop over and visit Mary Ann and Annie for their Sunday favorites to get it started off.
MOST LOVELY THINGS
CLASSIC CASUAL HOME
Hi Cindy. I wanted to let you know I read every single post you write. I’ve been terrible about commenting lately. With my new puppy Bentley (Bernedoodle), and some autumn projects around the cottage, I’ve been a little lazy. You always provide great recipes, innovative ideas for outfits, and home design.
Happy fall.
Karen B.
Cotswolds here I come … since everyone else is traveling somewhere fabulous! Meanwhile, back in real life … your green bean and carrot platter is amazeballs. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you make the prettiest platters. Love the Banana Republic sale … and your OOTW. BR is killing it right now and I’m all in. xo
Hi Juliet
The Banana sale is a good one!!
Hi cindy, wanted to ask you about the fit of the BR pants. They’re so attractive.
I have a small waist but fuller in the bum and thighs…sometimes a six, sometimes an eight, do they run true to size? Always love your posts. Mary
Hi Mary
It sounds like you have my body!! I ordered a 6 petite and they fit perfect. I ordered a petite for the length. I am guessing I would need the 4 in a regular.
I am constantly on the lookout for great salads. This week I am making a very simple salad of diced apple, diced butternut squash, dried cherries, candied pecans, copped artichoke hearts, blackberries, crumbled goat cheese, arugula dressed with a simple vinaigrette made with EVOO, champagne vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, herbs de Provence, the juice of an orange, zest over the top of the salad. It sounds great.
I am going out tomorrow night and my try my version of your outfit if the week. I am excited to put this look together.
Your salad sounds fabulous! I love a great salad.
How did I spend my Sunday? Cindy, you and Steve would have loved to be with me when I visited a vigneron in Carcassonne. We had so much fun tasting wine, then creating our own blend. However, I’m sorry to be missing out on the BR sale. I knew it was coming but can’t be bothered during my travels. Your salad looks just fantastic! You are so creative when you put together ingredients you have on hand.
Hi Wren
I bet you are having a blast!! I learned the art of refrigerator roundup from my Aunt Dodo. She was a master.
When we went to England, the Cotswolds was our favorite place. Do people really live like that? The salad looks delicious and healthy. The outfit is really pretty. I want a few animal print things to supplement my wardrobe.
Hi Nan
I think people do…certainly not me however! You can’t go wrong with animal print. It is a neutral in my book!
I spent my career in women’s high end clothing. One thing I drilled into women was to wear your pretty clothes all the time. Don’t save anything for “good”. When we wear our pretty, well fitting clothes it makes us feel like a Million dollars. Who doesn’t want to feel great. Inside and out. Perhaps it is a generational thing. Who knows. But I’m the lady at the gas station who looks pulled together!
Hi Bonnie
Such great advice! Love the lady at the gas station analogy!!
Your outfit is stunning…a dream outfit.
Hi Sandy
I love a version of this outfit!!
Great salad idea! I am working on getting more vegetables into my diet (Blue Zones inspired) and this ticks that box.
Thanks for the link to the AARP piece. Who knew that we have been Quiet Luxury all these years? I thought we were just being practical!
Cooking up a storm today as it is raining here in San Diego County. Crazy weather year for certain.
Have a great week Cindy!
Hi Holly
Ahhhh the blue zones!! We were just being practical, but the fashion industry needed a moniker!
I found a black wool blend zip jacket with slightly puffed shoulders at a thrift store, here in
California . It was my “go to” garment along with a “ boppers” style hat, while traveling in Ireland and England this past month. The weather was unpredictable and some days warmer, however on the cooler days even with a backpack the jacket looked stylish. I found hats can change a complete look!
Oops! I forgot to note carbs are a problem here too. Are a box of triscuits healthier than other crackers?
Back to clothing ; one of the most attractive outfits I saw in Ireland was the “ sandwich” of black and ochre. Used from a hat down to her shoes.
Hi Ann
Ha! I would probably eat the whole box of triscuts too! I love black and ochre. BR has a beautiful scarf in that combination on sale.
Hi Ann
Don’t you love it when you find treasures in a thrift store? I love a great hat too as you know!
I’m with Steve. I love sweets too but FREQUENTLY indulge. My downfall.
Since I am trying to be gluten and dairy free, I don’t have lots of cheese, crackers/chips and ice cream in the house unless we have company. But freezing them????? Now THERE’S an idea!
Great post as usual – call me when you’re done packing and we’re heading for that house in the Cotswalds…..
Hi Gray
Mary Ann’s friend is the one that gave me the idea. I never thought of freezing crackers!