Jim came home the other day with a huge bowl of cherries. I had every intention of making an Almond/Cherry Couscous but some how they've all disappeared. I guess that's what happens when you just pop "a couple" here and there. Since there weren't enough left for the recipe, I decided to really enjoy the last few dozen we had. The dollop on top of Mr. Cherry is a vegan fruit dipping sauce I just sort of whipped up. Mmm, it tasted like yummy cake batter!

EDIT Here's that Couscous recipe, actually it calls for Quinoa but couscous would work in a pinch:

Spinach-Quinoa Sald with Cherries and Almonds
1/4 c Sliced Almonds
1 1/2 c quinoa (rinsed and drained)
2 c spinach leaves
2 c fresh cherries (pitted and halved) or 1 c dried cherries (chopped)
1 cucumber (peeled, seeded and cut into 1/3 in dice)
1 15 oz can chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
1 small red onion (finely chopped)
1/4 c plain low-fat yogurt
3 T olive oil
2 T fresh lime juice
2 garlic cloves (minced)

1. Preheat oven to 350. Toast almonds for 7-10 minutes.
2. Boil 3 c of salted water over Med. heat. Stir in quinoa. Reduce heat to med. low and simmer for 15 min. or until all liquid has been absorbed
3. Remove from heat and cool, covered, in pot.
4. Lay 5-6 spinach leaves on top of one another. Roll and slice into slivers. Repeat with all spinach.
5. Toss together quinoa, almonds, spinach, cherries, cucumber, chickpeas and red onion in large serving bowl.
6. Whisk together yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic into small bowl. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Chill for 30 min.

(Vegetarian Times, July/August 2006, p. 75)
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We spent all weekend painting our bedroom...white! Can you believe it?! It's the only room in our house that's plain white and I love it. I'm still on the fence on what color scheme I want to go with. Perhaps white with different shades of greens and brown?
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I added a little craft project to Gerbera. I know, I know...who uses cd's anymore? Kickboxing instructors, that's who!
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Movie Talk:

Cars - You may remember the horrible experience we had watching Cars in the theater from a couple weeks ago. A friend of us gave us a copy just so we could watch the last 20 minutes of the movie. I'm really glad he did since the end was so stinkin' cute. Thanks Bosco!

The Devil's Rejects - I was completely prepared to hate this movie but Matt all but said it was his favorite movie so we gave it a try. Ended up liking it a ton more than I thought I would. Sure, it's got a ton of gore but the cinematograpy and music was decent. Surprisingly good.

Ong Bak - Definitely didn't watch it for the story line but Tony Jaa was absolutely amazing.