This blog will help you towards healthier lifestyle choices!

I owned a State Approved K-6 for over 20 years and when it closed, I was devastated. However, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons and so I thought: I went to school for 40 years (one class at a time) and I have a PhD, I'll just look for a better job.



And, I did.....look that is, the "finding" part eluded me. I was 60 years old, never got sick and could outwork almost anyone half my age but, as I was looking for a job, it was NOT looking for me!



In the first two years after my school's closure, I applied for over 450 jobs (everything from Starbucks, to Admin Assistant to jewelry sales) and had no luck.



Finally a friend asked why I was counting the jobs and I realized I was focusing on what was NOT happening instead of what might happen so I quit counting, but not applying.



In order to survive, I sold my house and lived off the proceeds while I continued applying. I lived extremely frugally because I knew that the money would not last forever.



Over the years, I have continued to live frugally and apply for jobs. However, there truly is ageism in America today and I have been unsuccessful in getting a "real" job.



What I have been successful at is cobbling together a life by working at my many part time jobs! Currently, I have 2 jobs each day (subbing in the Auburn School District and tutoring at Sylvan Learning Centers). And I do other jobs occasionally such as Real Estate Broker, Author, and Editor.



Because I am a Health Coach, my passion is helping people be healthier.
Over the years, I've learned much about how to be healthy even if I wasn't wealthy so I decided to share my expertise with you! I will bring you tips, recipes, and many ideas on how to choose a healthy lifestyle, even if you are eating out of the local Food Bank and/or don't have much money to pay for gym memberships!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Pizza and the Spinach Salad

 Originally posted on Monday, November 7, 2011

The Pizza and the Spinach Salad

The pizza crust was the one I got at the Food Bank and it was "multi-grain" and very thick.  I like thin crust so that part wasn't my favorite.  The rest of it tasted great. 

However, those who are hooked on dairy cheese probably wouldn't have liked how the Vegan Cheese didn't melt.  But, it tasted just fine. 

I made a spinach salad to go with it, here's the recipe (all ingredients I got at the Food Bank on Saturday, except for the salad dressing from my friend and the raw sunflower seeds that I had in the freezer):

Baby spinach
Carrots - diced very small
Cauliflower - cut in small pieces
Celery - diced
Grape tomatoes
Raw sunflower seeds (last Spring I had the money to buy 10 pounds and I put it into the freezer)
Raisins
Girard's Raspberry dressing (my friend bought it with food stamps)

Put the spinach on individual salad plates.  Slice and dice carrots, cauliflower and celery and put on top.  Put grape tomatoes and sunflower seed on top.  Add raisins to the top.  Put the dressing on the side so each person can choose how much and what kind to use.

Enjoy!
 
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