Salsa - Peach-Cilantro Salsa, 186 &187/365

When I first read the blend of ingredients, I wasn't so sure.   I love this over honey-dijon chicken.

4 Peaches (or nectarines), cubed
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 small red onion, chopped.
Fresh lime juice - to taste

Mix all the above!

Brush chicken with fat-free honey-Dijon, salt & pepper and cook in broiler for 4 minutes on each side.  (I pound the chicken to 1/4 inch thick and place 4-6 inches from the heat source.)  This really is EASY and very tastey.  I couldn't find any fresh peaches so I opted for nectarines.   This recipe is from "5-a-day" the better health cookbook.  I REALLY like this cookbook as it is chuck full of flavorful ideas for fruits and vegetables.

"High School Graduate", a poem, 185/365

I will be a participant in April's National Poetry Month through the website "NaPoWriMo".   Click on NaPo and find a TON of poetry websites that are participating!

I will be utilizing Kelli Russell Agodon's "Book of Kells" (blog) writing prompts to help me successfully write 30 poems in 30 days!  (If you click on the b&w "button" on my sidebar, you will also be transported to the writing prompts. 

April 1st Writing Prompt:  Grab a book.  Go to page 29.  Write down 10 words that catch your eye.  Use 7 of the words in a poem.  For "extra credit" have 4 of them appear at the end of a line. 

I grabbed an old book entitled Jack London's Stories for Boys, published in 1936.  The particular story I pulled from is entitled "Love of Life".

   Page 29 Words:  soul, bound, memories, saturating, miserable, unfamiliarity, deliberately

                                     excitement, emptying, and vague.

High School Graduate

Excitement looms, future unsure;

saturated with hopeful

unfamiliarity.

Disappointment and crippling doubt

deliberatley cast aside;

boundless zeal a young soul's guide.

Toward the horizon he races,

in pursuit of an exciting dream;

life's memories in the making.