These bedside tables are truly unique! From suitcases, to ladders, to rolling carts, there are so many unique ways to create a bedside table with character and add distinct personal punch! Many of these options allow you to recycle items and pieces from other areas of your home and re-purpose them for a fun new use. Recycling never looked so good! So use your imagination, or splurge and buy something new and funky! See the collection we put together below and let us know your favorites!
Unique Bedside Tables
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With Summer around the corner, here’s a sweet way to cool down! This Fresh Strawberry Sorbet Recipe is a tasty treat for your taste buds!
Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits. Do you know that one serving is a whole cup! They are yummy and delicious. Now for your Feng Shui benefits. When you create a strawberry sorbet, you have a delicious red treat that can set your intention for fame, power and creativity. Maybe you need to have more power over your food choices, your career, who knows! So make this healthy cool treat and set your intentions. You can have whatever you wish for if you truly ask for it!
Delicious Strawberry Sorbet
Ingredients
- 4 cups quartered fresh strawberries
- 3/4 cup honey (only a 1/2 cup if strawberries are sweet) or you could opt for 1/3 cup agave
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup cold filtered water
Directions
- In a large bowl, mix together strawberries and honey or agave, and allow to stand for 30 minutes to soften berries.
- In a food processor, puree berry mixture in 2 batches.
- Strain into a large bowl.
- Stir in lemon juice and water, and freeze until firm, about 2 1/2 hours.
- Remove from freezer, and beat until smooth.
- Freeze until firm, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove from freezer, and beat again until smooth.
- Turn into a 4- or 5-cup container, cover, and freeze.
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It’s easy to have sweet dreams when your sleeping in beds like these! How do you choose? Well first, I ask my clients if they prefer an upholstered headboard or a wood version. This sets the tone. Also, what style do they prefer–traditional or modern? Do they want a platform bed or something in a frame on legs? Once we have the basic information, the search begins.
Below are some interesting beds that caught my eye. No matter which one you prefer, you are bound to have sweet dreams in one of these beauties.
Clockwise from upper left: Classic Wing Bed by Charles P. Rogers, Rattan and Bamboo Bed by Maitland Smith, Guilded Platform Bed by Julian Chichester, and the Edge Bed by Environment Furniture.
Interesting beds
We also love beds from Baker and J. Robert Scott. From left to right: Baker’s Luxe Bed, J. Robert Scott’s Cardinal Bed and French Line Bed.
Fabulous luxury Beds
Below are some of the options we regularly recommend to our clients from Kravet. Clockwise from upper left: Northport Tall Bed, Cambridge Complete Bed, and lastly the Chelsea Complete Bed.
Beds from Kravet
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Check out this recipe adapted from the Kitchen Geekery!
I love Chicken Cacciatore. Below is a recipe that I have adapted to make it healthier for you, my loyal blog fans. Let’s do a quick history on this recipe.
In cuisine, “alla cacciatora” refers to a meal prepared “hunter-style” with tomatoes, onions, herbs, often bell pepper, and sometimes wine.
Cacciatore is usually chicken, but if you are vegan or vegetarian, you may wish to substitute firm tofu for the chicken. If you are using chicken and have the time, try to cook at a lower temperature for a longer period of time which will make the meat even more tender — just be careful not to cook away the sauce!
The dish can also be prepared in advance, just don’t do the last cycle of cooking, or cook the pasta until you are ready to have the meal. I would use pasta shells, radiattore or farfalle for this dish. I prefer brown rice pasta but you can choose your favorite.
The wonderful red sauce will activate your power and fame Chi and the green basil will enhance your intentions for family! Enjoy this meal with your loved ones and nourish yourself inside and out!
Chicken Cacciatore
Ingredients
- Serves: 4
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Cooking time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 45 minutes
- 4 chicken breasts or one package of extra firm tofu rinsed and drained and then cubed
- 800g/1¾lbs chopped organic tomatoes
- 400g/14 oz radiatorre pasta (or your favorite)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, diced (Optional)
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Olive oil
- A handful of fresh basil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Heat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/
- Fry the chopped onion and the crushed garlic cloves in olive oil until they begin to soften.
- Add the chicken breasts to the pan and cook them until they turn golden, and the onions are soft.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and half a handful of chopped basil, season, and then simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- If the pan is not ovenproof transfer the contents to an oven dish.
- Place in the oven with the lid on and cook for 15-20 or until the chicken is cooked through.
- After the first stage of the sauce cooking, cook the pasta in a pan of boiling, salted water. Taking care to keep the pasta very firm, as the texture is important.
- Add the remaining torn basil to the oven dish, and give it a stir and check if it needs any further seasoning. Once you are satisfied, return it to the oven — uncovered — until the pasta is cooked.
- Drain the pasta, and remove the casserole dish from the oven.
- Serve a whole chicken breast on a bed of pasta topped with sauce.
- Garnish with some small basil leaves and serve hot.
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Phyllis Harbinger
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