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Light Lunch

Ingredients:

For 4 wild salmon filets (6 oz each)

  • 1/4 tsp Himalayan salt (as desired)
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 Parchment Paper sheet

For the basil bruschetta: (makes 2 1/4 cups)

  • 1/4 cup chopped red onion
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin oil
  • 1 tbsp  balsamic vinegar
  • Himalayan salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste ( as desired)
  • 2 medium vine ripe tomatoes
  • 2 small cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp fresh basil leaves, choppedKalida Corner

Directions:

  1. Combine onion, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, 1/4 tsp salt and pepper. Set aside a 5 minutes.
  2. Chop tomatoes and place in a large bowl. Combine with garlic, basil, onion-balsamic combo and additional salt and pepper to taste. Set aside and let it sit at least 10 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 350. Place the parchment paper on a baking sheet and place the filets on the top of the paper.
  4. Drizzle olive oil on the filets, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  5. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 2 minutes
  6. Serve topped each with generous 1/2 cup basil bruschetta.
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The Authentic Sound

 

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It is the authentic sound that should resonate in our hearts.

 

 

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Wide Meadow…

IMG_9867She put on her gym garment and walked. She took a deep breath and went for a long academic journey. The speed focused on 4.0; the incline quickly adjusted between 0 and 12 percent targeting specific muscle groups and gaining sufficient energy. Mind focused on bright visions of growing, learning, and discovering! Obstacles attempted to pull her off track, but she persisted with a motivated heart aspired to the modest light of dawn.        

IMG_3476 Today, after thirty five thousand and forty miles of creativity and exploration in her academic walk, she sets aside her gym garment and puts on her graduation gown to simply celebrate an innovative self.

IMG_3979 Today, she walks the stairs of the stadium with new perspective of life and with leadership skills of wider vision of growing, learning, and discovering. She walks the stadium while she hears her name proudly pronounced: Kalida Abdul Khalek. And as she walks, she sees herself wandering in a large field full of potentials where she’ll keep reading, writing, learning, growing, discovering, and mostly inspiring!

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It is Kalida’s Corner …