How to make brussels sprouts taste like candy
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Until al dente, steam
Lightly fry in turmeric butter
I had two helpings
bliss
Posted byKarma at Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1 comments
love affair with vita mix day 3
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Breakfast:
Started with Farmers Market Chantarais Melon.
Then made Spelt-Wheat-Pecan Bread (it kneads bread). It was my first loaf of yeasted bread, ever, it was a bit moist and it didn't rise completely, but still tasted delicious, sith fried eggs.
Prepare 1pkt yeast with 1c water and 1TBS Honey. Set aside for a bit.
1c spelt flour
3/4c wheat flour (next time use 1c)
Put flours in dry blender and whizz to make a well in center. (Next time grind the grain).
Add yeast mixture, 1TBSP caramalized ghee and 1/4c finely chopped pecans.
knead using Vitamethod (on and off quickly until it forms a dough ball)
Turn into a 41/2inx81/2in loaf pan, and let rise 15-25min
bake at 350 degrees for 30-40min
Afternoon:
chips and guac with virgin mojito
3 lemons (peel and quarter) (fresh meyer lemons from the garden, I can eat them like oranges they are so amazing)
1 heaped TBSP evaporated cane juice
1-2 mint leaves
1/4c water
3/4c ice
blend. pour into glass and drink. sigh and smile.
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Joined a foodie cult
Thursday, July 17, 2008
and bought a Vita Mix. I now look at everything with new eyes.
Could I blend that? How would I make that with my Vita Mix?
First recipe was last night, a simple carrot soup, cooked while blending - it blends so fast it comes out hot! It was ok, but I could do way better.
Tonight the food muse blessed me:
Whole wheat spiral pasta with Sun Dried Sweet Pepper and Asparagus sauce
Threw peppers in VM with hot water to rehydrate
Poured off a bit of hot water, added the bottom bits from grilled asparagus
A pinch of ginger powder and 1/4 pinch of salt
Blended till smooth
Mixed sauce with pasta and threw asparagus tips and garlic pieces on top
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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another beautiful day in paradise
Monday, May 12, 2008
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this is turning into a food blog
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Menu
fresh blackberries with cardamom, brown sugar and yoghurt cream
apple and banana granola pancakes with butter and maple syrup
jasmine pearl tea
Sunday is off to a good start.
Time to walk the gourmet ghetto and see if I can find some light mischief.
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Best quick meal ever
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Grabbed some sprouting broccoli and a package of salmon kebabs with greens at TJs on the way home from work-
Came home, dropped my bags, threw the Broccoli in a steamer and the salmon and greens on my grill (best pan purchase ever - get one now), with olive oil, smoked sea salt and red wine vinegar. I seared the salmon so it was rare inside and the greens got slightly crispy with the high heat - wow.
Breakfast was also a religious experience but I won't bore you except to say that I am SERIOUSLY thinking of writing a cookbook. Working title: Karmacuisine - the yogic practice of cooking
Or something like that.
Also finished chapter 1 today of my herbal medicine course and found a great quote from Hippocrates:
Let your medicine be your food and your food, medicine.
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7 of Pentacles
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Seven of Pentacles is a time-out card. It represents those moments after a rush of activity when we stop to catch our breath and look around. The man in the picture has paused to contemplate the fruits of his own labors, but he could also pick that fruit. In readings, the Seven of Pentacles can indicate a reward that will come your way, particularly as a result of your own efforts. Take it and enjoy.
This card is also a call for assessment. When we're busy, we don't always have time to reflect on what we're doing and why. Are we still on course? Are we getting the results we want? Serious problems can develop if you don't take stock at key moments. In readings, this card suggests that you take the time to be sure you're meeting your goals.
I am a member of Gilligan's crew, a play within a play
tossed ashore by an o'er busy sea of hopes, dreams, Expectations
Kidnapped by the Native Men, defiled/deified, bewildered, heartsore.
Where is Spirit? AncesTor? Show me the gate and I will walk through.
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Cook, Bless, Eat#2
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Tonight I made fried polenta with sauteed mushrooms, fennel, and crispy buttery sage. It turned out rather nice, although I am still learning how to crisp my sage just right - I managed one good leaf out of 5.
Work is physically demanding now, and strangely, mentally demanding too - we are setting a new store, and putting products into just the right places and checking numbers is a bit of torture - but the team are great and I love the neighborhood we are in, there is a fabulous food market just 5 mins walk away. Funny - I used to think about clothes and shoes, now I think about fancy condiments and organic vegetables. Anything that says 'raw' on the label - I have to buy it and taste it (I had raw sauerkraut last night, full of prebiotics, amazing).
Trying to muster the courage now to go to anna's jazz island - its open mike night - and I didn't organize far enough in advance to bring a friend along, so should I go on my own and belt out a jazz tune or two?
Posted byKarma at Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2 comments
winelibrary
Saturday, March 15, 2008
My pal Brandon sent me this link. This guy is awesome!
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Cook, Bless, Eat
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Organic Lacintano (Curly Leaf) Kale with Saffron Turmeric Rice
Ingredients (Organic)
Ghee (Clarified Butter)
1/2 tsp Fresh Turmeric
Saffron
Approx 2/3c White Basmati Rice
1 head of Curly Leaf Kale, destalked and cut in chiffron
1 Medium Onion
2-3 Cloves Garlic
Smoked Sea Salt
1st Prepare Rice
Melt approx 1TBS ghee in a large soup pot, add turmeric and rice and stir until rice is translucent. Then add a few strands of saffron and water, cover and simmer until rice is cooked.
While rice is cooking:
Melt 2-3 tsp ghee in a saucepan, add onion and cook until translucent and slightly browned. Add garlic, brown for around 1/2 minute, add kale and cook until soft. Just before finished, add a generous pinch of smoked sea salt and stir. If needed, can add a teaspoon of ghee to moisten just before serving.
serves 2 as a side dish or 1 hungry person as a lovely late-night meal.
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The Tower
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Listen to the cards Karma. Oh I WISH I'd gone to the Ardantane workshop on Valentine's day! I feel I am forcing relationships and old patterns that I should be past now, and my body is fed up and it is shutting me down. On Monday after a particularly stressful evening with a person I have been dating on and off, I tripped going down the steps and hurt my ankle. So no dancing now - that sweet escape has begun to foster clouds of illusion anyway, this seems yet another message. Last night I got food poisioning - and today I really feel the need to go to my women's group (which I have missed for two weeks just because of 'funner' plans), to be there and feel supported but I feel so unwell I can't seem to get out of bed - just making a cup of tea is tiring.
Last Saturday at Pan workshop I drew the Death Card - it frightened me but I also had a feeling that things are needing to die in me so that I can move forward. I didn't account for this being quite so painful, but I did commit to facing it, whatever the consequences. Courage Please!
Posted byKarma at Sunday, February 24, 2008 1 comments
slideshow
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Pictures are such wonderful things. I’ve been sitting with a cup of chamomile tea in front of my laptop playing me flashes of memories over the past 10 years – family, friends, rehearsals, shows, London, Amsterdam, Berkeley, Paris, Toulouse, Barcelona, Dublin… I have such a full and blessed life, every day new challenges, joys and adventures!
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