simple salmon

If you're not comfortable cooking fish yet.. please just try this recipe. It's too easy.

Ingredients:
wild caught salmon
lemon juice
olive oil
salt & pepper
fresh rosemary

Oven! 350. Pour lemon juice and olive oil over salmon generously in a baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and rosemary. Cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes (well.. ok, this depends on the amount of fish and the size of your oven. (I have a small oven and cooked almost 1 lb of salmon.)
Done :) Serve with something green.. like steamed asparagus.. mm

a main squeeze date

I met my friend Jeni at Main Squeeze for a date this morning :) It's probably my favorite place to eat in town. Outside of my apartment.. well.. maybe more - I don't have to do any dishes there...

We got:
a wheat grass shot.. why we don't plan wheat grass on our lawns, I don't understand.
a calico ball.. made of cocoa, peanut butter, and honey, and rolled in coconut shavings. the original trinity truffle.
a ginger tonic.. a juice made of apple, celery, lemon, and ginger
&
a berry berry good smoothie.. made from grape juice, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries

ta ta for now :)

got hemp milk?

"Seeds of the plant cannabis sativa, hemp seed, contain all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life. No other single plant source has the essential amino acids in such an easily digestible form, nor has the essential fatty acids in as perfect a ratio to meet human nutritional needs." -Lynn Osburn

I know I'm not supposed to be playing with my food.. because I need to crack down on school work - but I don't think I'll really be able to change my ways for this last month of class. I felt like a sweet snack in the middle of my work - but I don't have much time to make a mess.. that and I don't have very many groceries right now. The best combination of circumstances to be creative.

This is sweet drink is really simple:

1/4 cup shelled hemp seeds
1 cup water
1 frozen banana, chopped
(optional: vanilla, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg...etc.)

First blend the hemp seeds with the water (add a 1/4 cup at a time) to make a hemp cream, then add the banana and any other ingredients that would satisfy you. The frozen banana was all I thought it needed.

Ok! I can go back to work now..

spicy honey lemon salad

Day 2 of millet.. I'm enjoying it now cold.. in my salad of spinach, red onion and carrots.

Here's the recipe for the spicy honey lemon dressing I mentioned the other day. It's from the Anti-Inflamation Diet and Recipe Book:

2/3 cup lemon juice (3-4 lemons)
1/2 cup honey (or a vegan sweetener)
2 tsp grated lemon zest
1 tsp salt
generous pinch of cayenne pepper

Mix! Done! Goes wonderfully over spinach.

soaked millet

School's almost out, and I'm crazy busy trying to finish everything before I graduate, so I'll be making versatile dishes that can last me the whole week.. for the next 5 or 6 weeks. This week: Millet! This super healthy grain-like seed is full of nutrients and is easy to digest.. Especially when pre-soaked. Here's what to do:

Serves 5-6
Prep by adding 1 cup millet to a jar with enough water to fully cover it. Let it soak for at least 8 (and up to 24) hours. Then rinse!

Add to a pot with 2 - 2 1/2 cups of water and anything else you have/like. I added a chopped up stalk of celery, carrot, green onion, garlic, red bell pepper, salt, parsley, and cumin. Oh - and a little curry powder too. Let it simmer and you'll know when the millet is finished because the dark yellow color will become opaque.

That's it :) I had it for lunch day 1 with steamed broccoli on a bed of spinach.

spring is here! but spring break is over :(

Spring is here!! I returned to Missouri from my vacation in LA to dreamy weather.. Birds, baby leaves, flowers, and bumble bees welcomed me back. What I don't understand is the timing of spring break... how am I supposed to get back to work with weather like this?

Here was lunch - amaranth with carrots and herbs on a bed of spinach with spicy lemon honey dressing, and a cup of hemp milk. I will post the recipes later.. and I'll probably be eating quick and easy meals like this for the next 6 weeks, until I graduate and will have more time to spend cooking.

Carving out time and space from working.. for food :( I wish it was the other way around!!

passover in los angeles

The farmer's market in my hometown in southern California can't be compared to the farmer's market of my current address in Missouri.. beautiful artichokes, 6 different kinds of oranges at one stand and strawberries as big as my hand.. in March. Ah.. at least there's no traffic in Missouri. 1 point...

Here are the vegan macaroons I made for both Seders my family hosted.. they couldn't compete with all the other sugar-y, egg and gluten-full desserts people brought to share.. So I ate most of them :) I was ok with that. Especially when I dipped them in dark chocolate :)

You need:
bananas, dates, and shredded coconut.. you can also add cocoa powder and vanilla extract..
Taste as you go.. don't worry about adding too much coconut.. you can't :)

Blend all ingredients then put into a cake decorating bag, with a large star tip. Then squeeze and twist for the perfect macaroon shape :) Bake at 350 for 20 minutes to so they are dry to the touch and let them sit out to cool all the way through.
Dip in dark chocolate for an extra treat.

Happy Passover! May you all be reclining and enjoying the company of your family..