Posted By Goddess on April 28, 2009

I am way behind on blogging.  I’ve been wrapped up in preparation for Artomatic and the meeting for my neighborhood association.  That meeting is tonight, thank goodness, so I can move my brain onto other things!

As a true sensualist I like to take a little time to make things extra pleasurable when I’m not in a huge hurry.  With food, that means paying attention to color…to texture…to presentation.  I like there to be varied textures.  Bright exciting colors.  Warm, cold and crisp.  Lots of great sensations can be packed into one dinner.

As I write this I am listening to my new Jim Croce Live cd.  Thank you Billy <3

After spying a photo of a yummy hummus salad on my daughter Amber’s Facebook profile, I really wanted that salad.  So, the next day I went out and got the stuff to make one.  Lettuce, hummus, avocado, red pepper, red onion, tomato.  We had olives and chick peas already.  I made homemade falafels for the first time.  I didn’t have coriander or fresh parsley, so my falfel came out rather different than what I am used to, but I actually liked my milder falfel BETTER!   There was enough for three of us.

It was so good I decided to do it again the next day for lunch!  A little nan bread and goat cheese made it great.  Will and I were both able to eat every item on the plate!

Heather’s Feel Good Falafels

1 can of chick peas (garbanzo beans)
2 cloves of garlic
(mash them together good with a potato masher)

Add chopped mild yellow onion - about 1/4 cup
2 tbsp cumin
2 tbsp basil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Mash all the ingredients together.  Make into small patties.

Heat up 1/2″ or so of oil on the stove (I used canola) and fry on each side until golden brown - about 6-8 mins total.

Set aside on plate with paper towel.

Robert, Jenni and I went to Hard Bargain Farm last Friday and bought some eggs. They only had ONE blue egg, and she was allllll mine, bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

We also stopped at B&J’s BBQ stand. Naughty naughty!  I feel bad for the piggy.  But, I reasoned, he was already sacrificed to the bbq gods, so I went ahead and had it.  I am a vegetarian sympathizer, so I try not to eat meat.  It would have been easier to avoid it if my parents had never fed it to me! You can’t miss meat if you’ve never had meat - I don’t think anyway.  Aside from eating pork, I also had dairy. Robbie bought me an ice-cream.

The dairy-free diet seems to be working well for my lungs.  I have been allowing myself a couple servings of dairy per week.  I had a doughnut yesterday too!  Right in front of Tracy!  I guess, it’s hard to resist a Krispy Kreme when it’s RIGHT THERE!  After I ate it I reminded myself that one doughnut was ok, but I certainly don’t want to end up diabetic like my mom and grandma.  All that refined sugar and flour is not so good for a gal like me.  I think it’s good to indulge your sensual food desires, as long as you keep them balanced with food packed with the good stuff too.  I mean, what would we do without chocolate?

Mmmmmmm. YUMMY!   And the ice cream looks good too.

OH!  And about a week or so ago my online etsy friend Lori sent me a few dainty little cookies out of the kindness of her heart, which I shared with my family.  Of course, I ate the pink one! PINK FROSTING - YAY!

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