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| Dark Chocolate Fudge with cinnamon and cayenne pepper |
Sunday, February 6, 2011
mexican chocolate fudge
dark chocolate gives us energy right??
Friday, February 4, 2011
{this moment}
Fridays inspired by SouleMama:
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
i think i can...i think i can
My thinking brain has been focused on my dissertation when I am not working. As a result, I still haven't sat down and contemplated my intentions for 2011. I guess my downtime has just been a little less than productive. I did buy a new book, Crazy Sexy Diet, which has gotten a ton of press lately. The author has stage 4 cancer, a very rare cancer, and has been stable for 8 or so years, so she is a nice reminder that stable is good, no, Great!
I was looking through the book and felt inspired to try a green smoothie. I have read a lot about green smoothies and juicing. I used to juice all the time but at the moment, juicing does not agree with my chemo meds so I think smoothies are a little more tolerable. I made one this weekend and it was quite delicious.
I have fallen off the 'kick cancer's ass' diet lately...just a little. I have been a little more 'flexible' with snacking out - mainly with white flours and sugar. Maybe it is the winter and the lack of farm fresh veggies? I try to bake whole grains at home, with less sugar and no white flour. But I don't always have time lately. Then, I am at work and it is 3 o'clock and I am tired and I crave a baked good and I don't have a homemade one from home. Starbucks is right there, outside my office building and across the street...marble pound calls my name...
So anyway, back to an intention...they say green smoothies (and juicing) really helps with energy. Since I am working, writing a dissertation, and trying to celebrate life and stable cancer with Mike, one of my intentions this year is to try to find healthy ways to naturally increase my energy. I will start with trying out some green smoothies for breakfast!
Here is one recipe in case you want to experiment!
I was looking through the book and felt inspired to try a green smoothie. I have read a lot about green smoothies and juicing. I used to juice all the time but at the moment, juicing does not agree with my chemo meds so I think smoothies are a little more tolerable. I made one this weekend and it was quite delicious.
I have fallen off the 'kick cancer's ass' diet lately...just a little. I have been a little more 'flexible' with snacking out - mainly with white flours and sugar. Maybe it is the winter and the lack of farm fresh veggies? I try to bake whole grains at home, with less sugar and no white flour. But I don't always have time lately. Then, I am at work and it is 3 o'clock and I am tired and I crave a baked good and I don't have a homemade one from home. Starbucks is right there, outside my office building and across the street...marble pound calls my name...
So anyway, back to an intention...they say green smoothies (and juicing) really helps with energy. Since I am working, writing a dissertation, and trying to celebrate life and stable cancer with Mike, one of my intentions this year is to try to find healthy ways to naturally increase my energy. I will start with trying out some green smoothies for breakfast!
Here is one recipe in case you want to experiment!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
baking with whole-grain flours
I have done a lot of experimenting with whole grain flours in my baking. I have made some delicious things. However, it is not always successful. Sometimes, the flavor is delicious but the texture can be 'funny'/bad. There are some recipes I have tried 3 or 4 times before getting it right and sometimes, I just have to add in a 1/4 of a cup of the (bad) white flour...
This wonderful book has helped me a lot!
It is organized by type of whole grain flour for each chapter. I actually haven't tried the exact recipes from the 'amaranth' chapter yet but I put some in chocolate chip cookies recently. Seriously, they were the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever tried. Mike agrees. I do love the whole grain amaranth, I mix it with millet or quinoa and it is yummy, but now, I want to put amaranth flour in everything!
From the cookbook, I have made spelt carrot muffins, barley strawberry scones, spelt currant scones (we like our scones here), and a few things with buckwheat. I can't wait to try the chocolate persimmon muffins when persimmons are in season next. The beet and quinoa pancakes sound amazing. Ginger peach muffins with oat flour?! I am making corn flour and gruyere muffins tonight...
A lovely, delicious book, and the photos are beautiful.
This wonderful book has helped me a lot!
It is organized by type of whole grain flour for each chapter. I actually haven't tried the exact recipes from the 'amaranth' chapter yet but I put some in chocolate chip cookies recently. Seriously, they were the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever tried. Mike agrees. I do love the whole grain amaranth, I mix it with millet or quinoa and it is yummy, but now, I want to put amaranth flour in everything!
From the cookbook, I have made spelt carrot muffins, barley strawberry scones, spelt currant scones (we like our scones here), and a few things with buckwheat. I can't wait to try the chocolate persimmon muffins when persimmons are in season next. The beet and quinoa pancakes sound amazing. Ginger peach muffins with oat flour?! I am making corn flour and gruyere muffins tonight...
A lovely, delicious book, and the photos are beautiful.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
school
Did i tell you i was back at school again? yes...after a 2 year break, i am back. this is my second semester back! of course, it seems like i am always in school. i came to the RU campus in 2000 and never left. between work and 2 graduate programs, i have been there ever since. i do love it. the work and the school. last semester, i brought back about 20 books to the library (my old dissertation topic) and hung out in the stacks getting 20 or so new books (on my new dissertation topic).
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| picnik formatting into Polaroid |
i am in the stage of the doctoral program in which i am really working on my own except for meeting with my chair from time to time. it is a difficult stage for me, without the structure. i loved when i was in classes, and i had exams and papers due on exact days...now it is all up to me and my energy, motivation, and focus. working full time and fighting cancer impacts all of that, but i actually have more written for my proposal then i have ever in the past!! so i am staying positive here and enjoying it. i am trying to concentrate on the dissertation without getting extremely overwhelmed (tricky business!). my friends/peers are helping me feel motivated too - thanks guys!!
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| snowy campus; Kaimal Mark II lens, Alfred Infrared 'film' |
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| Kaimal Mark II lens, BlacKeys Supergrain 'film' |
Sunday, January 23, 2011
more snow!
I am enjoying the pretty, snowy, sunny days. Before I know it, my snowy thoughts will be left in the dust and I will be constantly scheming ways to see the ocean in the warm weather. It is funny how much I love the individual seasons equally. More snow on its way??
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| Libby's photo shoot |
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| Mike, giving an urban city lecture despite low temperatures |
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| the city, out there |
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
social work research, Dali, and CAKE
not necessarily in that order...donna and i went to florida to attend a conference. we squeezed in some fun between sessions of learning!
we stumbled across a national historic landmark and museum, the henry b. plant museum. when we saw the sign, i was thinking actual plants...but instead it was a historic landmark, the restored and preserved rooms of a once victorian hotel with worldly treasures from the late 1800's. it was so fun to explore.
social work social work social work research research research...then another break, this time, an intentional mission to Dali and CAKE. we hoped over to St. Pete's and went to the newly renovated Dali museum (Dali is one of my favs) and then went to the Jannus Landing and danced to CAKE. come on, Dali and CAKE in one day? pretty awesome.
we stumbled across a national historic landmark and museum, the henry b. plant museum. when we saw the sign, i was thinking actual plants...but instead it was a historic landmark, the restored and preserved rooms of a once victorian hotel with worldly treasures from the late 1800's. it was so fun to explore.
social work social work social work research research research...then another break, this time, an intentional mission to Dali and CAKE. we hoped over to St. Pete's and went to the newly renovated Dali museum (Dali is one of my favs) and then went to the Jannus Landing and danced to CAKE. come on, Dali and CAKE in one day? pretty awesome.
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