Whats on the Menu??

Tonight I spent a lot of time in the kitchen! There's two things I've been wanting to make for a long time! And it was just a matter of taking the time to do it - but when I work all day and come home at 5:30 then make Nick and I dinner - I'm really not up to much cooking after that! So today I just decided to do it!

Dinner - Pad Thai. Delicious! One of our faves.

After that I made a delicious soup called FIRE ROASTED TOMATO AND MUSHROOM SOUP WITH ROSEMARY.  I am generally not a mushroom lover - but I've made this one before and I LOVED it. I made a few modifications! Like lots of garlic, and cream of mushroom sauce, instead of just cream. Etc.  I like to keep the soup in the fridge/freezer for those days where life catches me off guard and I have no time or energy to make a dinner! Easy peezy lemon squeezy!


And for dessert - Banana Bread. Nothing special. Just delicious yummy banana bread. Want to try the recipe?

BANANA BREAD RECIPE

3 or 4 Mashed Bananas
2/3 Cups Coconut Oil (or half applesauce)
1 Tbsp Vanilla
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Baking Soda
1/4 Tbsp Salt
1.5 Cups Brown Rice Flour
*Chocolate Chips at your desire*

- Cover Tin Foil (but leave room to breath). Bake @ 450 for at least 45 min.


I love to make this one gluten free and lactose free. Banana bread leaves lots of room to play with the recipe because the bananas keep it so moist and delicious that it covers up any mistakes! And the brown rice flour is easily camouflaged if your not used to the taste!


Happy Eating!

G

I AM.

"Nothing in nature takes more than what it needs. If that starts to happen, the ecological system dies. So why should we as humans act that way. We have a term we use for when something in the body takes more than what it needs, it's called cancer." This is one of the (paraphrased) quotes that shot right out at me when I was watching this documentary called I AM.

(Side note: I have wanted to watch this documentary since 2010!! When it wasn't even out yet! It's been a while.)

Tom Shadyac, a hot shot film director and producer in hollywood, created a documentary, based on the questions, What is wrong with this world? and What can we do about it?

After a near death experience from a cycling accident, he started to think that all he had wasn't all he wanted. So he sold his mansion, (3 homes on over 7 acres) stopped flying private jet planes, moved in a mobile home community and made this documentary.

The documentary concludes that we are created to be a community, and how separating ourselves from each other (every-man-for-himself style) is only making this world a lesser place. Another cool note is, that there is almost no reference to christianity. With the exception of a quote from Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:44), and Shadyac's dad mentioning Sunday Morning Christians and their lack to follow through on their beliefs the rest of the week, its mainly based on research from animal and human interactions and their responses to positive and negative actions.

Anyway, I didn't want to write a super opinionated post on this documentary, because I want everyone who wants to watch it to have a fair chance at an open mind. So even if your not into documentary's like I am, I challenge you to watch it anyway. (How bad can it be? He's a producer in hollywood - I mean its got some entertaining aspects to it!)

Here's something Shadyac said in an interview he did, and I'll leave you with it:

“No one really owns anything anyway, and we find that out when we die,” he concludes. “The only things we really own are our choices, our decisions, and who we are.”

Tough Mudder Whistler 2013

A couple weeks ago Nick and I and a few friends decided to brave the Tough Mudder!! It was SOOO FUN. I totally DON'T regret it! It was 18KM of running, (tough terrain, up the cross country ski tracks of whistler mountain) and 20 obstacles we had to cross. There was dunking our heads under ice water. crawling through mud with barbed wire, jumping off a plank high in the air into water, trucking through a mile of knee deep mud, jumping over fire, and my favourite (and scariest) going stomach down through a foot of water with electricity dangling above us! If your wondering, yes we got shocked! It wasn't so bad though. The hardness was disguised by how fun it was!!

One obstacle was called the Cliff Hanger. We had to hike up this hill. 

Enjoying .... after the race

After the Ice Bath dunk. Ali's face says it all. 

Prepping for The Electric Eel

On top of Everest! A slippery half pipe. We all made it on our first try!

Having Fun camping the night before!

Hard earned beer!