Followup for the week of June 30, 2013
0So how did it go?
I have been dealing with a torn meniscus that I just can’t seem to heal and this was a tough week. My injury seems to be making it very hard to stand still for long and I am using two hiking sticks to assist my walking. Needless to say this is making being in the kitchen for long very difficult.
I did not end up making all the salads, dips or the raw bread that I had intended. I did get some premade hummus and personally ate a fair bit of salad. It’s summer so that is quite appropriate anyway. Better to enjoy as much fresh, local produce when it’s available!
Because I wasn’t really ready for the week, I ended up at a loss many times. I ended up eating bread and cheese too much. Neither is really helpful when dealing with a healing issue. I had a craving for chocolate so I made a couple of smoothies with frozen bananas, almond milk or coconut milk, some coconut water and cacao. Yum! So this week, more smoothies and I will make some raw bread and crackers.
For everyone else, I made most of the meals that I had planned. Of note, I made Korean beef from my Nourishing Traditions cookbook. My suggestion is to cut down the amount of soy sauce. Everyone found it too salty. I don’t cook with much salt so we are all probably more sensitive to saltiness. I also made Quinoa salad from Oprah’s magazine. That I found to be really good, although I served it as is and not on arugula. Quinoa is difficult for me and I am going to have to come up with my own technique. Fortunately I had a lot of time and extra broth. I ended up adding almost two cups of extra broth and it took almost an hour to get nice fluffy quinoa. More on this what I have been doing wrong.
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