Easy Being Green

My Mom was recycling and reusing before I even knew what 'being green,' was all about. We used to try to be very cognizant with what we were using or if we were being wasteful. I know there is SO much more that I can do and everyone can to be more green in our lives.

Yummers!

I'm on another 'green' mission...this one is more so with health and fitness. The weather has cooled off and I find myself being more 'couch potato-ish' than active. It seems like I need to shake up my my habits and replace my eating/fitness routine with some new ones.

My Daily Green Drink
Spinach was always Popeye's elixir and I've found myself drinking a smoothie concoction myself everyday! It's my new food fitness trend. High in fiber, low calories and rich in vitamins!

In a blender, I mix a variation of ingredients. Sometimes I really mix it up, but usually it's either a leafy green, spinach or kale, with a fruit variety (pineapples, mango, orange, or apples), juice from either half a lemon or a lime and topped off with 2 TBSP of hemp seeds then it's either ice or almond milk. Options: I have added ginger root or cucumber, sometimes even a red pepper.


Here's a good link for some green drink ideas! http://healthygreendrink.com/

I find the drink filling, full of antioxidants and makes me feel fuller and more energetic! Really!


Cheers, here's my new fav morning beverage!

Harvest Feast

Beetin' Buorsin Salad

Every year my friends and I get together to celebrate the beginning of fall and to share a meal together. Usually, the meals are from our summer gardens and we create these amazing dishes from our garden harvest.


This year my garden was meager in it's offerings and not as robust as years before, however, we did have a harvest dinner and some of my friends harvested from their gardens while others like myself, harvested from the local markets.

We had a number of offering from our friends. I'm taken the liberty to name some of these <friend you are certainly invited to rename your dish if you like ;o) >

Pina Salsa for the Chirozo & Roasted Chicken Quesadillas

Naranja Janga Salad

Conan the Bavarian Apple Torte

Put the Pinas on the Colada

Our meal was delish! We also had a skype in guest and a surprise visitor which was WONDERFUL!
How much I enjoy just eating and 'breakin' bread,' with my friends.

It's my version of 'Chuck's Day Off,' the show on FoodTV where this chef takes a day off to cook for his friends. My friends brought wonder dishes! Thanks friends! We will do this again!

Return to Salt Water City

Vibrant Fall at English Bay

It is surrounded by mountains, rainforests and the ocean and known many names. God's country, Metro Van, salt water city but in all it's a urban adventure full of discovery. It has been over two decades since I've lived there and yet it seems like only yesterday with my rediscovery of the city where my career started.

There were so many things to see and revisit, Gastown, Chinatown, Granville Island, English Bay....and Kits. Walking, biking, sailing... Every turn seemed like my memory banks were on overdrive!

I had very little when I first lived there and made even less, yet it was one of the BEST times in my life!

"The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation." - Comer Cotrell

I spent a lot of time on the beaches learning to play guitar. It was a great way to spend an evening and watch the sunset. Walking through my old stomping grounds I was elated and thrilled to be there again. My friend laughed at me as I hollered out memories like a person with uncontrollable turrets!

Negitoro-
Chopped albacore tuna belly, spring onions and toasted garlic bread

Go West...Magnetic West

Is it the air? The energy? The water? Great friends and family? Yes all of it - plus the food.

The food there was FANTASTIC! It is foodie's paradise! I remember how I fell in love with Sashimi and sushi when I first moved to Van and it grew from there.

We ate and walked and ate and walked. It was the best Van dining I've had in a long long time.

The steak breakfast was REALLY GOOD! Yummy!

This one is dedicated to my WEST END friend :o) Thank you!