Re-invented Dehydrated Onion Bread

I am still dehydrating pears this fall!! wow, it is so nice to have all these pears. May yet be dehydrating more tomatoes. Since I am using up last years dehydrated crop, yet, I prolly have ample this year to tide me over until next fall.

Was able to squeeze some onion bread into the dehyrator last night. Have been trying to get to this for a couple of weeks now. Missed taking it a couple of places with me as a share food.

I altered the recipe again, and like the way it turned out. Used less olive oil…. need to up the himalayan salt next time, it is a tad lacking, and I sprouted the sunflower seeds this time, added a bit of coconut vinegar, and some chia seed. I used my home grown red onions. Oh the joy of using home grown fresh produce, always.

The bread turned out nice. I made a pizza crust as well. The bread itself tastes somewhat like pizza crust. It is progressing to a more substantial bread.

Black mission figs and brazil nuts are my current snack treat. oh they are a tasty dual! I also love the figs with filberts. You might too!

Pictures soon!! I promise.

Too Much

There is a tendency for me to consume too much fruit especially if I start my days with smoothies. I noticed this 4 years ago and each time I resume starting my day with a fruit smoothie or fruit dish, I notice the same thing. After a few days I increasingly feel a sugar overload a few hours after eating, if I have not eaten a veggie meal within a few hours. I am exploring a balance.

--a spiffed up Favourite Fruit Salad

Lately I am hooked to eating first meal of the day which is mostly noon or later, a bowl of cut up pear and banana, 2 or 3 chopped dried black mission figs, home prepared raw sesame tahini, sprinkled with a small piece of home prepared raw brownie. The picture is not very good. I took it on my macpro since my camera is still in storage.
This salad is amazing tasting. I could eat it all day. I don't.
An advantage to having a staple of home prepared raw sesame tahini, besides the nutritional benefits, is it is quick and easy to transform into a milk if required for a recipe or desire, such as for cereal. While stirring add water to achieve your desired taste and thickness and voila!

A year later, nearly

It is October 2, 2013 Into fall harvest and I have been thinking of blogging food again. Actually this has been on my mind all summer, well on and off my mind.

Right now I am in the midst of dehydrating much. Loaded and drying are tomatoes, pears, bananas(price down on organic), calendula flowers and will be loading up with some herbs today.

The herb garden needs to be moved. Some of it, or most of it. It doesn't get that eastern morning sun. Seems a number of the plants do best with morning sun. I am in the process of boosting Jesse's strawberry patch. This entails taking most of the plants out, cultivating the soil, adding manure and replanting. Some of the plants will go to new ground. Possibly the strawberry patch will be moved further west as well. The house here blocks the morning sun from nurturing a good chunk of the garden.

Mr. Sammy Samcee Cat. He is one of the kittens from the 7 month ago litter of Wiz(a resident feral calico cat). Cats, cripes, they just keep having babies. Up to 5 litters a year and up to 7 kittens in a litter. Oh this cat chatter does connect with food and the garden. I was digging up a couple plants of potatoes yesterday and Sammy wanted in on the fun. His fun was-- when I removed a shovel of earth he would jump in and sprawl himself in the dirt. Flopping about and staring up at me all pleased with himself and me for providing this amazing hole of luxury for HIM. So I moved to another plant and he just followed right along. I got that part of his fun was doing it with me. How sweet is that! Potatoes did get dug. Sammy is one funny cat. A number of the cats here follow me about the yard. The Mother- Wiz, Sammy, Maggie and Bebies 2(the last 2 kittens needing a home). Mostly the babies hang around their sleeping area yet. One of the kittens may be adopted out today. Emil says when I find my own place and move on the cats- Wiz, Sammy, Maggie and any kittens left will have to go with me since I am their human. hahahaha Emil.

Well that's it for now. Next time I will try and focus more on food. I remember a dog we took in at the farm, years ago, Sadie; she would pick beans with me. She ate everything she picked though. I find it humorous and endearing when the animals like to do the same activities.

1:45 pm and I thought of eating so I did.

! banana sliced into a bowl, added pear cut into likewise chunks, raw sesame tahini- I made using brown sesame seeds, 3 black mission figs cut into small pieces and half a raw brownie- they are small-- I crumble them and add them on top of the other ingredients, oh and I add 3 brazil nuts chopped chunky. I tell you, this is fresh, sparkly in my gut and to eat repeatedly tasty!

It Must Be Fall

I am bundling up more and more. It must be fall. There is something really nice about cool - cold weather. Cool is good. I can get on with that, I like wollens and other soft and warm textiles. Not year round for me though. I didn't much like the damp chilly most of the year in Victoria BC. :)

So, I have been 100% raw to high raw all summer, switching on off between the both. Neal Brothers blue corn chips are delicious so I would snack on them when out and about. That led to me dipping my tastes into other cooked items. Still I am living unsettled without my own living space. It becomes difficult to prepare the foods to keep that helps me ward from cooked foods I can be tempted by. It got to the point that I found myself on nearly a whole day of cooked food! Egads. I do so much better on raw food. My mind gets warped on cooked food, really, especially when conventionally cooked food slips in. All those chemicals affect me adversely.

This is day number 6 of back to 100% raw and I am loving it. Because I allow myself to wane it feels like much more of me is on board with 100% raw. I like this. I feel more sound and peaceful without the inner conflict going on, of course. Inner conflict, it is truly a blocker to the growth of ones soul. And I have energy plus. And I feel inspired and ready to build my new life in a rich inspired creative way.

The Future of Food

Pierre Burton 1967 wants to eat real food

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