Making Love in the Kitchen

I had so much fun in California with the family. I love going to yoga there where, even after four years of regular practice, I feel like a beginner. I get pushed to my limits in so many ways. Sean Corne aptly asked all of us at the end of her class “To be brave enough to dive in and realize what love really is” and Annie Carpenter, who “suggested we get comfy as we easily tuck our shoulders in behind our knees”. Yes, think about that one. Nothing like a great dose of humbling to get you out of your ego, on to your mat and practicing the patience and presence that is the gift of yoga.

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Everyone I know who works from a home or kitchen office, as the case my be, has their go-to places for meetings. I will often see people in my kitchen, but if it is a mess or if my kitchen assistants or I don’t have time to make a proper lunch, I do the next best thing which is hit up my off-site boardroom, better known by peeps in Toronto as Fresh. Fresh restaurant, with three locations in downtown Toronto is kitchen-away-from-kitchen boardroom. I suppose I eat there at least once, if not four times a week and I am always amazed/excited by how busy it always is.

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Cooked vegetables do not make me gag, contrary to the title of this post. Though they used to. I actually used to kind of dislike all vegetables. I had a special dislike for cooked ones. Cooked carrots were the grossest thing I could conceive of eating. Oh how times have changed, for me at least.

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Have you ever been to a science centre or children’s museum where you put your hand on a ball of electricity and it makes your hair stand on end?
Well I kind of like my food to do the same. I mean, not that you have to electrocute it, but that it is so supercharged that it just can’t limp out on you. We don’t tend to like things that go limp when they should stand firm… (um, ahem).

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Have you been to one of my classes or workshops yet? If not, then you wouldn’t have any idea how horrible I am at following the directions on a recipe, especially when it comes to my own.
I really have a hard time following rules, guidelines, instructions, and directions. I prefer to follow the ones I make up in my own mind. This habit sometimes finds me lost, sometimes finds me dressed inappropriately, but more often than not, results in unexpected adventure.

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This is the fourth time I have seen David Wolfe speak in the last year. And you know what? He has yet to say the same thing twice, continues to inspire a greater level of health and still has the best sound bites of any speaker ever.

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Was I the last to know that edamame grow locally? I don’t ever remember seeing them at markets before and suddenly I see edamame and okra everywhere. Living alone, I sometimes have really odd meals and I can tell you with only a touch of shame and sprinkle of embarrassment I ate a massive plate of edamame for dinner.

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You know you’ve been on a super whole foods kick for a long time when a couple pieces of grilled tofu becomes a treat. At the (free!) food demo I am doing at the Veg Food Fair this weekend, and with my Veggie Transition program I stress going veggie and doing so soy free. Why?

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CUGQ47W8SFU7 This is a lobster mushroom. Wanted to show this creature to you from every angle. I bought this sweet sweet forest baby at last week’s Trinity Bellwoods Market. It smells like a mix of fish and the powers of the universe.

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Are ready to become you 2.0? Seriously? Are you ready for it. Here are five easy things you can take on right now.

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Guest Post from Erin Budd. I joined a CSA this year, and so I picked up farm fresh fruits and vegetables of the season once a week right by my house. One nice thing about it is that it forces me to try new things that I would never think to purchase otherwise.

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This is the fourth or maybe fifth time I have done this cleanse and everytime I miss the same thing. Crunching! I miss chewing. The toughest is when I used to try out the eight or ten day juice fasts and then even when you start eating food, you have to ease yourself back on to the solids. I don’t know about you, but in the last three days, what I found the toughest on the Green Smoothie Cleanse was putting all these fresh, organic veggies into the blender without being able to crunch their goodness.

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As we move into Green Smoothie mode, we’re probably beginning to realize that when on the cleanse, there isn’t much difference between what we eat for breakfast compared to what we eat for dinner. Actually, in many cultures, there is no difference. Whoever decided that a bagel and orange juice was breakfast, well, he didn’t do us any favours.

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It is medicine season! Seriously. Now I don’t mean that it is time to line up at the doctor’s office for vaccines or prescriptions or any of that nonsense stuff. Dear me no. I am talking about all the goodies popping up from the earth, wild for the most part, that just might serve to heal our woes.

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When was the last time you took the time to smell the flowers? It is very easy to get caught up in all the details of healthy living- you know the whole balanced meal, daily exercise, pop the supplements thing. I’ll admit that I often fall victim to the day-to-day healthy living practices thing and fail to follow along with many of the emotional health stuff. The fun, if you will. The playing.

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