A lovely day for a long awaited pie
I love this day!
The snow is softly falling outside and making the world beautiful and I am sitting in my cozy dining room with all of my books and papers sprawled everywhere. PJs and a little space heater are keeping me toasty warm and a vanilla candle is making up for what the heater lacks in ambiance.
I just finished making the Lost Coconut Custard Pie from Veganomicon that I have been harping about and gleaning ingredients for all week and I can't wait til it's chilled! It's so satisfying to make things from scratch. I even made the crust including destroying the Matzo crackers into crumbs! The main ingredients that were harder to find were Agar(sea vegetable flakes), unsweetened coconut flakes and coconut extract. My local Giant doesn't carry those things anyway but the wonderful MOM's Organic Market does :D
I've eaten so many wonderful things today!
-"Power House Sandwich" (My take on Panera's breakfast sandwich) of egg white, organic ham, low-fat white cheddar and Irish butter on organic 3 seed bread
-Organic raspberries
-A dainty china tea cup of cinnamon herbal tea
-Half of a red grapefruit
-A small bowl of vanilla granola with raw walnuts and skim milk (walnuts are awesome in cereal!)
-Organic Arugula salad with red pepper, cherry tomatoes, creamy goat cheese, apple cider vinegar, olive oil and sea salt
-Homemade Fat-free Pumpkin Custard (amazing stuff and so easy to make!)
-A very tiny piece of Organic 74% dark chocolate with a small scoop of natural peanut butter
So what has been a sad loss of dining out has been an inspiration to cook even more and it also makes it much easier not to waste any food in the fridge.
I still plan to do something active today, probably a ballet dvd since I don't feel like walking about outside mussing up the snow or cleaning my car off etc.
This week I've been very diversified in exercise:
Monday- Swimming
Tuesday- Yoga, treadmill and free weights
Wednesday- Treadmill, bike, elliptical (boo), lower body, and Body Jam dance class
Thursday- Treadmill, upper body and Zumba dance class
Friday- Dancing to the radio and stretching
Saturday- TBD
Dan just saw my exercise clothes lying on the couch and commented: "there might be someone somewhere working out in the nude" ;)
The snow is softly falling outside and making the world beautiful and I am sitting in my cozy dining room with all of my books and papers sprawled everywhere. PJs and a little space heater are keeping me toasty warm and a vanilla candle is making up for what the heater lacks in ambiance.
I just finished making the Lost Coconut Custard Pie from Veganomicon that I have been harping about and gleaning ingredients for all week and I can't wait til it's chilled! It's so satisfying to make things from scratch. I even made the crust including destroying the Matzo crackers into crumbs! The main ingredients that were harder to find were Agar(sea vegetable flakes), unsweetened coconut flakes and coconut extract. My local Giant doesn't carry those things anyway but the wonderful MOM's Organic Market does :D
I've eaten so many wonderful things today!
-"Power House Sandwich" (My take on Panera's breakfast sandwich) of egg white, organic ham, low-fat white cheddar and Irish butter on organic 3 seed bread
-Organic raspberries
-A dainty china tea cup of cinnamon herbal tea
-Half of a red grapefruit
-A small bowl of vanilla granola with raw walnuts and skim milk (walnuts are awesome in cereal!)
-Organic Arugula salad with red pepper, cherry tomatoes, creamy goat cheese, apple cider vinegar, olive oil and sea salt
-Homemade Fat-free Pumpkin Custard (amazing stuff and so easy to make!)
-A very tiny piece of Organic 74% dark chocolate with a small scoop of natural peanut butter
So what has been a sad loss of dining out has been an inspiration to cook even more and it also makes it much easier not to waste any food in the fridge.
I still plan to do something active today, probably a ballet dvd since I don't feel like walking about outside mussing up the snow or cleaning my car off etc.
This week I've been very diversified in exercise:
Monday- Swimming
Tuesday- Yoga, treadmill and free weights
Wednesday- Treadmill, bike, elliptical (boo), lower body, and Body Jam dance class
Thursday- Treadmill, upper body and Zumba dance class
Friday- Dancing to the radio and stretching
Saturday- TBD
Dan just saw my exercise clothes lying on the couch and commented: "there might be someone somewhere working out in the nude" ;)