Coffee at the End of the Day

Iced coffee and glass of water , enjoy the drink and rehydrated .
Proper diet and supplements will keep me going but staying hydrated will keep me healthy and going tomorrow.

Rowing and Running

I have been rowing a lot lately at the new gym.
Like it and the OCD side of my brain loves the measured accuracy of it.

It has been good for my gimpy knee the past couple of week and I have even seen some improvements - in my knee and in my rowing time for 2000meters. I am just crazy enough to want to compete or try to rank among other in the online community.

I have several workouts to do but for now focusing on easy 30 minute rows ( about 5000 m each) and some 2000m rows for time. I will include a few running focused intervals and just have fun staying fit and getting a solid knee for future running.

Stuffed Peppers- Delicious and loaded with Fuel

With farmers markets going strong I got these great peppers on Saturday and made this on Sunday.

Stuffed peppers (High protein / Low fat)

4 Large Bell peppers
1.5 cups brown rice blend ( long grain/short grain…)
1 cup dry red lentils
Approx. 6 cups water
4-5 small roma tomatoes chopped
24 oz Tomato sauce ( organic pref)
2-3 sprigs Spicy Bush basil
Sea salt and fresh black pepper

1) Place rice and beans in Rice cooker with 5.5-6 cups water, tsp Sea Salt, teaspoon Fresh ground pepper and 2 4 inch sprigs basil- cook until machine cuts off
2) Open and core peppers Tops can be chopped into small dice
3) Warm tomato sauce
4) Put some basil leaves in bottom of each pepper and mix the rest in the rice /bean mixture
5) Stuff each pepper about ½ with rice/bean blend, bits of chopped pepper and tomato, add 1 TBS tomato sauce and fill pepper with rice/bean blend
6) Place in covered roasting pan- top with chopped tomato and rest or tomato sauce and cook for 40 minutes in 375 oven.
7) Remove and let sit 5- 10 minute with cover off and serve with veggies or salad.

Summer fun, sweat ,sun and fresh goodies

Garden was for fun getting serious. Squash almost done but now trying to save and grow the harvest melons and brussels sprouts.

Loving mint and basil in cold drinks. Great taste and so good for us.

Garden-Place for some food, exercise amd Clearing my head.

I have always liked having a garden or at least some house palnts ( when in an apartment). In all times it is a relaxing place to clear my head and heart.
Planting, weeding, watering and harvesting all contribute to peace of mind. Now that the currewnt incarnation of the garden has the potential to grow since the tree fell- I may expand to an actual heavy food producing operation. So far it has been fun and plenty of goodies have arrived.

Next year i will plan it a little more and see what it can produce if planned better.

Vegan and Providing some of my own FUEL

The pics are from my new garden. We moved to this house in the fall of 2009 so I spent last year planning th garden and finding the best sun.
The garden is cranking up now and somew the plants are getting too big for their "britches". The squash here is covering a rose bush and some herbs.

The Other picture is future garden plot being built "lasagna style" with layers of coffee grounds from Coffee shop and gras and leaves and paper and manure.

Playing with fire - Vegan Grilling fun

I recently cooked at a picnic. There was the standard non-veg fare and I was able to cook tofu( marinated) and pineapple and peaches.

The grilled fruit was mixed with fresh blueberries, green onions and balsamic vinegar/orange juice.


Planning on quartering some red and green cabbage and sprinkling with vinegar and putting on hot grill for a few minutes each side and serving with a creamy ( soy yogurt base) basil-garlic dressing.