Hello everybody! I wanted to update you all, and let you know that I won’t be posting as frequently. I won’t be getting a laptop until the end of November or December, so I’m taking a deep breath until then. It seems like recently my life has involved practicing letting go of modern conveniences like cars and computers. It’s been very refreshing actually to live life at a more human pace. Of course these things are useful, but when do we start becoming dependent on them. Take cell phones for instance. You send a text message or make a phone call, and it expresses this notion that this person should always be available. I guess in a sense I’m claiming my time back and becoming more creative with it. Even just sitting there and doing nothing is absolutely fine by me.
When modern conveniences leave your side for a bit, do those moments seem like a blessing in disguise for you?
Playing hide-and-seek...
Or pretending I'm a wild animal on the loose!
Oh my gosh! Ants have attacked my breakfast!
Oops, those are just chocolate sprinkles.
A delicious bowl of lentil curry with aromatic basmati rice.
Sitting down and eating with no distractions...
Enjoying some of the best bread ever from a German bakery.
Spread on a thick layer of mascarpone and pumpkin butter, and you're in for a treat!
And top some yogurt off with homemade granola.
I made this batch using a simple recipe I found in , but made it special by also adding in puffed millet and chia seeds.
Making it feel more like October by making a batch of pumpkin pie hummus.
I haven’t made pumpkin pie hummus in ages! I had a friend try it, and he said that it tasted like pumpkin pie filling. Perfect! This morning I served it over a warming bowl of oatmeal, along with medjool dates, walnuts, granola, and cinnamon. I like thinking of all of the different kinds of hummus flavors I can make, and who knew that a sweet hummus would be a success! Try it out and let me know what you think.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I’m hoping to go apple picking with some of my best friends up in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains. I’m going to make sure to take in all of that fresh air and beautiful scenery while I’m there.
Oh wait! Here’s a random question before you go! Name an item of food, i.e. pasta, squash, lentils, apple… you get the picture!
p.s. I ended up not advancing to the next round of the Project Food Blog challenge, but I wanted to thank you all for your support! It was really wonderful to see that people had faith in me and were excited about it like I was. Also, I ended up getting to do my favorite challenge anyway (the dinner party)!
