I do hope to continue being able to live in whatever you call the 180º opposite of a 'food desert', to continue being able to afford or otherwise myself grow organic everything and, of course, the ability to chew, enjoy, swallow, digest, absorb and excrete it all. Although...if I do happen to lose all my teeth (yay no cavities or other oral ailments so far with only a few months to go til age 50!) I'll always blend and drink everything with a glass or steel straw. No juicing - I always keep all the fiber and never filter any of it out. Ever!
blend != juice
Juice is just refined carbs in most cases. Wait...dafuq...I had to look back to see what the fuck I was writing about. o0o...tummy still warm (from capsaicins) , blood sugar rising a tad, ADD still misbehaving. weee.
uhm...
<I need to put something on this blank wall above my desk...>
<Saphie needs new wiper blades...>
<Wants that vegan salted caramel ice cream from that place on Capitol Hill...>
Right! (I genuinely was trying to recall without looking how I got here.)
Salad. Vegan, or at least as close to it as I can intentionally achieve on a regular basis. I would love to say no animal products whatsoever, but I'd be willing to bet I'll ingest at least a few Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Pterygota/Neoptera/Paraneoptera/Hemiptera/Sternorrhyncha/Aphidoidea/Aphididae/genus Aphis/Aphis Armata that hitched a ride on what is now my broccoli (O SHIT...I FORGOT BROCCOLI IN TODAY'S SALAD). Ah well...I'll survive.
For my purposes:
salad
[ sal-uh d ]
noun
- a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- any of various dishes consisting of foods, as meat, seafood, eggs, pasta, or fruit, prepared singly or combined, usually cut up, mixed with a dressing, and served cold: chicken salad; potato salad.
- any herb or green vegetable, as lettuce, used for salads or eaten raw.
- South Midland and Southern U.S. greens(def 22b).
- any mixture or assortment: The usual salad of writers, artists, and musicians attended the party.
Man, I was going to write a sentence beginning with 'Man' to start listing my favorites in terms of ingredients and I yet again got a little ticked at how patriarchal our society still is. I think I'll try to change to starting with 'Hoo, Man or Whoa, Man,' instead. I am already, as a photographer, trying to remember to discontinue use of 'gun-like words' like 'going shooting' and other gun references.
But...<obligatory curse word>...thinking about it, my salads can and usually do include as many of the following veggies and froots as possible:
- Spinach
- Arugula
- Kale
- Tomat
- Red Onion
- Garlic
- Jalapeño
- Habañero
- Other spicy peppers...
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Extra firm tofu
- Zucchini
- Cucumber
- Pears
Occasional cameos include:
- Avocados
- Nuts/seeds
- Beets
- Cauliflower
- Bell peppers
- Asparagus
- Lettuces
- Strawberries
- Pomegranate
- Beans (I used to eat these a LOT but too many carbs...sparing now...plus they put too much @$$%&%* salt in canned beans anymore and I haven't committed to cooking my own yet)
Usual spices:
- Turmeric
- Garlic powder
- Red pepper flakes
- Paprika
- Cayenne
- Nutritional yeast
- Pepper
- more...?
<I get annoyed at page spell check not recognizing Latin names...wich iz wun hunnerd purcint stoopid because it is LATIN...>
I do try to eat as varied as possible but tend not to include mushrooms, starchy vegs like carrots, peas, corn, tatos. NO FUCKING EGGPLANT EVAR. Not that anyone uses it like this. I get those in other ways, usually a small nom at dinner. I do gravitate to quite a few usual suspects. I try not to eat anything several hours before bed. I drink about a gallon of water per day. Also trying to limit myself to most things seasonal here in the vicinity...can be tough in these northern areas, even here in Seattle. Tough to commit to, not to find exactly what I want, when I want it. So immensely, insanely fortunate we are.
My salads also used to be GINORMOUS. Yes. I used that word while not millennial. I might need a cranial MRI.
When I do put fruit in it is usually 1/4 of an apple or pear or a dozen or so blueberries. Never the whole piece of something larger, opting to quarter the rest and put it in a glass container shaken up with some lemon juice to prevent oxidation. Because, you know, calorie density. If I could afford to just eat the skins I'd probably opt for that but you also hafta live a little. o0o0o0...! I haz vino...in da house...
Oh! Gotta change title or something...I also only eat my salads with a spoon. Salad Spoon! I get annoyed with some veggies, especially spinach...right?!...getting hooked on something else, a fork tine, you name it, and splattering salad juice/dressing all over everything. Of course, half the time I am sitting at my desk watching a TED talk or two. I do try to eat outside when possible.
Supporting pictures of today's noshings!
Arugula, spinach, kale
+Tomat, zucch, onion,
+Jalapeño, Habañero, cuke, apple,
+Blueberries,
+Tofu,
w0ot...
+Turmeric, paprika, cayenne, black pepper, garlic powder,
+Nutritional yeast and 'Grace's Dressing',
Stir salad, put in fridge while making toast.
Gluten-free buckwheat sourdough from...uhm...forget name but we spend $19/week
on a loaf and a half of their hand made bread at the Ballard Farmer's
Market. omnomnom...
Sparingly, mayo+mustard or 'butter'? M+M today
it is,
Finish pic of salad and toast
*Got image thingy working correctly. So far...we'll see if it lets me publish.
I might comment more later or edit a few things. I was
supposed to work on a bunch of post-processing today, did eleven images 90%
done yesterday. Goal of ten today. I have one open in PS if that
mitigates things. At all.
<3
wait...there's wine...!
hint of coffee in this Merlot...?
i now haz wine
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