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Five Things Friday
1. Turmeric Chai/Latte
I've been meaning to work more turmeric into my diet for its various health properties, particularly its anti-inflammatory super-powers. So when a pack of Turmeric Elixir caught my eye while I was re-upping the tea supply at Murchie's a few weeks ago, I brought it home with me. It sat in the cupboard for a week or so, until I resolved to try it as a replacement for my habitual afternoon tea, thinking it might be a good idea to dial down the post-noon caffeine.
Pater and I both enjoyed our turmeric tea that afternoon -- I added a quarter cup of heated milk to each serving and a bit of honey. Enjoyed it enough that it became a bit of a ritual over the next week, until the package emptied. . . At which point, I trawled the 'net for a recipe or two, rummaged through the cupboards for the necessary ingredients, and have come up with a much less expensive, equally tasty, although slightly less convenient variety -- I just sliced a small knob of ginger into a saucepan, added a few peppercorns, a few cloves, a cinnamon stick, and shook in some ground cardamom and spilled in a teaspoon of turmeric, added enough water to make up our two mugs, and brought it to a boil, then turned the heat down and let it all simmer for about ten minutes.
When it seemed ready, I added in a good dollop of milk, a teaspoon or so of coconut oil, and the same of honey. I added the milk and oil mainly because I'd read something about their contribution to the bio-availability of the turmeric's good stuff. My science may be questionable. . .
I plan to pick up some turmeric root at our local grocery store later today, and will use that next time instead of the powder, but yesterdays' drink was a pleasant substitute for my usual Ceylon Select.
Have you tried Turmeric Chai or Turmeric Latte or a simpler Turmeric Tea? Do you make up your own? Have any suggestions? Or scoff at the trend? (which I'll admit I could easily do in a pinch ;-)
2. Nutritional Yeast Dressing
There will be no scoffing at all, however, at the deliciousness and sheer efficacy of the nutritional yeast dressing we were introduced to at my son and daughter-in-law's last week. I'd heard about nutritional yeast but it had never graced my pantry. But Z and J served us up a Buddha Bowl (brown rice complemented by sautéed mushrooms, charred broccoli, julienned raw beets and carrots, pumpkin seeds, pea shoots) made I-can't-stop-eating by the dressing we drizzled over it all.
He sent me this link afterwards, and then I did some poking around online for other versions with slightly different proportions and/or ingredients, and I ended up making a version closer to this.
Seriously, a tablespoon or two of this will turn whatever's in the "crisper" drawer of your fridge into a yummy meal, especially if you mix it up with the leftover whole grain you tucked away in that Tupperware container. . . . Hence my using the noun "efficacy" as one of the dressing's qualities. . .
Have you tried it? Will you? And tell me, have you learned some great recipes or culinary tips from your kids? That phenomenon is at least as delicious as this dressing, truly. . . .
3. New Shoes
I really could leave this photo wordless, couldn't I? Except I'd like you to know that these were comfortable from the get-go. Officine Creative made them, Gravity Pope sold them to me, and the cobbler down the road is going to put a Topy sole on them next week to protect them from our rainy sidewalks -- and yes, I'll also spray some protection over that blush-pink impracticality. But honestly, I'm looking forward to them getting a bit of patina on them, and I'm hoping not to be upset by a stain or two. . . .
4. New What-Shall-We-Call-It
We spend a few (too many) hours in this room watching Netflix together, often eating dinner while catching up with a favourite show. Being short of stature, I find I'm much more comfortable if I can put my feet up, and we've been making do with a leather ottoman we brought from our old house. Trouble is, it's big enough that it has to be moved down to storage when we open that sofa into a bed for guests -- and then it can take a while for it to get brought back up again. Plus it's just not the right proportion for the space.
So we've been making do, but keeping an eye out, and the other day, my guy made it a mission to solve the problem. Honestly, when I saw the effort he was putting into looking online (and I realized there might be a gap between our respective aesthetics regarding a solution), I got into the act and researched the possibilities offered by a cool design shop up the road. That oak tabletop lifts off easily, but stays in place thanks to a lip in the metal basket base. The what-should-we-call-it shifts into the corner very accommodatingly. And there's all that storage space in the basket, although right now, we prefer leaving it empty for a less cluttered look and to let the rug show through.
And in case you're wondering where His feet rest while mine are happily supported by that oak disc. . . . we've ordered a second, so there will be a His and a Hers what-should-we-call-it. . . .
5. Watercolour Drop-Ins
And finally, the watercolour drop-in mornings have begun again at the local botanic garden, so my fall begins to take on a more structure schedule. I appreciate the instruction and the motivation and the inspiration I get from these drop-ins, and perhaps just as much, I enjoy the relaxed social atmosphere.
Yesterday, I bypassed all the vases with stems of flowers or berries or ornamental leaves the volunteer put together for us, and I chose instead to make a simple arrangement of three Cornus kousa (Korean dogwood) berries.
And then I was flummoxed by how to indicate something about the various planes/angles of those stems. . . Our instructor sat beside me, though, and demonstrated (on her own sheet of paper) how she would show the relief through shadow.
Then she left me to try it on my own while she went off to help someone else. I haven't got it yet, but I'm on my way. . . .
So. Friday, here we are, poised at the weekend.
Any plans? Any comments? Any questions?
I've been meaning to work more turmeric into my diet for its various health properties, particularly its anti-inflammatory super-powers. So when a pack of Turmeric Elixir caught my eye while I was re-upping the tea supply at Murchie's a few weeks ago, I brought it home with me. It sat in the cupboard for a week or so, until I resolved to try it as a replacement for my habitual afternoon tea, thinking it might be a good idea to dial down the post-noon caffeine.
Pater and I both enjoyed our turmeric tea that afternoon -- I added a quarter cup of heated milk to each serving and a bit of honey. Enjoyed it enough that it became a bit of a ritual over the next week, until the package emptied. . . At which point, I trawled the 'net for a recipe or two, rummaged through the cupboards for the necessary ingredients, and have come up with a much less expensive, equally tasty, although slightly less convenient variety -- I just sliced a small knob of ginger into a saucepan, added a few peppercorns, a few cloves, a cinnamon stick, and shook in some ground cardamom and spilled in a teaspoon of turmeric, added enough water to make up our two mugs, and brought it to a boil, then turned the heat down and let it all simmer for about ten minutes.
When it seemed ready, I added in a good dollop of milk, a teaspoon or so of coconut oil, and the same of honey. I added the milk and oil mainly because I'd read something about their contribution to the bio-availability of the turmeric's good stuff. My science may be questionable. . .
I plan to pick up some turmeric root at our local grocery store later today, and will use that next time instead of the powder, but yesterdays' drink was a pleasant substitute for my usual Ceylon Select.
Have you tried Turmeric Chai or Turmeric Latte or a simpler Turmeric Tea? Do you make up your own? Have any suggestions? Or scoff at the trend? (which I'll admit I could easily do in a pinch ;-)
2. Nutritional Yeast Dressing
There will be no scoffing at all, however, at the deliciousness and sheer efficacy of the nutritional yeast dressing we were introduced to at my son and daughter-in-law's last week. I'd heard about nutritional yeast but it had never graced my pantry. But Z and J served us up a Buddha Bowl (brown rice complemented by sautéed mushrooms, charred broccoli, julienned raw beets and carrots, pumpkin seeds, pea shoots) made I-can't-stop-eating by the dressing we drizzled over it all.
He sent me this link afterwards, and then I did some poking around online for other versions with slightly different proportions and/or ingredients, and I ended up making a version closer to this.
Seriously, a tablespoon or two of this will turn whatever's in the "crisper" drawer of your fridge into a yummy meal, especially if you mix it up with the leftover whole grain you tucked away in that Tupperware container. . . . Hence my using the noun "efficacy" as one of the dressing's qualities. . .
Have you tried it? Will you? And tell me, have you learned some great recipes or culinary tips from your kids? That phenomenon is at least as delicious as this dressing, truly. . . .
3. New Shoes
4. New What-Shall-We-Call-It
We spend a few (too many) hours in this room watching Netflix together, often eating dinner while catching up with a favourite show. Being short of stature, I find I'm much more comfortable if I can put my feet up, and we've been making do with a leather ottoman we brought from our old house. Trouble is, it's big enough that it has to be moved down to storage when we open that sofa into a bed for guests -- and then it can take a while for it to get brought back up again. Plus it's just not the right proportion for the space.
So we've been making do, but keeping an eye out, and the other day, my guy made it a mission to solve the problem. Honestly, when I saw the effort he was putting into looking online (and I realized there might be a gap between our respective aesthetics regarding a solution), I got into the act and researched the possibilities offered by a cool design shop up the road. That oak tabletop lifts off easily, but stays in place thanks to a lip in the metal basket base. The what-should-we-call-it shifts into the corner very accommodatingly. And there's all that storage space in the basket, although right now, we prefer leaving it empty for a less cluttered look and to let the rug show through.
And in case you're wondering where His feet rest while mine are happily supported by that oak disc. . . . we've ordered a second, so there will be a His and a Hers what-should-we-call-it. . . .
5. Watercolour Drop-Ins
And finally, the watercolour drop-in mornings have begun again at the local botanic garden, so my fall begins to take on a more structure schedule. I appreciate the instruction and the motivation and the inspiration I get from these drop-ins, and perhaps just as much, I enjoy the relaxed social atmosphere.
Yesterday, I bypassed all the vases with stems of flowers or berries or ornamental leaves the volunteer put together for us, and I chose instead to make a simple arrangement of three Cornus kousa (Korean dogwood) berries.
Then she left me to try it on my own while she went off to help someone else. I haven't got it yet, but I'm on my way. . . .
So. Friday, here we are, poised at the weekend.
Any plans? Any comments? Any questions?
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