YU 30, Day 27

Wednesday, February, 27th
What a day. What a day. 

After practicing voice interpreting at school, I ventured home to make some delicious grub. But, first I went to my favorite food coop People's (image of basket left). Yes! I asked the very friendly and informative coworker 20 questions. ahah. I bought some BPA free one cup bags. This way I can cook beans, measure them, and freeze them. I also bought for the first time unbleached parchment paper. Oh and they had Jerk powder! I went to a coop near my house yesterday and they didn't have jerk powder. 

Breakfast:
I tossed in: a handful of kale, 1 cup blueberries, some fresh pineapple chunks, 1 frozen banana, 1 cup coconut water, 1 tbsp hemp powder and blend.

I had a smoothie. Ha! I bet you would have never guessed that. :) *remember when freezing the banana's to cut off the brown part at the end. 

Lunch: 
I had my leftover salad with the ranch dressing sauce. YUM! I just figured out what the soy free gluten free ranch tastes like. Ready? Ready? You know the "Hidden Valley" Ranch packets you get from the store? THAT! I paired it with my delicious vitamin water. 

Dinner:
Woah! I tackled a lot for dinner. For some of you, you may not know what my cooking situation looks like (image left.) Two hot plates (far left), counter (middle space), and sink (far right-filled with dishes.) That's where the magic happens. If you are thinking, "oh I can't" or any other gamut of excuses... Look at the picture again. ahah. If I can, believe me, you can too!!

Any who, I made Buckwheat, Chickpea & Sweet Potato Jamaican Jerk Wrap (or Salad). I posted poned on the Authentic 1-Day Ethiopian Injera: Gluten-Free 100% Teff Flatbread because I was really tired and it didn't look like the picture- the brain. I let it ferment longer than 24 hours. The cheese cloth accidentally fell into the mixture. Whoops! I am not sure how long it was in there. I'll make it tomorrow and it was be delicious. I can feel it. I ate the Buckwheat- Chickpea dish as a salad and added ranch. Yum!

The Buckwheat was so easy to make. They look like cute little hearts before they are soaked and cooked. When I made chickpeas for the first time, I used the rice cooker which was super fast. This time I wanted to see if I could make it on the hot plates. Success!! I was paranoid that I was going to burn one of the chickpeas and ruin it. Paranoia went out the window. Comparing the rice cooker to the hot plate, the ricer cooker was faster but the chickpeas were really dense and hard (perfect for hummus since you blend the chickpeas), and the hot plate was perfection. Oh! The chickpeas made popping noises too while it cooked. My guess is the skins were popping off, but I am not really sure.

I didn't have a steamer for the kale and sweet potato so I used a strainer instead. Ha! My first time steaming vegetables and it wasn't too hard. Except, Bay told me next time I should use the bigger pot next time and the process will be faster. Doh!

Dessert:
What, I made dessert too? Oh, yes I did. And I made a few mistakes in this recipe Blueberry Pie Chia Pudding (to the left, to the left.) 

I blended all of the ingredients together and added the chia seeds and put it in the refrigerator as I was working on the dinner. 
After about thirty minutes,  I had a feeling it would be finished. I ventured over to the fridge and all the chia seeds didn't expand. I was very perplexed onto why this would happen. Then I scooped out some seeds and sure enough they were not chia seeds. They were quinoa seeds! HA! Luckily,  I was making extra ranch dressing. I already had cashews, soaked and ready. 

Today, I was looking at Facebook and found a cool, all natural, cleaner - recipe seen here. I can't wait to make this (image above, left). Now my cat won't be digesting any chemicals while I clean; he is everywhere in my studio.  Also I found a cool way to have a garden without a raised bed here (image above, right.) The only problem is the metal leaking into your food. So I thought, why not get heavy duty BPA free plastic and line it. I am going to try to convince my dad to help me make it.