Living Rawesome Day #208 Creamy Eggplant and Hummus Cream in Almond Tart Shells with Olive Tapenade pg. 156 entertaining in the raw
February 18, 2010
The Final Meal!
Jason had a tart for breakfast, no, not a POP TART. It was a little spicy for me to have for my first meal of the day. I did have small bite though. I really loved the cream and the eggplant. There was a little extra left so I put it together in a bowl and ate that. MMmmm, the spices were intense together. I would love to make a dressing with tahini, anise seed and garam masala and pour it in my bean sprouts. Now that would be incredible. I will do that tomorrow.
I had to make the cream and tapenade this morning before school. I am trying to switch it up a little. I am trying to make the recipe in the morning. That way I am not in the kitchen munching on stuff at 10:30 at night. That can’t be good for my dreams. The last two days I have managed to finish my recipe of the day before 5 pm. We will see how many days I can do this.
Cream Ingredients
1/2 cup cashews, soaked 1-2 hours
1/4 macadamia nuts, soaked 1-2 hours
1 T fresh lemon juice
2 t olive oil
4 T tahini
1/2 t salt
4 T water
1 clove garlic
All ingredients were blended until smooth.
Tapenade Ingredients
pitted olives
lemon juice
olive oil
pinch of anise seed
All ingredients were blended until smooth.
This meal is definitely worth making again. If you like creamy and heavy meals, then this is for you. The tart was delicious, but I could also eat just the cream and the veggies together. I have never been one to like pies, like pot pies, or even pumpkin or pecan pie crusts. I always love the gooey centers. So for me, I could leave the crust and take the rest. Jason really liked it. He didn’t finish the whole tart, it is pretty heavy. I am sure he will have it tonight when he gets home.
Today was a filled day again, I had class, then gym, and of course I had to see Jason. I am getting low on my love tank, he had to fill me up again;), so I stopped at work to see him. Christian and I went for another hike. We had a difficult time finding the walking trail, but we finally found it. We had about 30 minutes to spare, so we walked 15 minutes into it, then I wanted to turn around. We both a saw a sign that read “Gut Pile”. We both were curious as to what it was, so we went to take a look. We walked for few steps, and I saw a dead armadillo on my left and then I saw 2 of them. I showed Christian, and then I saw a third one. It really made me feel uncomfortable because they were laying in a triangle. I could see something dark laying about 30 feet from us, but the bushes in front of us were blocking it. We walked a few more feet around the bushes and found at least 10 dead animals and carcasses lying on the ground. We both couldn’t believe it. I was speechless, and of course Christian has a very active imagination, so he pretended we were in a horror movie, and a killer was lurking in the woods. Needless to say, we didn’t stay long. On the way back I realized that it must be for hunters. I never thought of what the hunters do with the remains of the animals, but I guess they put them in the Gut Pile. I always thought they took the animal home to clean it. Christian is still talking about it, and we went almost 2 hours ago. It’s amazing what you can see when you go out in nature. I won’t forget it, or the way I felt when I saw the big animal spines, skulls and black hairy bodies. I was not expecting that today at all. Christian wants to go back, maybe one day we will. I would rather see live animals then dead. We did get to see cows coming in for feeding time when a farmer pulled up to the gate. It was really fascinating watching them. Even the little calves were running in. We saw one white calf that stood out from all the rest, it was so adorable, he was running in to get food. I love cows:)!
Now, I am going to try to decide what I want to make for tomorrow before tomorrow comes, I have to plan to take something with me to Jax, too. After, I am going to lay down and watch Spongebob with Sabby.
Goodnight.
My lover is mine, and I am his. (NLT)-Song of Solomon 2:16