5/12 Grill It
Today we are teaching our third vegan cooking class. The theme is “Grill It” and I am very excited. The moment the temperature goes above 50 degrees I crave the taste of grilled edibles. We are offering a menu of alternatives to traditional grilling foods that will create beautiful and impressive food in a really easy way. Your family, guests or spouse will not believe how much care and love you put into theses dishes. Only you will know how low maintenance they were to prepare. Here are the links to the dishes we are teaching. Many of you have seen these recipes from the blog. Now you will have them all in one place for your next BBQ. What an exceptional way to celebrate Memorial Day.
Grilled Pineapple Steaks w/ Banana Ice Cream
I am also going to create a fresh salsa with grilled pineapple, jalapeno, cilantro and a pepper. I am going to wing it tomorrow with ingredients we have on hand so I do not yet have a recipe to share. As soon as I do, I will. I think the sweet and the heat will be a perfect companion to both the fajitas and the BBQ tempeh.
Instructing the past two classes has been a surprising and fantastic growth experience for me. Honestly, a year ago I hardly cooked at all, Sandy did most of the cooking. There is no way I would have ever imagined myself teaching a classroom full of strangers how to cook vegan food (or any food). Truly amazing what a difference a year makes. Learning how to create soul satisfying compassionate cuisine has been so inspiring that I immediately felt moved to share it with others. Like, “Oh my goodness, you have to taste this. I never thought I could live without dairy either but taste this!” This continues to be a journey of firsts.
Kale Trail Update
Yesterday we did some cross training. As our sit bones were healing from the bike ride we decided to swim laps. Great choice. I have never swam laps for the duration that Coach Kelly asked us to swim (read almost freaked from fear or failure but kept swimming instead). We finished strong then had a huge breakfast.
Have a delicious day.
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