Packin' up the Kitchen

AZJoe was up this weekend, helping me move. However, as I am creating a small mountain of "stuff" for him to take back to Phoenix to store at my parents house, he is now having a great time creating some kind of raw confection.

Going through my cupboards, he discovered walnuts, pecans, cashews, pine nuts, coconut oil, coconut oil, cacao, agave syrup, date sugar, cacao butter, vanilla and sea salt. The creative process included; mixing things up, grinding things down, gently melting and melding everything together, for the art of "making dessert".

After shaping his creation into little bite size balls and dusting with date sugar, we enjoyed them with fresh cherries, grapes and peaches. He encourages my raw experiment, and even gave it a go himself, as he too is discovering the right kind of diet to fuel his mission here on earth.

I love lentil sprouts! It is so easy using the jar method. Soak over night, drain, rinse 1-2x a day. Bam! Sprouts. Undeniably apparent to see the life force in each legume bursting forth. Wheat berry sprouts are my second favorite. I experimented with larger indigenous beans of which I have lost their labels, and found that after tossing them into my raw salad one afternoon, that though a large portion of them sprouted, a significant amount did not, which makes for an unpleasant surprise while chomping away. I'm thinking I will stick to lentils and wheat.

Try this!
1 avocado, cubed
1/2 cup lentil sprouts
1/2 cup wheat sprouts
1 scallion, sliced
1/2 cup sun cured olives
Toss with olive oil (cold-pressed), apple cider vinegar, garlic, sea salt and a hearty shake of cayenne.
Yum!

Letting go of stuff...
I posted my furniture on Craig's List this week, and at the College. Buyers coming empty handed, leaving with a piece of my furniture and I, with a few dollars in my hand. I gave away,"free with purchase", my stash of non raw, unopened fancy condiments, mustards, gourmet relishes and my small collection of dried herbs. Enjoying the flavors of fresh herbs, I just can't see going back to dry.

Cooking utensils? Decision day has come and what to do with my cast iron pot, large skillet, oven-ware, smaller pots and pans wasn't as hard as I once imagined. I kept one small pot, and one small iron skillet, ...just in case...but the remaining items were sold or given away.

As I settle into sleep on a couch that's not mine, because I sold my bed, I am awake at 2am fully aware of my transition these days. It's a bit uncomfortable, this place of transition, as I am grasping for what is familiar and routine, I find I am grasping at empty air. Looking for the sacredness between the old and the new, I do know that this is verrrrry temporary. This whole thing might be a little nuts, but I am okay with it.