weirdest salad ever

[notnotabouthim]

I've been eating a salad a day for almost 4 months now. My policy is pretty much "grab random things and chuck 'em in a bowl.' As such, I'm pretty sure I haven't eaten the same thing twice. It's pretty cool, it works for me

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[notnotabouthim]

you weirdo :)

.. and forks are easier for spearing the broccoli with anyway :)

[ferlengheti]

you might be better off with a chopstick. =)

[notnotabouthim]

yeah, thought about that. The tines are thinner and stronger on a fork. Also, it's easier to scoop up many different flavours at once with a fork - which means every mouthful is a taste explosion... which is pretty great :)

[wildilocks]

My lunch today consisted of:

celery
cucumber
broccoflower
organic beetroot dip
organic spicy salsa dip
salami

for desert: homemade raw chocolate with maple syrup, sesame seeds, goji berries, mesquite, pistacios, cinnamon and cayenne pepper.

OM NOM NOM!

:)

[notnotabouthim]

oooh! that DOES sound delicious.

Particularly the organic beetroot dip. YUM! :) and your dessert sounds positively divine...

[wildilocks]

I sent Gala home with some of my choccies last time she was in - did she not give you any?!

I have also had developed a habit of making those little nori rolls minus rice. Those are great, and easy to make!

[notnotabouthim]

oooh, why yes she did.. and I managed to steal one of them off her. It was YUMMY!.

I have some of that seaweed stuff, but mostly I crumple it up and put it in my salads - makes for a delicious addition.

Oh, and Gala says, "please add her" - she can't read your posts because she's not friended. Thank you :)

[lynnivere]

This post makes me think of "The Natural History of the Chicken." http://www.alibris.com/moviesearch?upc=841887003513&siteID=Uj2QbJOXj.A-OK2MVHy6aqJNS5CTut9rqw Fabulous Film, I highly recommend!

There's a scene where this chicken -with very specific nutritional needs- just pecks & bops about finding exactly what it needs hither & yon.

Sounds like you've got your sensors trained to pick & choose exactly what you need in that bowl even if those particular foods don't usually mingle together. Yay!

[notnotabouthim]

*laugh* it might LOOK like that, but I'm pretty sure it's just me going "let's grab everything out of the fridge and shove it in a bowl" :))

trick is just to make sure that I only buy lots of things I like the taste of.. luckily for me I like pretty much ALL vegetables, so that makes it super easy.

[ferlengheti]

ok, so last night i made juice with a juicer. yay my mum and her impulse buying! i put in a tomato, 3 carrots, and two granny smiths, and it was gorgeous.

im going to try to make more stuff into juice but you said (or gala did) that they dont keep the fibre in them cos theres no pulp. so smoothies would be better, ja? so, if i have a blender of some kind, and i chuck in a bunch of fruit and vege, whats a good way of keepnig it liquid without using dairy...? cos i imagine otherwise id just be making Paste.

here i am, picking your brainz. mmm, brainz.

[notnotabouthim]

there's a bit of debate about that, actually

[ferlengheti]

thank you!
this is why i like you - you like acquiring knowledge, and youre generous about sharing it. =)

thanks heaps, im going to try to play around a little with my bad habits and see what happens!

also, where the fcuk does one get goji berries? you crazy hippy!

[notnotabouthim]

I just buy from a sweet-and-nut shop right across the road. They're generally sold dried, but you just soak them in water for a few minutes and all the flavour pops right out of them.

They actually sell them all over. Health food shops, Asian supermarkets, even regular supermarkets if you're lucky. In the "obscure but healthy" area typically.

They're just one of those superfoods (along with cacao powder/nibs, and some others I can't remember right now). Great antioxidant, etc. You just have to make sure you mis-pronounce them goh-gee, not goh-she, otherwise nobody knows what you're talking about.