It's been an interesting week. I looked out my kitchen
window on the day before Valentine's Day and noticed a heart shaped water
design on the hot tub cover. I though it was a sign so I ran out to take a
picture and I did a little turnabout, instead of being the recipient of roses I
was the giver. It was a hit – and I got
an oil change and a car wash – much needed and practical - which I love!
On Valentine's Day we normally exchange cards and go out to
dinner, this year however, we decided to do lunch at a raw food restaurant in
Minneapolis called Ecopolitian and then go to a movie. We've eaten at
Ecopolitian before and I'm a big fan of the food. I had an order of flaxseed
tostadas with sprouted lentil "meat" and Dan had chipotle kale nachos
with eco chips – both were spicy and delicious and too much food, we had the
same thing for dinner on Sunday.
About Sunday, since I we had lots of leftovers and I wasn't
cooking a meal I decided to try my hand at making plantain rice pudding using a
recipe from Inspiralized (here).
I'm not sure if my plantains were too ripe but I gave up trying to spiralize
them because they were turning into mush and just chopped them finely – the end
result was tasty.
When I make this again I think I'll switch out the almond
milk and use coconut milk to enhance the coconut flavor and I'll add a touch of
maple syrup. You can see how creamy it is and it only took me about 20 from
start to finish – not bad for a dessert.
We sat down and enjoyed our tasty dessert and watched the Great British Bakeoff and Downton Abbey. I'm a huge fan of Downton and I'll be sad when it ends but
end it will – Perhaps I'll take up some other hobby or get back to more reading
or working on my quilt when the season ends.
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