At Discovery Park
I am very over my "downs" as I called them in the last post. I mean, I will still worry a little over them, but I have not let them consume me like I might have in the past. In the past, I let events snowball into something far worse. In fact, all the worrying made the actual stressor far worse. Instead of reaching for a bottle of wine, I took a run on Friday, yoga on Saturday, and a hike on Sunday. And ate plenty of raw food. Including raw chocolate. Jeez, I handle stress so much better than I used to!
Sienna and I take a sprint
Today we took Sienna to Discovery Park to do some hiking and blackberry picking. We had a great picnic of dancing chicken salad (recipe on goneraw.com) on top of a green salad. Then some chocolate Chris made last night. (I went out to get more watermelon and there it was in the fridge!) We walked all along the beach but didn't go on the sand because Sienna isn't allowed on it. Then we got to the fun part, blackberry picking! Only most of the berries were just beyond my reach. Luckily Chris is a few inches taller than me. I didn't dress well for the occasion and got some scratches on my legs. Nothing major though. Sienna kept getting stuck in the grass behind the big brambles. She was not even close to being as tall as some of those prickers shooting up from the ground, surrounding the delicious berries like a force field.
Chris with the berry container
with Sienna
Oh and I made some granola, or gRAWnola as some would say. It's so cinnamon-y. It's very lovely on its own or with milk. Recipe re-posted from goneraw.com.
Chris's grawnola with cacao nibs in hemp milk
Ingredients:
2 cups buckwehat, sprouted
1 cup sunflower seeds, soaked (optional)
1 cup dried fruit
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons agave nectar
2 tablespoons shredded dried coconut
1 cups nuts your choice
Preparation:
1. Grind nuts in a food processor with sunflower seeds
2. Add in fruit and blend a bit more.
3. Add in cinnamon and agave.
4. Mix into bowl with buckwheat and coconut until throughly blended.
5. Spread onto Teleflex sheets and dehydrate 8-10 hours at 110 degrees.
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8 comments:
Hey there-- I am so proud to see you up and running! It has been a long time. You look great and I love the pic of you and Siena!!
xxoo
So glad that your feeling better.
great pic of you and the girl... b and I went running this morning, she seemed less tired this time. Of course it wasn't as hot this morning as last time. I need to go do some berry picking myself. Glad you three had such a great time!
:)
oh! what kind of pie did you end up making???
super awesome post, love the pic of your dog happily running along and Chris just chillin for the camera. So glad the downs are gone!!! Hope you have a great week!
~Sam
Looks like a great day! It was a great weekend for such fun too. Well, for the most part. :) The granola looks fabulous - I'll have to give it a go once I have all the ingredients.
How long do you soak and sprout your buckwheat?
Glad you are feeling happier! The outing looked so fun! :)
to sprout the buckwheat, i soak for about 6-8 hours then rinse. Then put in the dehydrator for about the same amount of time until dry.
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