Friday, May 30, 2008

a good day starts

with a good breakfast...
and since i found this Mexican gigantic

Brombeere
Blackberries
Moras negras


[look at their size compared to my hand!]

so i decided to use them in a

super-Frühstück
super-breakfast
super-desayuno

all the ingredients here are very healthy food
i linked some of their benefits
please click and read them!

every day i realize more the importance of
feeding oneself with the proper foods
the chemistry in our bodies reflects in every
aspect of our lives... i many times indulge in
not so very healthy food... but it is comforting
to notice that after eating healthier food for
as little as 1 or 2 weeks, i start feeling with
more energy, lighter, and even happier...
mmm, body chemistry!

now for that delicious healthy breakfast

ingredients

1 cup of low-fat (1%) Kefir milk
1/2 cup (or more) of delicious blackberries
1/4 cup of walnuts
1 tablespoon of Maple syrup




just cut the berries if the are too big
and mix them with the Kefir milk
chop the walnuts and sprinkle with the maple syrup

i use Grade B maple syrup, which is less processed than
grade A, but has this nutty almost "tree-like" flavor
mmm, and has to be Canadian or from Vermont
the experts in maple syrup regions

oh, mouthwatering!



and here some healthy alternatives
in case you don't find the ingredients

if you don't have Kefir milk, use low or fat-free yogurt
if you don't have berries, use any other chopped fruit
if you don't have walnuts, use any other nut
if you don't have maple syrup, use regular bee honey

and this is delicious as a dessert too!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

a lazy sunday

silent half-dead Sun
mumbling, a distant dog
peace and smells of life that has passed
a silent window
muted memories of a lost love
Sunday, a lazy one,
around my home

never enough

it seems to be never enough time
specially when it comes to rest
or to walk, or to play

after a 3-day weekend
i feel like i didn't really rest
but i didn't really worked either

i sort of cleaned
and sort of rested
i planed to upload tons of recipes
and post hundreds of photos
that i have stored

yet, i did NONE
didn't post anything
barely read now & there
but... ah time... time
click clack clock...

but again, never enough time
although, i did stretch the old toes
and took a couple of sunny-sometimes
cold-grayish-other-times naps

and i cooked, oh yes, and ate...
and even if in quantity, healthy too for sure

and today i woke to another
apparently limitless issue in California
and all around this country...
or the world
the energetics crisis up to our heads
or our feet?

for the 1st time since living in San Diego
that is 2001
i payed over $4 per a gallon of gasoline



fresh from this gray Tuesday morning
at the pump
the cheapest gasoline the
Unleaded 87 Octane Regular
$4.099 per gallon

and luckily i have a gasoline-saving gas
a japanese brand, Toyota
with very high mileage per gallon
but still, i could see the numbers just
rolling on and on and on at the pump...





and that was just for 3/4 of the tank!



time to switch the wheel for the shoe!
and yet my shoes here complain a bit too...
i am a walker indeed
on the weekends
i try to run most errands by foot

but even if Hippocrates said
"Walking is man's best medicine"
some distances the feet just can't take
specially in Southern California
with a life style designed for having a car



oh the 'practicalities' of this!
our modern life

and yet, walk! walk! walk!

and underneath or below?
the Hippocrates' quotes
was hidden this one
by this author unknown by me before
Gretel Ehrlich

it read:
"Walking is also an ambulation of mind."

and oh, so to walk
this mind of mine feels so inclined
to ambulate, to pace always!
sometimes, low or, later fast

Sunday, May 25, 2008

breakfast: huevos con ajos y tomates

Reformkost Frühstück
healthy breakfast
desayuno saludable

I have been very lazy the past couple of days
just resting and hanging-out at home
but also I have been trying to cook myself
my own meals while trying to eat healthier
for me is a pleasure to cook simple meals
and i have been trying to include ingredients
that are listed on this book that my friend Tina
recently gave me: Super Foods RX



so one of the quick breakfast recipes that i developed
myself is
Ei, Tomaten und Knoblauchzehe
eggs with tomatoes and garlic
huevos con tomates y ajo

Ingredients

5 cherry tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
1 'sunny' disposition of making yourself and yummy and healthy breakfast



optional: slices of green serrano chile, for a mexican spicy twist
or some fresh basil, for a more Mediterranean flavor






it is very easy to make
just chop the tomatoes and garlic
and cook them on the olive oil
on a thick pan for about 3 minutes
add the already beaten egg and heat
until the egg is cooked



here i served with some cuban style black beans
from trader joe's



beans have tons of vitamins B and fiber
and tomatoes, garlic and olive oil are among
the healthiest foods in the world
so enjoy!



to accompany all, a good cup of black coffee
i recommend you the Trader Joe's
Bolivian Organic blend
is a caramel smooth medium but also dark blend
perfect for breakfast

i have more healthy & quick recipes coming soon

Bon appetite!

Friday, May 23, 2008

walk into the sea






[I could walk into the sea]
And choke away the memory
Do I have to stay alive
Just to keep our dresses white?

You come to me in dreams
With all the other pretty things
You tell me about a Savior
And how the soul lives on forever

And time is just a hunger
It bleeds us out to nothing
And when it finally takes us over
I hope we’ll float away together

Yeah, time’s the great destroyer
Leaves every child a bastard
When it finally takes us over
I hope we’ll float away together



stormy friday

& its grayness a little my soul altered...
with its layers of melanchol-eesh gray-eeish
substances and the branches, scratching
the already-clouded skies
scratching, reaching
like we always want to reach for the sky

the gray, the melancholy
of a night that has melted
within the daylight...

try playing both little movies
and the song all at once
then repeat the movies
as the song is longer
and immerse yourself
in sound and gray




Jane Siberry With K.D. Lang


so on stormy friday nights
could be a good idea
as one cuddles, a song to listen so to scare
the windy demons away
calling all angels, with angels voices
themselves

Monday, May 19, 2008

das letzte Quiz

Ich habe morgen die letzte Deutschstunde und das letzte Wortschatz Quiz
am Donnerstag, der Endtest
here the last words i have to learn
to end Kapitel 11 (elf)



and even though I won't miss
being out of my house
jeden Dienstag und Donnerstag um 8 Uhr und zurück um 20 Uhr...

i will indeed miss Frau Wrasidlo
and her marvelous lectures
always so throughly and efficient
again and again over the primary and secondary endings
over the strange word order in German sentences
and always highlights her classes with some German
cultural tidbits, comments over German idiosyncrasies
and some Berliners anecdotes...
indeed the best
'foreign Language' professor I ever had
and once of the best professors overall
of my whole career

sie ist eine fantastische Frau!
as you can read here in a couple of
students reviews

and what a treat when one finds a good professor
like Frau Barbara Wrasidlo
one of those who change one's life
because, yes, one can learn from books
from life, and even from the internet
but nothing like getting knowledge on the place
where knowledge was meant to be imparted
on a public school...
ah! i am pretty lucky to be an adult student
now that learning is not a duty
but a pleasure...
although i still complain while doing
Hausaufgabe and repeating

i consider myself pretty lucky
of have learned a little of German
such a schweres Sprache!

and even if i am too far from knowing the language well
at least i feel safe now to go to Germany
and say one of the most common phrases
in any language

ich möchte etwas zu essen
i would like something to eat
me gustaría algo de comer


oh what one does for love,
even learning Deutsch...

und etwas lieber
straight from Germany
Lieber Gruß!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

california dreaming

heute nachmittag, um die Ecke meines Hauses
this afternoon, around the corner of my house
la tarde de hoy, a la vuelta de la esquina de mi casa






as the degrees rise
the california dreaming
rubs awake now
its sleepy eyes

Saturday, May 17, 2008

a Friday night on a hot day of May

after a 40hr working week
and classes
and what it seemed an
eternal/endless running of errands
my Friday night (last night)
came... ah! & time for...

barefoot-lounging...
strawberry-munching...



and a heat wave attacks San Diego today
but i felt victim of conveniences, leaving
the little house anyway

i will come back to reply your great comments
my dear dear friends

was Friday night
and now so sunny warm not so fresh
but the light demands me outside
rushing the soul on a sunny escapade

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

some kitchen scenes

Montag Mittagessen
Monday's Lunch
el almuerzo del lunes



a traditional
turkey breast, jack pepper w/peppers cheese
red lettuce and spinach mix
over multi grain sliced bread
mustard added

and the whole Lunch set
some greek style fat free yogurt (mmm, creamy!)
and 10 organic strawberries



pretty spoiled...

and some of the room where it all



takes place...
Guten Appetit!
Bonn Appetite!
¡Buen provecho!