Saturday, May 1, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Kanaloa's "Kai" Salad
A scrumptious and healthy salad, replete with flavor and packed with: calcium, vitamin K, iron, folic acid, vitamin C, carotenoids, and essential amino acids. An easy and tasty way to fill your body with healthy nutrients after a weekend of partying.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cup spinach leaves, ripped into pieces (* I prefer to buy the "spinach for cooking" as opposed to salad spinach for its thicker, crunchier texture, which offsets the seaweed taste)
- 1/2 cup Shirakiku Cut Dried Wakame Seaweed (or any other wet seaweed you have)
- 3 stalks celery, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 5 tbsp. Nutritional Yeast flakes
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp white pepper
- 2-3 tsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp water
PREPARATION
- Pour Shirakiku Wakame Seaweed into a bowl and cover with water, about an inch higher than the seaweed. Wait five minutes for the seaweed to expand and absorb the water. Pour out excess water. Squeeze seaweed to eliminate more water and pour out.
- Combine spinach, garlic, and celery in a large bowl. Add seaweed.
- In a separate, smaller bowl, mix lemon juice, water, soy sauce, cumin, pepper, nutritional yeast, chili powder, and onion powder. Adjust to taste.
- Add dressing to salad. Mix.
Makes one serving.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tuesday Playlist
An ode to Public Enemy, Radio Raheem, Spike Lee, and simply making it through another week...
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Prana Mana Morning Juice
The ultimate, taste-bud pleasing, mind-electrifying juice:
- 3 large carrots
- 1 pear
- 1 large red pepper
- handful of spinach
- lemon
All-Natural Alternative to Adderall
In the last week I've written 3 six-to-eight page papers and one 25 page research paper. Granted, during this time I had no social life and resigned myself to day after boring day of sitting at the kitchen table working on these essays, but it was due to my herbal cocktail that I was really able to get through this awful period.
I've never been able to use Aderrall or Riddlin as "study drugs" despite their popularity with the majority of the college population. Let's just say that the few times I have tried these drugs, I experienced the total opposite effect-- becoming paranoid and scatterbrained, fearful that world was going to end, literally. Not a very fun time for me. Weird side effects aside, if you don't have a prescription for these drugs, they can be difficult and costly to acquire. It's also illegal, but considering as how often college students engage in illegal activities-- underage drinking, drug usage, etc-- I doubt this is a top concern. Regardless, I'm a far bigger proponent of natural, herbal supplements, and it is for this reason that I decided to add some new pills to my regimen this past week.
In addition to the tons of other pills and powders that I drink on a daily basis, I began taking three Siberian Eleuthero Root pills and two Ginkgo Biloba pills each morning with my cup of iced coffee. Aside from the purported benefits of these herbs and the fact that I was able to get a lot of work done, I know that these supplements work because on the two days in which I did not take them, I got no work done. I had difficulty both focusing and motivating myself to work. However, on the days in which I did take this pill combo, I could easily work at a steady pace for at least five hours. Given my college track record, I have been amazingly productive this past week. Motivation and 'giving a shit' problems plague me on a daily basis, leading me to become the all-nighter/last-minute student that I so loathed in high school. This is not say that my new herbal regimen of Eleuthero and Ginkgo have suddenly made me care about my schoolwork (far from it!), but it has miraculously enabled me to focus long enough to hunker down and do the work.
There are many benefits to both pills, ranging from anti-inflammatory and cancer preventing qualities, however, focusing, mental stamina, and the like are the most common known benefits. Below is a list of the main benefits of each herb.
Siberian Eleuthero (Note: For many years, this herb was marketed as "ginseng" in the US because of its similar properties. It is, however, of a different family and has slightly different properties)
I've never been able to use Aderrall or Riddlin as "study drugs" despite their popularity with the majority of the college population. Let's just say that the few times I have tried these drugs, I experienced the total opposite effect-- becoming paranoid and scatterbrained, fearful that world was going to end, literally. Not a very fun time for me. Weird side effects aside, if you don't have a prescription for these drugs, they can be difficult and costly to acquire. It's also illegal, but considering as how often college students engage in illegal activities-- underage drinking, drug usage, etc-- I doubt this is a top concern. Regardless, I'm a far bigger proponent of natural, herbal supplements, and it is for this reason that I decided to add some new pills to my regimen this past week.
In addition to the tons of other pills and powders that I drink on a daily basis, I began taking three Siberian Eleuthero Root pills and two Ginkgo Biloba pills each morning with my cup of iced coffee. Aside from the purported benefits of these herbs and the fact that I was able to get a lot of work done, I know that these supplements work because on the two days in which I did not take them, I got no work done. I had difficulty both focusing and motivating myself to work. However, on the days in which I did take this pill combo, I could easily work at a steady pace for at least five hours. Given my college track record, I have been amazingly productive this past week. Motivation and 'giving a shit' problems plague me on a daily basis, leading me to become the all-nighter/last-minute student that I so loathed in high school. This is not say that my new herbal regimen of Eleuthero and Ginkgo have suddenly made me care about my schoolwork (far from it!), but it has miraculously enabled me to focus long enough to hunker down and do the work.
There are many benefits to both pills, ranging from anti-inflammatory and cancer preventing qualities, however, focusing, mental stamina, and the like are the most common known benefits. Below is a list of the main benefits of each herb.
Siberian Eleuthero (Note: For many years, this herb was marketed as "ginseng" in the US because of its similar properties. It is, however, of a different family and has slightly different properties)
- promotes mental vigor and alertness
- protect against stress-related illnesses
- increases mental and physical stamina and endurance
- improve concentration and memory
- promotes blood flow to the brain and extremities
- reduces anxiety and stress
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Win Free Eco-Friendly Stuff!
Spring is the time for growth, renewal, and tons of environmentally-friendly giveaways? Check out these fun and quirky contests to see if you'd be interested in entering for a chance to win any of the offered items.
- Win an Ezip Trails electric bicyle by Currie Technologies (Sweepstakes ends May 01, 2010)
- Win a trip for two to a Vermont organic dairy farm during fall foliage season from Stonyfield Farm (Sweepstakes ends 5/31/10)
- Win a set of bamboo plates and bowls from mamashealth.com. Several winners will be chosen. (Sweepstakes ends May 01, 2010)
- Win an organic Green Basics Spice Set from TSP Spices
- Win an organic bedroom makeover from Natural Home Magazine
- Win a $1000 VivaTerra shopping spree (Sweepstakes ends April 22, 2010)
- Win a 2010 Mini Cooper Sedan from Hilton Grand Vacations (Sweepstakes ends May 31, 2010)
Death Wish for A Glutton
If you're too much of a coward to kill yourself, go here and they'll do it for you:
Rather than writing a summary about this restaurant, just watch this video. The Heart Attack Grill is simply too disgusting and repulsive for me to write about, and it's not just because I don't eat meat. Not only does the establishment denigrate healthy eating and applaud obesity, but it smacks of misogynistic, degrading female stereotypes, capitalizing on the sex appeal of their waitresses to make a profit.
This is a pitiful establishment and I can only imagine what I would do it (one late, balmy night) if I lived in Arizona.
Double Double This This, Double Double That That...
What do you do when supersizing, doubling, and tripling becomes old news? If you're McDonald's, you create the Big Mac, offering your customers the chance to bite into two patties and three buns at the same time, or, if you're In-N-Out, you take your customer's boredom (or gluttony, you choose) one step further and create such monstrosities as the X by Y, offering X amount of patties with Y amount of buns (however, the company recently imposed a limit of 4 patties and 4 buns per burger).
And if tripling, doubling, multiplying, and adulterating your burger from the inside doesn't interest you, burger joints still have you covered. Lettuce buns, or "protein burgers" are sprouting up on menus nationwide from Jack In The Box to In-N-Out, and some chains even offer strictly Atkins Diet burgers that include only the patty and cheese.
But what do you do if you're not a fan of red meat, and although you love chicken tenders and chicken patty sandwiches, are sick of them as well? Why, head to Kentucky Fried Chicken to try their newest entree: The Double Down.
I'm not sure what I love more about the sandwich: the fact that it's a 'wich of two pieces of meat encasing more meat? Or that the first sentence on its KFC webpage declares, "The new KFC Double Down sandwich is real!" I am so glad that KFC wrote that because I was worried that it wasn't real-- that I was either so dehydrated and hallucinating, or that the company had developed a new policy making every day April Fool's Day. Feuf. It's a good thing the website told me otherwise.
Dubbed "heart stopping" and "artery clogging" by critics, the sandwich consists of two boneless white meat chicken filets, two slices of bacon, two slices of melted Monterey jack and pepper jack cheese, and the Colonel's sauce.
Interestingly, the sandwich has only been available for sale at a limited number of KFC chains for the last two years as the company was testing its popularity with consumers. The good news is that, as of April 12, 2010, this sandwich is sold at every KFC nationwide! Also, according to their press release, KFC will donate the "unheeded" sandwich buns to food banks across the country, starting with the Dare to Care Food Bank in KFC's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
What will they think of next? A sandwich that consists entirely of patties, a.k.a. a slab of meat? Oh, wait, that already exists...
And if tripling, doubling, multiplying, and adulterating your burger from the inside doesn't interest you, burger joints still have you covered. Lettuce buns, or "protein burgers" are sprouting up on menus nationwide from Jack In The Box to In-N-Out, and some chains even offer strictly Atkins Diet burgers that include only the patty and cheese.
But what do you do if you're not a fan of red meat, and although you love chicken tenders and chicken patty sandwiches, are sick of them as well? Why, head to Kentucky Fried Chicken to try their newest entree: The Double Down.
I'm not sure what I love more about the sandwich: the fact that it's a 'wich of two pieces of meat encasing more meat? Or that the first sentence on its KFC webpage declares, "The new KFC Double Down sandwich is real!" I am so glad that KFC wrote that because I was worried that it wasn't real-- that I was either so dehydrated and hallucinating, or that the company had developed a new policy making every day April Fool's Day. Feuf. It's a good thing the website told me otherwise.
Dubbed "heart stopping" and "artery clogging" by critics, the sandwich consists of two boneless white meat chicken filets, two slices of bacon, two slices of melted Monterey jack and pepper jack cheese, and the Colonel's sauce.
Interestingly, the sandwich has only been available for sale at a limited number of KFC chains for the last two years as the company was testing its popularity with consumers. The good news is that, as of April 12, 2010, this sandwich is sold at every KFC nationwide! Also, according to their press release, KFC will donate the "unheeded" sandwich buns to food banks across the country, starting with the Dare to Care Food Bank in KFC's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
What will they think of next? A sandwich that consists entirely of patties, a.k.a. a slab of meat? Oh, wait, that already exists...
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