Hello journal.
All is well in my world, gosh the months sure do fly by. For the past 6 weeks it’s very much winter here so no outdoor Pickleball. We have moved indoors and I also have access to a full gym, swimming pools and sauna so I’ve been taking advantage of that. At the gym I like to do a small circuit of 10 minutes on each of the step machine, rowing machine and bike. Then I finish off with just a few minutes of lap swimming and the sauna is the reward at the end. So relaxing and therapeutic. I have a nice routine established, but we will be travelling for the next few months so will be needing to make a new schedule. While travelling I plan to keep food as simple as possible, lots of potatoes and oats.
On the food front nothing much has changed. My favorite lunch is still a large salad bowl with rice, roasted peppers, cabbage, onions, a few air fried mushrooms, lettuce and some pumpkin seeds. For dressing, I blend up and have even found I can make larger batches and freeze it. White beans, lemon juice, horseradish, mustard, vinegar, tahini and water. Never get tired of this. At the very end I also microwave it for like 20 seconds, my family thinks I’m weird, but what can I say I enjoy a warm salad lol. As it’s cold out I’ve been making lots of soup and it helps me empty out the freezer also.
I’m not doing too much seasonal baking, but I did make a new recipe for gingerbread men from Vegan8. This recipe is a keeper as the dough was easy to work with to roll and cut. It used maple syrup, but I want to try substituting date syrup next time. I make my own oat flour. The flavour and texture just turned out very nice and it was a thumbs up from the family. I’m looking forward to several holiday gatherings over the next couple of weeks.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a 2023 that is full of health and happiness.
Erin
"The more disciplined your environment is, the less disciplined you need to be. Don't swim upstream."