New Snow

New snow. Enough to sled on. Tristen was outside all morning playing in it. I bundled Ro-Ro up (think A Christmas Story) so she could barely toddle, and we joined him for a while.

Tristen and I came up with an interesting spread today. I had sprouted some garbanzo beans, and was going to make the usual chopped beans with EVOO, garlic, herbs, and salt. He didn’t really want that, so instead we came up with this. I’m calling it Cheezy Hummus.

In a blender I tossed in:
About ½ cup garbanzo beans
clove garlic, pressed
squeeze of ½ lemon
few dashes sea salt
dash turmeric
a tablespoon chia seeds
little water as needed to blend

To this I added a couple small handfuls of cashews and about a tablespoon of hulled sesame seeds that I ground in the coffee grinder. We added this last so we could blend the other stuff first, then thicken it to a cheeze sauce consistency with the powdered nuts. We put it on some cut up Romaine—the crunchy base. Cheeze and Crackers! Sort of. I would have added parsley and thyme or some other herbs, but Tris just wasn’t feeling it. Maybe next time.

Today Rowan ate:

Green smoothie—pineapple, mango, herbs
Cheezy Hummus with ca-krs (cut up Romaine)
Almond milk
carrot chips
more green smoothie
brownie bites
potato slices
more green smoothie
almond milk

Tristen ate:

Banana
Herb salad mix with maple fig dressing
Cheezy Hummus with Romaine lettuce
brownie bites
Almond milk
walnuts and almonds
potato slices

☻ Sharilyn