Gifts and Windfalls

what a lovely day. after making my big trip to Thrive, i still ended up getting to try a new raw food today. i went to work for a short shift in the afternoon. I got to take home a small bag of flavored sprouted sunflower seeds because the bag had a hole in it. The cocoa mole flavor was interesting.


I would have liked it to be a little sweeter, but it is supposed to me Molé, not candy chocolately. the cayenne pepper was very light. i couldn't really taste it, but the aftertaste was warm in the mouth, like i'd eaten salsa or some other spicy item. I appreciate that the bag says it was sprouted (increase sprouting awareness!)it was alright to snack on. $3.29
http://www.kaiafoods.com/about.html
this brand also makes sprouted buckwheat granola. i'm sure it's about 6 dollars for a little bag, so i wont be buying any. i already make it at home and they add just adding agave, cocoa powder, pumpkin seeds and raisins.

in the free bin for employees there was piles of zucchini and broccoli! i took a few, plus a bag of rainbow grapes.
















and when i got home i had gotten a gift! My sister, a bidding graphic designer, read my blog for the first time and she made me a new banner for this blog. i've already replaced the old one with it at the top of the page. Thanks Mel! more art by her here: http://mlrsn.wordpress.com/


the text is much more readable and it's nice and flowy instead of blocky

After work i asked the deli workers if i could look in their cookbook and i made a copy of their chia seed pudding. it's only a few ingredients, but i will have to shrink down the portion size because it's written for 20 cups of pudding! so look for that experiment soon! I'll also be visiting a raw milk farm in a few days, so i'll write about that, too.