The Independent

Walking home from meditation. Who needs fireworks?

2nd Ave looking towards 18th street. (I think.)

My Standard Lunch/Dinner 2011

For those that want to know what I eat. Here it is. This is my standard meal I eat it for lunch every day at school, packing it with me or taking it with me on trips to Coney Island or wherever I'm going where good food choices are not available. sometimes I have it for dinner too. Everybody is always "don't you get bored?" There is a lot of variety to be considered. different lettuces, types of beans, quinoas, tomatoes, sprouts etc. I pick and choose my battles very carefully and getting sexy with my food is not an option.

1) Sprouts. Don't pay more than $1.99. I pay $1.50 at Gracefully. ive seen em for $2.99



2) Add Arugula



3) Add Baby Spinach



4) Add Washed Lettuce Red or Green (or both!)



5) Add Cucumber



6) Add chopped habañero pepper. Warning use rubber gloves when chopping peppers. I made sure hands were thoroughly washed but started noticing burning sensation under my fingernails. things got worse when I mistakenly touched my eye. At least I nipped it in the bud before I went to the bathroom! Yowch! My Uncle Tony was the first to warn me about this.






7) Add Chopped Peppers and Carrots: I like to combine, red, orange, yellow, green and Italian light green.



8) Add tomatoes and capers: I like Heirloom, kumatoes or campari tomatoes. I like bigger capers as opposed to tiny dinky ones.



9) Add Crunchy Sprouts they seem to be sprouted beans with little tails.



10) Add Egg Whites: I prefer Brown eggs with omega 3s added. Then add olive oil, black pepper, adobo and sea salt.



11) I bake yams in the oven then refrigerate them to take them to school etc.






12) Add Quinoa and beans. If I have black quinoa, I use white beans. If I use red quinoa, I use white or black beans. If I use white quinoa I use red, pink or black beans, I slice the yams add Sauteed spinach with red peppers, onions, garlic and mushrooms.



13) Steamed Vegetables: I like trying different ones. I picked red cabbage because it turns bright magenta when you microwave the leftovers. I try to get every color in my food except blue. Rachel Trachtenburg recommended I add blueberries. Like with smoothies even If I add one blueberry it will all taste like blueberrys. yuck! She also told me I might want to add pink grapefruit to my salad. I don't know if I'm ready for that. I think If I want blue or pink in my dinner I will start eating those organic edible flowers.







14) Add 2 slices of Arnolds wheat bread. Now I can eat. Bon Appétit!

Step by Step: The Perfect Breakfast

Breakfast by steps. I take pictures of what I eat so may as well blog about it.

1. Lay out tupperware in a pleasant arrangement, lids at close proximity.




2. Assemble the weapons of war: Shredded Wheat, Sun Maid raisins, Milled Flaxseed. I usually get things in twos so I don't run out during this delicate process.




3. Use scale to measure 1 oz of Shredded Wheat (27 Squares if you don't have your scale on hand) 1 oz raisins (about 63) and .5 ounces Milled Flaxseed (about 3 teaspoons) Ive been doing this for around 2 years so I can pretty much eyeball it.




4. Place lids on cereal making a pleasant checkerboard pattern. Make sure to settle cereal using a crumble game term called squarification (basically shake it a little so the flaxseed moves to the bottom of the tupperware.) Do this previous to putting the lid on so static electricity doesn't draw the milled flaxseeds to the lid depriving you of precious molecules of flaxseed that you have carefully have measured out. I don't like to upset this precious balance of nutrition.



5. Stack them in order. Place neatly in cupboard. Stare. Close cupboard. Feel safe in the knowledge you wont have to do this again for about 10 days.




6. take vitamins, get Almond unsweetened vanilla non dairy beverage from refrigerator and 1 banana. Pour 8 ounces of Almond unsweetened vanilla non dairy beverage into measuring cup. Open cupboard select a tupperware of breakfast: round ones go first, purple second blue third. return Almond unsweetened vanilla non dairy beverage to refrigerator. Say grace, eat breakfast. Wash dishes thoroughly. Check pantry to see of you're running low on any supplies. Make list. Purchase. No buying any impulse items. Stick to the list always. No deviations.

Enjoy day.



I have since switched from Pacific Almond unsweetened vanilla non dairy beverage to Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla non dairy beverage. its creamier.

Oscars 2011

I'm not really one for the Oscars but an impromptu appearance by Seth Shire the Unpaid Film Critic really got me thinking. I really liked Inception and Toy Story 3. In any case enjoy the episode featuring Vince Lombardi from Rolling Rhinos and Rich from DVTV.

Enjoy the episode!