All in the details :)

 

There's a starfish in my cappuccino!

At Salento Cafe in Rive Village.

Late night wine and cheese snack

I made the cheese spread from yogurt cheese, basil, garlic powder,  kelp powder and sea salt. The crackers are dehydrated pumpkin puree. Not so sure about this one, but an interesting experiment I will attempt a variation of again.

I love waffles for dinner!

One of my tricks for a healthy indulgent waffle is my butter yogurt spread. I strain my greek yogurt so to produce yogurt cheese then mix butter and yogurt cheese to about a 1:4 ratio depending upon your taste. And I add a little salt too. When you spread it on waffles it tastes like your eating mouthfuls of buttery goodness when it's actually greek yogurt goodness!

Homemade tortillas

Some of my tacos on my sprouted grain tortillas. I use a variety of grains, whatever I have. Quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, and/or teff, and usually add a bit of arrowroot flour and chia or flax meal to the dough. Sprouted flours work differently than nonsprouted so be ready to experiment and don't get discouraged. So yummy! Though they won't have that really soft fine texture of white bread and such, but that very texture is like gluey goo on your insides. We're you one of the kids who ate the paste at school? ;)

Cabbage tacos

I try to avoid wheat, corn and soy. And I try to only eat sprouted grains. Living in the south, tacos are a common meal. One of my cheap quick replacements for tortillas is cabbage leaves. I also like collard greens. With the cabbage leaves, sometimes I use them raw so they are nice and crunchy. Sometimes I lightly grill 'em with garlic powder, salt and oil. If the leaves are too wilted they can be a bit difficult to bite through, so experiment.

Yummy cocktail at Embers in Breckenridge CO

This is one of the best cocktails I have ever had! Tomato infused vodka, balsamic reduction syrup, fresh basil, tomato, mozzarella and a salted rim with some sort of seasoning I can't quite place. This is the Caprese martini. The tomato vodka is quite mellow and balsamic quite sweet but still tart, kinda like a real margarita/mexican martini but different flavor profile. Breck has some great restaurants serving great flavor profiles! Happy hour is always a treat! My favorite spots are Ember, Relish, and Modis.