What did I drink today?

8:05 a.m.: 450 ml of lukewarm filtered water
9 a.m.: 450 ml of instant coffee
11:30 a.m.: The last few swallows of some apple juice
2:13 p.m.: 675 ml of strawberry iced tea
5:06 p.m.: 1/2 a liter bottle of Fanta
6 p.m.: 450 ml of strawberry iced tea
8:49 p.m.: 225 ml apple juice mixed with 1 Tbs apple cider vinegar and 2 Tbs hot water

8:15 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.: 1400 ml lukewarm filtered water

Total: 4200 ml or 144 oz of liquid (give or take a couple tablespoons)

Birthday No!

Please do not send me a birthday gift. I have another request (a donation to my Z'Photo Photography Club partnership grant) that will post in a few weeks (I am working on the grant with several young girls, so it is a learning process of how to write a grant and is taking a bit of time).

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Eat Your Heart Out Rachel Ray

I love to cook. I love kitchens. I love kitchen-y gadgets (especially Mango KitchenAid mixers). I would love a Löki-powered meat grinder, but that is besides the point.

Before coming to Az, I was a mild experimenter. I tampered with fried chicken recipes, perfected slow cooked collard greens, and learned how to make ice cream (ironic, I know).

In AK, I had kitchen-y gadgets. I had access to exotic spices (like ginger powder) and necessity ingredients (like cornmeal). In Az, I have fresh veggies, vinegar, and buckets of salt.

Every meal becomes an experiment. You’d think this would get tiresome, but I am loving it. I had never tried lentils before Az (packed with protein and make a great enchilada-base). I had never attempted Ratatouille (delicious with crushed red pepper and served as a cold pasta salad). I never made my own sauerkraut (which is still sitting in my refrigerator).

Ahh...I wonder what’s for dinner. I have a couple of eggplants and some tomatoes...