Category: Journal

Cooking Up a Benevolent Life

The Benevolent Cook

Keri and I have a new project. The Benevolent Cook. The main goal of the site is to provide easy to cook vegan recipes. The project was inspired by our Whole30 experiments starting January. We’re currently in our third run-through of Whole30. We have both lost a significant amount of weight which is an awesome side perk to the program. It wasn’t our intention to lose weight but rather reset our eating habits. The biggest change for me was finally getting my meal portions under control. It doesn’t take too much food to satisfy me these days.

The Paper Journal

I have my own side project too. The Paper Journal. I’ve put this on the back burner and work on it when I can. Eventually I would like to have this be a comprehensive resource for journaling.

Speaking of Journals…

Next journal: Samma vayama. Click the image for full album.

I’m just about to finish my 21st journal and just recently finished designing and binding my next journal seen above. I’m just days away from starting it and I can barely wait!

June 7th, 2019

Bookbinding, Journal, Journaling, Metamorphosis, Oeuvre
Still Runnin’

Yep, I’m still running. In fact, I’ve run every day this year aside from 2 days to recover from an injury and 1 day when I just didn’t have the chance to get out there. Not only that but I am on my 4th day of a new challenge. 5K a day. I ran my 4th one this afternoon and made my best time yet. The course I’m running is actually a bit longer than a 5K so that my first few minutes of running are more of a warmup. I’ve been skipping the stretching routine in favor of that. So far so good!

February 3rd, 2016

Journal, Metamorphosis, Oeuvre, Running
What to do with all that chard?
Chard, a relative of the beet plant, is ridiculously easy to grow here so we grow a lot of it. Kale is just as easy to grow but kale is cheap to buy by the pound at the store. Chard, on the other hand, is expensive. I have no idea why. I actually prefer chard over kale. I love the slightly sweet and earthy taste. It’s great raw and cooked. Keri and I mostly use it in our green smoothies but also as a substitute for spinach when making lasagna or Easter pie. Since we ate out for lunch today we decided to have smoothies for a light yet filling dinner. Pic and recipe below:

Green Smoothie with chard.

Green Smoothie

Ingredients:
- 5 to 6 leaves of chard
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
- 2 cups unsweetened almond coconut milk
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tsbp hemp protein
Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend at highest setting until smooth. Serve immediately. Makes two large servings.
October 5th, 2015

Journal, Recipes

Category: Journal

Cooking Up a Benevolent Life

The Benevolent Cook

The Paper Journal

Speaking of Journals…

Still Runnin’

What to do with all that chard?

Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

Directions: