ROASTED CORN (THE SHORTCUT METHOD!)

     Hello everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day's weekend! I thought in the spirit of summer, that I would share with you two of my favorite recipes for easy, simply roasted veggies either on the grill or in the oven. As a vegetarian, it is truly key to make big batches of veggies to save time during the week- to then distribute for your meals throughout the week. 

Enjoy!

Ingredients: makes about 4 ears of corn

4 ears of organic corn

2 tbsp. paprika

2 tbsp. cinnamon 

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper 

2 tbsp. melted vegan butter

2 tbsp. coconut oil 

1 tbsp. good olive oil 

          So first, shuck your corn, and place them on a wide flat dish. Combine your butter, coconut oil, and olive oil into a small microwavable bowl. Place the bowl into the microwave for 20 seconds. Take your mixture out, and add your spices: cinnamon, paprika, salt, and pepper. With your basting brush, layer on about 1/2 of your mixture distributed equally on each corn on the cob. If you wish to grill, go ahead and grill those corn until the corn has become a mottled brown, black, and orange. After you take these off the grill, baste brush the rest of your mixture on top of the corn.

You now have yummy scrumptious corn! 

Here is my dinner last night: there is a recipe to come from roasted cauliflower (so look out followers:) avocado, feta cheese polenta, sauteed mushrooms with caramelized onions and tomatoes, ROASTED CORN, and hunk of fresh baguette with garlic hummus! Yummy ! 

I hope you all enjoy this recipe, and I'll be back with a new post Wednesday at the latest! Hint: it's recipe related:) 

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Namaste,

Zoe 

HOMEGROWN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share with you one of my days. My day today was spent meandering through the beautiful gardens and meadows of a local arboretum called Willowood. This particular nature preseve I have visited since I was a wee child- it has remained a place of calm and peace amidst turbulence and confusion in my life. Here I can truly breathe, let go, listen to birds chirping away, and revel in the most natural and homegrown wonders of the world. Here are some of the photographs that I took today along with quotes that continue to aid me in times of trouble. I hope they inspire and provoke reflection.....

  

         I am done with the past, the future has plenty of room for change."

      

     "The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention." 

        "If you wait until you are ready, you'll be waiting the rest of your life."

        "The earth is what we all have in common."

                                         

             "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. 
 Khalil Gibran

                 "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail." Frank Lloyd Webber

                       

                            "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in line." John Burroughs

 

                "Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher." William Wordsworth

                                       

        "Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."Theodore Roosevelt

 I hope these images inspired you like they inspire me- to move more naturally in the universe, peacefully. I love you all, wishing you a week of being respectful to yourself, love, beauty, and stability.

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Namaste, 

Zoe