Sunday, May 23, 2010

Start to a new day

I thought that I would get right to posting! And what better way to start than with the first meal of the day?

I'd been intrigued with these really easy yogurt bowls that I decided to try one myself today. In this experiment, I have plain soy yogurt, 1/2 banana, and some plain Cheerios. After this picture was taken I found my cinnamon which made for a nice little flavor addition. I snuck some soy protein powder into my orange juice since with surgery upcoming, I need all the protein I can get so my body can easily heal.

The only problem was this experiment wasn't very filling! I could easily fix that by using granola and perhaps some walnuts instead of plain Cheerios. Granola is going on my grocery list now.

I thought I'd also share what has to be one of my favourite teas I've ever had: Black Lychee. It came from a store near Pike Place Market in Seattle called Vital Tea Leaf. My dearest and I stumbled upon it while out for my birthday, and being the big tea fan that I am we had to take a peek! It was an amazing little store. They have free tea samplings, and believe you me we sampled quite a bit that day. This ended up being the winner by far. It's got the black tea flavor you'll know and love, but also just a hint of natural fruity sweetness from the lychee.

I do love my teas with milk, and have been experimenting with different milks to put in my teas since I'm allergic to dairy milk proteins. So far I have tried plain soy milk, plain rice milk, and am trying out unsweetened almond milk. Soy tasted great, but I am trying to cut down on soy where I can so in comes rice milk. That was much too watery and I didn't care for the taste, so I switched to almond. Ding! We have a winner! I bought one plain and one vanilla carton of almond, so I'll see which I like best in the end.

Have some goodies planned for tonight with the help of my folks. Major cooking operations do require a helping hand or two because of my TOS pain unfortunately, but hopefully I will have culinary success to report on later!

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