I feel as if my taste buds have been awoken from a deep sleep and are taking me to a land that I have never been to; a world full of different tastes, smells and textures. Food has started to become more about taste and health to me, rather then about comfort and accessibility. Ironically, this is the same feeling that Julia Child had. I know this because I was the extras casting director on the Nora Ephron film, “Julie and Julia”. Food is what inspired Julia to become the master chef that shaped the American art of cooking and paved the way for cooking shows all over the world. The film was also partly based on a blog written by Julie Powell; The Julie/Julia project. Hmm, interesting. I worked on a film partly based on a blog about food. And here I am blogging about eating food, well healthy food and becoming a fitter and healthier me. Could be a good movie, maybe? Ok, enough day dreaming, back to the blog.
Growing up I was always a picky eater, giving my parents hell about ever trying anything new and if it was part of the vegetable family, good luck prying my mouth open. Even as recent as last year, I never wanted to try new things, sticking only with food I knew and was comfortable eating and preparing. I find now that it excites me to try new things, to figure out what flavors go well with each other. Even experimenting with recipes and incorporating different ingredients to see where I can take the already existing recipe. That is half the fun of cooking isn’t it? Mistakes happen all the time in the kitchen. That is how even the best of chefs create masterpieces with food. Tonight I decided to make a Kale stir-fry with peppers, caramelized onions, carrots and apples. It was actually quite tasty. There is no wrong way when it comes to cooking. It might not taste as good as you might like, but you learn from it and improve.
As a kid I grew up with sun tea. My mother would put tea bags in a canister full of water and would leave it out on the deck all day and in the evening we would have sun tea. So today I decided to pay homage to that and make my own brewed tea. It is actually better tasting than the powered ice tea mix that I also grew up on. All I did was add some fresh lemon slices and lemon juice and in no time I had a refreshing glass of unsweetened iced brewed tea.
I also hit the gym today doing an hour of cardio on the treadmill. There used to be a time that a half an hour on the treadmill would have killed me, but I pushed myself today. JC told me that in order to condition my body, I needed to push myself till I couldn’t physically go further, or as he likes to say, fail. So that’s what I did. I also worked on abs and while also focusing on stretching out my legs after running on the treadmill for an hour. After that I showered and headed home to enjoy that rest of my day as I cooked dinner and watched some movies. I deserved it. I worked hard!
Well, tomorrow is Monday and the start of another work week. They a forecasting another big snowstorm for the east coast, estimating about another 15 inches of snow on Wednesday. Just what we need. Well, till tomorrow.
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