so remember back in early January, I wrote about my resolutions? vermicomposting was one of them. I am terrified of worms, but I felt a great desire to become a hippie this year, pursuing things such as yoga and composting. but not just composting, vermicomposting! so yeah. worms are gross. But my friend Kat (click to see her blog) had a fantastically ready to split bin of worms. we sorted through her super rich bin of digested materials and picked out some worms and partially composted materials and i scored a great handful of worms to start my own bucket.
It was amazing how rich and beautiful the dirt was. You would also think that since it was just a ton of cardboard egg cartons, coffee grounds, fruit and veggie peels and egg shells, that it would smell really gross, but actually there was no smell at all. if anything, you just got a really nice rich and mildly peaty smell coming from the pile of dirt on the ground. As for the worms, armed with two plastic bags covering my arms, i managed to sort through clumps and handle the worms with relative ease. Mind you, i have been mentally preparing for like, months. haha. anyway, I finally FINALLY drilled holes into the giant bin i bought and threw in all that organic waste i was saving and tossed in my little army of red wrigglers. I feel like a new proud parents. I can't wait for my worms to get comfy. since tomorrow and the day after threaten to be like, 10F, i decided to keep them indoors so they can generate enough heat to move to the garage when it warms up on Wednesday. I hope they survive the night. *fingers crossed*
Second thing: Inversions workshop! SO much fun! Inversions have been difficult for me because of a huge mental block. I am not confident in my body's ability to support my weight using my arms, and I am not comfortable being upside down. Breathing becomes difficult, blood rushes to your head, and your mind just scares itself. But it's strange. Headstands are ok. and I've been working on my forearm stand, but handstands were terrifying. We talked about a lot of things, but bottom line was:
"NO FEAR. YOU DO"
You just do it. You do the best you can, and you just do it. So we did. And we all somehow found ourselves upside down. balancing on these small surfaces of our hands and forearms, legs stretched up above our bodies, trying to reach the sky. It was difficult. I really struggle with some shoulder flexibility in my right arm due to some minor rotator cuff injuries in high school, so getting my shoulders, arms, and back stretched adequately was quite a challenge. We worked doing some partner yoga, working on ways to support the inverted yogi, and also worked on helping each other feel the way our shoulder blades were supposed to make room for our neck and the way our arms were supposed to spiral. It was a LOT of fun-- mentally challenging, physically challenging, and emotionally uplifiting, but honestly, it's just practice and getting over the ego and the fear. so I'm glad i went and i'm excited to keep finding places in my practice to work on inversions.
but anyway, it was a really fun weekend of surprise parties, tutorials, research, yoga, grocery shopping, and eating, I feel like the weekend flew by without me having a chance to really even think about what i should put up today. Today, during one of the tutorials, a student said to us, "these tutorials are the best things ever. I LOVE them. thank you so much." and it made my day. I am really glad that we have a group of dedicated students already. It's so fantastic to see familiar faces and to see that what we do gets them excited about medicine. It's helping me learn so much too. I hope that it really helps me next year and into the future.
Chorizo boat with baked egg in an avocado
Ingredients
chorizo (man, i honestly love this stuff from the local farmer.... it is fantastic)
chard
onions
carrots
garlic
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 avocado pit removed (with a little extra flesh removed to make an egg fit)
1 egg
1. Preheat the oven to 425F. In a small round cast iron serving bowl, press the chorizo into the sides to make a bowl.
2. Sautee the chard, onions, carrots and garlic lightly, adding a sprinkle of salt and pepper and place into the chorizo bowl
3. Scoop out the avocado from the skin and place into the sauteed vegetables, making sure the vegetables also come up around the side. It might help to put the avocado in first then fill in the gaps with vegetables, but you get more veggies if you put some veggies in first
4. crack an egg into the hollow of the avocado
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| Before the oven |
Some changes i would make to this would be to cook the vegetables less and also change the way i cook the chorizo. I would heat the cast iron on the stove before popping it in the oven and then broil it so that the egg and avocado don't dry out too much. It was amazingly delicious and the avocado was so creamy. I wished the egg was more over easy or over medium in terms of cookedness, but i will have to work on that a little next time. At least i was able to enjoy a delicious breakfast. Look at those colors! I love food.
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| Don't forget your veggies |
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| Avocado boat, deconstructed |
til next time, EAT WELL and BE WELL!!!
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