Splinters, Shopping, Soup and Sushi

I pee.  A lot.

Let's break down the reason I pee so much.

1.  Upon rising: 12-16 oz of water with cranberry concentrate, apple cider vinegar and maple syrup followed by a rinse of same glass with another 10-12 oz of water.

2.  Hot green tea with breakfast.

3.  Hot Pau d'arco tea mid morning

4.  Green drink:  12-16 oz of water followed by a rinse or 2 of the same glass 10-12 oz each time

5.  More hot tea late afternoon.

6.  Water with each meal

7.  Hot chamomile tea in the evening.

All this means I pee.  A lot.

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Thursday is my day off from the store.  I spent most of the day in my pj's.  The only time I got dressed was to take a package to Fed Ex.  (BTW:  Have you ever noticed the arrow between the E X?  You will now.)

I thought I'd hit my two favorite ethnic markets and pick up a few things.  

Big score on cilantro:  2 big bunches for .40!  

And this is leading up to the SPLINTER part of today's blog.

I bought a baby coconut to make thai soup.  

After hacking off the top & pouring out the liquid into the pot I hacked the coconut in half.  

I grabbed both halves and split it. Got the splinter under my thumb nail.  Yeah.  

Here's a tip for you.  When you go to buy a hatchet go to an Oriental market.  That baby is sharp, has it's own cover, is balanced  and is a great weight.  $14!  

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Thai soup recipe

In a large stock pot:

1-2 qts of water

Chicken pieces (this is optional.  You can use any protein.)

1-2 tsp salt

Ground pepper

Juice from 1 coconut, put flesh into small food processor & blend until rice consistency 

Fresh lemon grass cut in 1-2" pieces

1/4 c thai basil (also known as Holy Basil)

1/4 c cilantro

1" fresh ginger peeled & diced small

1-2 tsp ground coriander

1-2 tsp ground cumin

1 hot chili with seeds & veins removed, cut into very tiny tiny pieces

Open crisper & see what veggies you have.  Cut into pieces and add to soup.

1-2 c cooked brown rice (I cook up a big pot of rice every other day so it's always on hand)

Bring to boil & let boil for 15 mins.  Then lower heat & let simmer for a while or until Steve gets home & says "Something smells great".

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Sushi time

I've been wanting to make sushi since we started this anti-candida diet.  Pretty much everything I've read says that sea veggies are a great anti-fungal.  To me sea veggies = sushi.

I bought my sushi roller (the bamboo stick thing that you roll sushi with) at an Asian market years ago.  They're cheap.  I think less that $2.  

I decided to make canned tuna sushi.

In a mini food processor:

1/2" fresh ginger peeled, cubed and cut into chunks

Juice of 1/4 lemon

1/4 c fresh cilantro

1/2 c fresh spinach

1 tsp whole coriander

1 tsp whole cumin

1/4 tsp salt

Blend

Remove blade

Open can of tuna, pour tuna juice into dog's bowl (optional), using fork flake up tuna & put into processor with green mixture.

Step 2:

Open crisper.  See what veggies you've got.

Wash & slice thinly.

Take sushi roller & cover with plastic wrap.  

Lay 1 piece nori on sushi roller

Smush rice onto nori leaving about 1" of nori on all edges clean

Do 1 strip of tuna filling

Lay veggies in strip

Roll.

These will keep for a day or 2.  Of course this means that you'd have to ignore the fact that they're in the fridge calling out to you.

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12:12pm

Rice hand from rolling sushi.