New year 2020 !
SocialJoy
It’s time to take stock of your life and plan what you would like to achieve for 2020. From having a healthy balanced diet to booking cultural activities or new and different courses. I have always been fascinated with different types of healing and I an happy to say I have booked up a Theta Healing course which will touch on kinseology, with different types of meditation. Am super excited to learn more about this ancient and sacred energy healing.
WorkJoy
For Veganuary, I did a live demo at As Nature Intended (ANI) flagship store in Marble Arch. https://www.asnatureintended.uk.com/stores/marble-arch/ There were a few incidences that happened. For example the portable hob they gave me to use was broken, and last minute they rushed out to buy a new one with all the x30 guests waiting for me to start the demo. The new hob started to smoke and fire alarms went off in the building, which triggered the fire brigade turning up. We were all evacuated to the courtyard outside at the back of the building. With smoke everywhere, it apparently was a faulty socket. Once we returned inside, I had to move to a different area with working electrical sockets and then had my back to the audience. The next incident was a minor flood at the sink. We had gone from fire to water in 30 minutes and no further forward with the live demo! But in a crisis I believe it is how you deal with the situation you find yourself in and not to panic outwardly! I kept calm and reassured the guests that after the comedy of errors we would begin, albeit later, and therefore need some assistants to chop and prep some of the foods to catch up on the session. After this, it all went well and vegan dishes were presented! The first dish was sautéed shitake mushrooms in gem lettuce leaves with satay sauce & rice noodles. Followed by chocolate & orange tofu mousse. Everyone left happy 😃
KitchenJoy
Lot of classes are booked up for Spring now, as customers are redeeming their gift vouchers. Certainly many vegan classes but also gut health is popular, along with gluten-free. I always get requests for gluten-free bread as the shop bought variety is not so tasty. (although M&S have the best gluten-free bread with oat topping). Therefore i experimented with a gluten free loaf with seeds and molasses which came out well, although it is dense, but lovely toasted!
I launched FODMAP course and thoroughly enjoyed this new class, as it went into more depth on client’s digestive problems and IBS symptoms and promoting foods you can enjoy on the FODMAP diet, by using lots of herbs & different spices to make the foods tasty. Tahini is a good source of protein and rich in minerals and vitamins and IBS friendly. The recipe below can be made with any type of steamed veggies with the lovely tahini dressing which makes any vegetables just so delicious and it looks fab too!
Ingredients
carrots
broccoli
edamame beans
3 tablespoons pomegranate seeds (optional)
For the dressing:
1 tablespoon tahini
2 tablespoons lemon juice
50 ml water
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
handful of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
Bring a large pan of water to the boil and simmer or steam the veggies for a few minutes, up to 5 mins. For the dressing, combine all the ingredients, in a jar and shake. If the dressing appears to thick, add a little more olive oil. Pour the dressing over the beans and top with the fresh chopped parsley and serve. Add pomegranate seeds on top if you wish.
