A light, quick meal on a hot, hot night

One quick question to get things going:  What happened to Spring?!

It seems that just yesterday I was complaining about running in the frigid temperatures and now I’m already complaining about the heat.  I always struggle with running in August, but June? Really? If you, too, are struggling with the heat you might find this article helpful:  Running in the Heat: Nine Tips to Keep Your Cool

When it’s hot out I prefer to keep a meal light.  The other night while pouring over diagrams and elements of energy from my 3-Day Intensive with Christina the meal planning wasn’t quite coming together (more on that in a future post) so I just decided to go with simple food, simple seasoning and simple prep.

  • I marinated asparagus in olive oil, maple syrup and lemon juice for 15 minutes and grilled for about 5 minutes.
  • I placed a cup of black-eyed peas (rinsed and drained) in the pressure cooker with about a teaspoon of olive oil and brought to pressure for 10 minutes with a quick release and then added a couple pinches of sea salt.
  • I scooped out half an avocado and added pepita seeds.

This meal took less than 20 minutes to make and definitely hit the spot on a hot night.

Speaking of hitting the spot, in the vlog of my visit to the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary I mentioned that we dined at the vegan restaurant Garden Cafe on the Green.  Check out my Vegan Field Report: Garden Cafe on the Green, Woodstock NY on quarrygirl.com!

Garden Cafe on Urbanspoon

Finally, I just had to share another macro-awesome-Christina Cooks-inspired breakfast:

Miso soup with bok choy and–after finding this clever way to use leftover grains to make porridge on Christina Cook‘s site–millet with zucchini. Yum.

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