Hearts

 Today Clara was telling me about the rod in her arm.

I asked if she remembered the accident that caused her to break it.

Rubbing her arm, then pointing to her nose she said, 

"Oh, I've broken my arm several times.

I've also had a broken nose.

And a broken heart," 

she said, touching her chest.

"Of all the breaks, the broken heart was the worst pain of all."

Hand me a Kleenex!

Speaking of hearts, Nick has been asked to two different Sweethearts dances!

Since the schools can't actually sponsor dances,

kids ask "to the dance," get dressed up as they usually would,

 and have a group activity like they usually would.

Just no dance.

And speaking of pain, I have a mouth sore inside my gum. 

The kind that's swollen so you accidentally chomp on it when you're trying to chew.

And it KILLS!

So I made my mom's mung bean and cabbage soup for dinner and blended mine. Delicious!

(recipe follows)

Also made her chocolate coconut water/chia/hemp/date shake for a snack,

Would you believe its actually healthy and no sugar?

It is so delicious, it was kinda scary. Because you don't entirely trust that its healthy!

(I sweetened with dates. So yummy, but higher in carbs. Will try Stevia next time.)

(see recipe below)

Marvelous Mungs

Sprouted Mung Bean Cabbage Soup

* Soak 1/3 cup mung beans and sprout about 3 days

* 2 onions sliced sauté in butter until transparent 

* 3-5 cloves garlic chopped add to onions and heat for 30 seconds 

* 1 teaspoon each cumin, paprika, ancho chili powder, or whatever sounds good and add to onions. Jalapeños might be nice or just the juice of jalapeños maybe nice too.

* 1 head of green cabbage sliced and added to onions and stir in

* 1 32 ounce box of chicken or vegetable broth or bouillon powder with water added to mixture (32 oz didn't entirely cover the vegetables, but turned out just fine.)

* Add mung bean sprouts and carrots sliced (I used 6 -- didn't peel).

This soup is very tasty, very nutritious and very low calorie.  You can serve with fresh lemon to squeeze over soup, butter to melt into soup, fresh parsley, cilantro or whatever to add that sounds good. Or eat the soup as is. It is all really great and fun!

Extraordinarily surprising delicious milkshake

* 1/4 up to 1/2 cup organic chia seeds or less

* 1/4 up to 1/2 cup organic hemp seeds or less

* 8-10 organic dates pitted or stevia or other sweetener like honey or agave or....

* 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla that Rebekah brought or other quality vanilla 

* 1/8 stick St. Lucia chocolate that Michelle brought or other unsweetened chocolate to taste

(I used 3 T cocoa mojo powder)

* 2 scoops collagen peptides grass fed

* I added 1 T cinnamon! (Don't forget the vanilla -- I did at first, and its not the same!)

* 2 cups Harmless Harvest coconut water or water

* 1-2 cups ice

* OR, instead of chocolate, 1-2 cups frozen berries or any frozen fruit like pineapple or mango or blueberry or a mixture or ....

This is really is amazing! You must try it.  It is a wow! Add walnuts or pecans if desired.

Also you can use only Chia or only hemp or sesame seeds or flax seeds. Each has different nutrients and different tastes.