kind, clean and colorful. that's how i want to live and eat.
i am increasingly unable to ignore the faint whisper that is reminding me to eat and live as i believe. to eat clean and beautiful foods that make me sparkle on the inside and do not cause harm to my body or the animal kingdom. to harmonize my mind and body in the practice of yoga on a regular basis. over the last decade or more i have shut out this voice and lived in a way that is out of alignment with who i am.
often i dive in to something head first once i open my heart and mind to it. this impulsiveness results in a crash and burn and then a retreat to the same old habits.
i'm trying to move more slowly, consciously, deliberately into new and beautiful practices. beginning with things i love and then softly stretching to allow space for more goodness.
can i tell you how much i love quinoa? more specifically, can i tell you how much i love every single variety of my rainbow quinoa salad i've created since first trying it last summer? quinoa nurishes me and provides such a stable foundation for vibrant add-ins.
for this version i used rainbow quinoa, which is a mix of white, red and black quinoa. isn't it gorgeous? i couldn't wait to take its photo. then i wanted to make out with it.
winter rainbow quinoa (all organic if you can)
- cook one cup of quinoa
- dress lightly with a splash of olive oil and the zest and juice of one lemon, orange or lime
- finely chop a spectacular confetti of purple cabbage, carrots and unsweetened dried cranberries
- mango!
- a few spoons of chia seeds
- a few handfuls of toasted pepitas
- cilantro
i'm so excited about the juicing! the green juice from last week is quickly becoming my daily go-to. but remember the soft stretching? this week, i allowed in some beet, which i have complained all the livelong day tastes like dirt. i juiced one up with some carrot, cucumber and spinach. it sure is pretty and only had the slightest tinge of dirt. wait, let me reframe that: it tasted of the earth.
i'm working on it.
in my twenties i was a vegetarian for over a year. and by vegetarian, i mean i survived on bean and cheese burritos, pizza and french fries. basically it was a lousy diet minus the meat. there was nothing conscious or beautiful about it. i haven't made the decision yet to go veg. maybe there won't be a decision. maybe it will just be an organic shift toward the kind, clean and colorful.
