On Life As A Picky Foodie

Dear friends;

This is the story of a little blue hat.  This little blue hat has flecks of brown and grey and beige.  It’s a soft hat, one that looks comfortable, comforting and warm.  The blue in it brings out the colours in my daughter’s eyes. 

Every night, we pull it over her head and my baby girl now knows it’s time for bed. 

This isn’t just any little blue hat, no. 

It’s the little blue hat knitted especially by Auntie V. 

When I told my family I was pregnant, my daughter’s Auntie V immediately got to work on a hat for our unborn child.  There is so much love between those stitches!

So every night, Vida smiles when she feels her little blue hat being pulled over her head.  For our part, we know it will keep her warm because her Auntie V made sure of that.

This holiday season, why not give something you’ve taken the time to make yourself?  Even a card that wasn’t composed by others counts. 

Or here’s an idea: what better way is there to tell people how much you care than with delicious, nutritious food?

Like a sweet, green smoothie.  Here’s a holiday treat to help get those greens into your loved ones (I know it’s not quite a hat, but while I’m only just learning to knit, I’ve got blending down to an art)

Green Holiday Smoothie (vanilla)
(serves 2)

Combine in the blender:

-  1 ½ cups coconut water (you can use plain water if you so desire, simply adjust the sweetness accordingly with some raw honey)

-  3 kale leaves, stalk removed

-  1 banana (peeled)

-  2 satsumas (peeled)

-  2 T almond butter

-  ¼ t cinnamon

-  1/8 t vanilla powder

blend well until smooth and the colour is uniform

The coconut water is full of electrolytes.  The kale – do I really need to talk about the kale?  The banana’s got potassium, the satsumas will give you Vitamin C and help your body with iron absorption.  The almond butter has Vitamin E, good fats, and protein.  The cinnamon is warming, the vanilla soothing and calming.

Now bring on the holidays!

Happy Chwanstmukkah everyone

With love

Gabriela

P.S.  On Life As A Picky Foodie Newsletter is taking the month of December off!  See you all in 2011!