Check out the link below! An event I volunteered with last night, put on by my fellow Mobsters...
Toronto Mobilizers: Every First World Has A Third World...: What an amazing night! Last night, our West End pod came together to organize an event to promote Free The Children's Local Spotlight campa...
Friday, February 24, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
My Vegan Experience
Trying new things is always good, and my latest venture is what I hope will be my new monthly tradition, Vegan Day! It really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Here is a list of what I ate, and the recipes are below.
To start the day I had green tea, vegan banana muffin, and an apple, keeping things nice and light. Throughout the day I snacked on carrots and raisins. Since everything I ate was mostly fruit and vegetables it was like a guilt-free hall pass to eat all day! For lunch I made a noodle soup, sort of a chicken noodle soup that was greatly modified. Moving on to dinner I made a stir-fry, served over rice, and to drink I mixed mango juice with carbonated water to recreate an organic soda. Then as the day came to a close, sugared strawberries
The recipes...
[Banana Bread]
3 very ripe Bananas
1/4 cup of Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup of Sugar
1/2 cup of Brown Sugar
1 cup of flour
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tbsp of cinnamon
1/2 tbsp of ginger
*preheat oven to 360 degrees. In one bowl mix the sugars and oil. In a second bowl mash the bananas. I used a whisk for all mashing and mixing. Mix the sugars in with the bananas. In yet another bowl mix all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, ginger) and pour it into the wet mixture (bananas and sugar). Mix well. Spray cooking pan, or prepare muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins. Enjoy alone, or with whatever tasty sides you'd like!
Recipe adapted from [this] lovely site.
[Sparkling Mango Juice]
1 cup mango juice (can be replaced with any fruit juice
1/4 cup of carbonated water
*put the liquids together, give them a little swirl, and your golden. Enjoy!
[Pasta Soup]
Pasta (make sure it doesn't contain egg or dairy)
Peas
Carrots
Vegetable broth
Pinch of Salt
Pinch of Pepper
* all ingredients can be adjusted for personal preference. Boil pasta, throw in the peas and carrots half way through the pasta boiling. Drain. Pour vegetable broth into the pot, toss in a dash of salt, and a dash of pepper. Stir it around, and have a lovely meal!
[Stir-Fry]
Rice
Bean sprouts
1/4 of Soy sauce
1/4 of Water
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Ginger minced or a powder (one slice one tbsp)
Vegetables (your choice, such as peppers, onions, broccoli, beans, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, chestnuts)
*heal oil in frying pan, toss in garlic and ginger over low heat. Turn up the heat half way, add water, soy sauce, and vegetables. Stir every minute, or so for 5-7 minutes. Serve over rice (make that simply by boiling).
Recipe adapted from [this] handy site.
[Sugared Strawberries]
* chop strawberries into your desired shape. Pour a few tablespoons of lemon juice over them, and a teaspoon of sugar, mix around, let sit for a few minutes, pour into an elegant bowl, now enjoy!
To start the day I had green tea, vegan banana muffin, and an apple, keeping things nice and light. Throughout the day I snacked on carrots and raisins. Since everything I ate was mostly fruit and vegetables it was like a guilt-free hall pass to eat all day! For lunch I made a noodle soup, sort of a chicken noodle soup that was greatly modified. Moving on to dinner I made a stir-fry, served over rice, and to drink I mixed mango juice with carbonated water to recreate an organic soda. Then as the day came to a close, sugared strawberries
The recipes...
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| My tea bag came with a nice piece of advice to start the day right. |
[Banana Bread]
3 very ripe Bananas
1/4 cup of Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup of Sugar
1/2 cup of Brown Sugar
1 cup of flour
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tbsp of cinnamon
1/2 tbsp of ginger
*preheat oven to 360 degrees. In one bowl mix the sugars and oil. In a second bowl mash the bananas. I used a whisk for all mashing and mixing. Mix the sugars in with the bananas. In yet another bowl mix all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, ginger) and pour it into the wet mixture (bananas and sugar). Mix well. Spray cooking pan, or prepare muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins. Enjoy alone, or with whatever tasty sides you'd like!
Recipe adapted from [this] lovely site.
[Sparkling Mango Juice]
1 cup mango juice (can be replaced with any fruit juice
1/4 cup of carbonated water
*put the liquids together, give them a little swirl, and your golden. Enjoy!
[Pasta Soup]
Pasta (make sure it doesn't contain egg or dairy)
Peas
Carrots
Vegetable broth
Pinch of Salt
Pinch of Pepper
* all ingredients can be adjusted for personal preference. Boil pasta, throw in the peas and carrots half way through the pasta boiling. Drain. Pour vegetable broth into the pot, toss in a dash of salt, and a dash of pepper. Stir it around, and have a lovely meal!
[Stir-Fry]
Rice
Bean sprouts
1/4 of Soy sauce
1/4 of Water
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Ginger minced or a powder (one slice one tbsp)
Vegetables (your choice, such as peppers, onions, broccoli, beans, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, chestnuts)
*heal oil in frying pan, toss in garlic and ginger over low heat. Turn up the heat half way, add water, soy sauce, and vegetables. Stir every minute, or so for 5-7 minutes. Serve over rice (make that simply by boiling).
Recipe adapted from [this] handy site.
[Sugared Strawberries]
* chop strawberries into your desired shape. Pour a few tablespoons of lemon juice over them, and a teaspoon of sugar, mix around, let sit for a few minutes, pour into an elegant bowl, now enjoy!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
KARL interviewing himself. MUST WATCH.
One of my biggest insperations. Start and end.
"What is my perfect day? Everyday is perfect, A perfect day is up to you to make it perfect" - Oh, gosh. I love him. <3
Friday, January 20, 2012
Freedom to Express - More Photo's
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| Welcome to the Mad House |
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| Something to live by... |
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| My insperation. |
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| Where the true magic happens. |
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| My first published article! |
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| Just incase it was a bad morning. |
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Easier-than-you-think Holiday nails!
The photo's speak for themselves, so I don't think I need to write much, but one tip, MAKE SURE YOUR FIRST COLOUR IS SUPER DRY! Once you think they're dry, wait a few minutes, then place the Paper-Hole-Re-enforcer-Thing, and paint your second colour.
P.S. Sorry about the blury/bad photo's. My camera has a bad zoom.
Eco-Friendly, EASY, wrapping!
Every year I wrap my gifts in newspaper because not only is that better for the environment, but I think it looks very vintage, and home-made; a nice break from a highly commercialized holiday season. This year I decided to go a bit further with the eco-friendliness, and creativity. Here's a point form list of what I did:
- The bags where given to me from other gifts, and then reused.
- Instead of tissue paper, I used newspaper scraps from wrapping the other gifts.
- NO TAPE! There is no tape on any of these gifts. Tape is not recyclable, but paper with glue on it is fine.
- Instead of ribbons, I used organic hemp. To make it a bit more esthetically pleasing I doubled the hemp. I just tied the ends of the hemp together, then wrapped it just like I would any ribbon.
- The little gift-tag was a piece of recycled paper. The design was a Word Business Card template that I simply modified.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Dreaming of Dior - A film by Victoria Morton
A project for my Communications-Technology class. I must say, for a newbie to movie-making, I am pretty smug with the final project. <3 Please, take a look, leave a comment, or something. Would mean a lot to me! <3 xoxo
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