October 2010
4 posts
OK, Moving to Wordpress.
It’s not you Tumblr, it’s me. But thanks. I’ll always remember you, just as you are right now. MWAH! (Visit me on Wordpress.)
Bisque, And Same as it Ever Was.
Today was weird. And good. And weird. I had an online class this morning, so I got up to run. (Run/walk. Whatever.) The power had crashed in my neighborhood while I was out, and my DSL modem was jammed. I finally figured it out, but I lost a lot of time. Then, I lost more time while I printed stuff for the afternoon class and ran out of paper.
But I made a deal with myself this year: I will...
One-Line Posts?
I’m tempted, but I’m not that pithy. “Ran-trained, ate, Evil Baby Kitty Puked, off to work.” Oh, actually that worked pretty well.
I have to put my money where my mouth is. I complained about the Facebook memes where people paste crap in their status(es? ii?) instead of atucally taking action for a cause. So I have to at least try to live up to my entry in the half...
No SanghaChick, No Cry?
(These are this morning’s breakfast potatoes. They were supposed to be crispy, but I flubbed it. And they look not a bit like saurkraut. But they were tasty. Oh. Yeah.)
I’ve been having a great summer. I really did. I played a lot, saw a lot of live music, read a lot of books, and generally had a good time.
But food has been weird. I went through a phase where my digestion was much...
July 2010
1 post
LOTS of stuff. Proper update soon. Just trying to figure out where to start. But here’s a hint… Can you say “flexatarian”?
May 2010
2 posts
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Recipe: Fennel and Four Cheese Lasagna
Oh, but I have been missing! I was running a lot, then not running so much. Then, there was Crazy Week, and all bets were off. But when I show up, I usually have something good right? (Yes? Maybe?)
When I was in Ireland, I had a Fennel and Goat Cheese Lasagna at a vegetarian restaurant called Cafe Fresh, and I’ve been wanting to try something like it since then. I wouldn’t be...
April 2010
1 post
So I’m kind of freaked out by the Hexane thing. Just a little. But hey, I was just accepted at the organic co-op. Life goes on.
March 2010
4 posts
FT.com / Food & Drink - Zen and the art of... →
How did I miss this? Maybe I should take this course. :D
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Saturdazed, and Shambhala Sun hits Edward Espe...
It’s early on Saturday, and I’m a little dazed. But also not-so-oddly perky. I am, by nature a morning person. I usually pop awake first thing on a Saturday, then I have to go back to bed to make myself feel better. I’m trying to stay on track with my training, though, so I had to go out and at least walk. For some very complicated reasons, I couldn’t go out to my usual...
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Avocado Therapy and Vegan Pizzas
I’m having all sorts of issues with food lately. I’ve started seriously running again (which mostly means that I’m walking a lot right now.) But when I run, I don’t seem to love food as much. I’m famished a lot of the time, but I actually care less about what I eat as long as I get what I need to run. And I’m tired when I come home, so spending a lot of time...
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
4 posts
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Eating for IBS
Eating for IBS can be a real drag. Heck, talking about it can be a drag! My Southern Lady self thinks that it’s unseemly to even mention it. But my common sense self says that it needs to be talked about frankly (now and again) to possibly raise some awareness. I know that I felt better once I realized that there were people who had the same problems. That made a huge difference for me,...
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Spinach and Almond Crusted Quorn Roast with...
Last night, I went to the gym for the first time in Forever. There were a lot of reasons that I hadn’t been, and some of them were actually good. But it was good to be back.
I’d been mulling over a project for a few days, and thought about it on the treadmill. I was watching Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth Reichl over the holidays, and they made this amazing Herb and Nut...
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Recipe: Fauxsage and cucumber turnovers
Wow, two in one day! Can I attribute the extra time to my newly organized kitchen, or am I just avoiding homework for my workshop? No matter. In my last post I said “popovers” but I meant “turnovers.” Brain blip. For some reason, Sunday breakfasts seem to demand pastry of some sort, of late. I still have Pepperidge Farms Puff Pastry in the freezer (and probably will from...
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Organizing, and the world's most vexing sous chef
I’m really going to write about food again, and soon, but I had to stop to organize the kitchen. I had wayyy too many things that I don’t need, so I spent the past few days packing up stuff to give away, and finding places for the new stuff from Christmas. I know that I’m a geek, but all of those new clean, white ramekins, tumblers and soup bowls just make my heart sing....
December 2009
6 posts
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Twas the Wednesday Before Christmas...
I’m the Christmas practicing type of Buddhist. I still have family, and they still practice, so I still practice. Subsequently, I’ve had a few weeks of running around and shopping and wrapping. I’ve still been way ahead of my usual curve. All of my stuff for family was done about a week ago. And except for one or two gifts that I need for visits on Christmas day, I hit the last...
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Recipe - Chili Rice with Refried Beans
This week was a bumpy week, so I made last night an easy night. I popped out of work, stopped for a few groceries, and got myself home to read and put my feet up. I also watched two of the last episodes of Dollhouse, but that’s a whole different blog, my friends. I am a Joss Whedon fan on an epic scale, but I won’t bore you with that just now.
I still have some of the vegan sour...
Eggplant Quesadillas on a Desultory Tuesday
Spent yesterday dealing with the aftermath of a pretty bad system upgrade, and I didn’t even get to think about dinner until late. I drove home sorting ingredients in my head. I’m the queen of multitasking, but I don’t really like doing it. I have a thing about trying to be in the moment. And if you’re driving, you’re not all there if you’re wondering where...
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Recipe: Leftover-Potato Frittata (yes, really,...
It’s been a weird, funky couple of weeks for me. First of all, I didn’t feel that Thanksgiving was a home run for me. I guess they can’t all be home runs, but it’s disappointing when that’s what you’re hoping to achieve. I didn’t feel that there were enough happy noises. Granted, I was the only vegetarian there, so I’m trying to be sane about...
November 2009
14 posts
Southern Cooking (The first part of many, I'm...
I might be Buddhist, and I may have lived “up North” for a long time, but I’m also really Southern sometimes when it comes to cooking. Growing up, every thing I learned to cook was deep fried and battered and dipped in butter (twice.) Now, I spend a lot of time trying to deconstruct those recipes so that I can eat them without dying a lot.
This week, I’ve been kind of...
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The Bread Meditation
I have had this ongoing fear of making bread. I think that until recently, I really didn’t have the patience for it. All of that mixing and waiting and kneading and waiting and rising and waiting… I never had the chops for that. But all of the things that I do as an adult (like art and distance running and meditation) have helped me to develop patience, and I think that this is what...
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The-Daily-Record.com - Living Nutrition Mindful... →
“Halloween candy has been hiding in my closet for four weeks. It is in a double plastic bag with duct tape securing any unlawful entry until Oct. 31. Recently while watching my favorite football team defeat the local rivals I decided to enjoy a celebratory candy bar.”
Shenpa, attachment and craving... the lessons they... →
“Shenpa is the Tibetan Buddhist term for attachment and craving that can keep us hooked in a pattern of overindulgence, particularly when it comes to our addictions - whether they be to food, alcohol, cigarettes, sugar, or even such seemingly healthful things like exercise and spirituality.”
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Pressed Veggie Cuban Sandwich
There is some glitch in my psyche that makes me feel like a dilettante at most things. No matter how knowledgeable or experienced I become at some thing or another, I always feel a bit like a novice.
In this case, I know that I am a cook rather than a chef. My dad taught me all of the basics when I was a little girl, and I am very competent in the kitchen, and have confidence that things will...
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The Zen Cook (An interview with Edward Espe Brown) →
I was poking around online, looking for stuff about Brown, and found this old interview. Very good stuff.
“One of the basic things — which isn’t just for cooking but for other forms of work as well — is that Zen, since pretty much its inception in China, has emphasized work as a form of spiritual practice. Zen emphasizes attention to detail and taking care of things, being careful and...
The Joy of Mindful Cooking | Tricycle Magazine →
From the Fall 2009 Tricycle Magzine. “That cooking magic has something to do with the fact that they spent seven years at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the renowned Buddhist monastery in California’s Ventana Wilderness, where Dale did a two-year stint as tenzo, head of the kitchen.”
Attachments
“I definitely have an attachment to the subtleties and possibilities of food. But when all is said and done, I don’t think that it’s a bad one.” - SanghaChick
Better Black Bean Burgers
Ok, so last night I wanted black bean burgers, but I definitely wanted “better.” The commercial ones are ok, but they’re commercial. The plain mushed bean ones are a little too beany for me sometimes. I noticed that some of the local places have patties that have a slightly better texture and consistency than either of the other two options, so I decided to give it a shot. This...
SanghaChick Gets Veggie
When I became a vegetarian, about a year ago, a large part of me was convinced that I would never have a decent meal again. Fortunately, this wasn’t true. Giving up meat forced me to become a lot more creative with my cooking (as well as with meals out,) and I haven’t been out of the kitchen, since.
I gave up meat because everything that I was eating was making me sick. Meat was the...
View Magazine: Sogyal Rinpoche →
New (to me) magazine.
“This magazine combines the names of our two previous titles, View and The Rigpa Journal, and it aims to continue in exactly the same spirit.”
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October 2009
7 posts
To Think I Almost Missed It
(In which SangaChick very nearly misses her chance to see Yo Yo Ma.)
It had been a very frustating day. I spent the afternoon trying to give away the ticket. I’ve been trying to get rid of a cough for two weeks, and I think that I was running a very annoying low grade fever all afternoon. All that I wanted to do was to go home and curl up in bed.
So I did just that. I couldn’t get...
“Our belief in a limited and impoverished identity is such a strong habit that...”
– Jack Kornfield, “The Wise Heart”
The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro |... →
Speaking at the Seagull Bookstore on Friday evening, Gombrich charmed the small gathering of academics, students and fellow enthusiasts with a witty account of how and why he went about writing the book.
Even after spending almost four decades studying, teaching and writing on Buddhism, Gombrich remains something of a radical academic.”
Sangha... What?
image by Michele de Notaristefani
I guess that in order to call myself “Sangha Chick” I should actually spend some more time with my sangha. I have a local group, and I rarely attend. I don’t think that’s at all about discomfort. Acutally, I think it’s about laziness. I like my Sundays exactly the way that they are, and I’ve been very slow to want to make any...
Modeknit / Knitting Heretic: "Hell. No. New... →
Annie Modesitt ain’t a-backin’ down in the fight between designers and the big magazines. Go head on, Miss Annie!
Sci-Fi Review by Paul Cornell →
I aboslutley love that he mentions my favorite “hard-sells,” and that I might not be crazy for liking Stargate: Universe.
Kath Eats Real Food » Latte Lovers Oatmeal →
This woman’s obsession with oatmeal is epic. Fortunately, I’m a little obsessed with it, too.
September 2009
5 posts
Health: Mental exercise like meditation can... →
Would love to study with Davidson at U. of Wisconsin.
I think that I must be the world’s worst volunteer. But I’m trying to be better.
Trying to decide if I still love blogging or not. I may have intense burnout. Guess we’ll see.