Sunday, September 28, 2008

Recipe Potato Salad


POTATO SALAD
Store boughten potato salad 1 cup
Basil about 1 tsp or basil tha comes in a tube for salad flavouring
Vanilla yogurt 1 table spoon
1 cup fish cooked cut into small pieces (left over)
1/4 tsp. sage powder
1 tsp. sugar
sprinkle of salt and pepper
Mix together and store , Could be good for a quick lunch and takes very little time preparing very yummy

Fall Season Feng Shui Idea

I think I love this time of year the best (I say that at the turn of every season though!). I love the crisp, cool mornings and how the days are starting to slightly shorten while darkness descends just a bit earlier each evening. And I love all the beautiful seasonal fruits and vegetables that are available for the novice cook like me. Whenever I start to think about tinkering in the kitchen, I remember cautionary advice that a sage Shui master once gave me. He said that it was considered taboo in almost every Asian tradition to bang or hit utensils on the side of the pan while cooking, as this changes the extraordinary energy of the food. He also warned that you should never, ever swear or curse while cooking, as that will infuse the cuisine with churlish and negative energies. He offered that when anyone is cooking, they should stand and be grateful to the food for the gift of nourishment that it will bring, and for all the activity it allows our cells to perform in support of our being. He told me to pray over each meal, not only thanking my higher power, but also thanking the spirit of the food itself. I thought this such a beautiful teaching, and aside from a few sailor-like slips where the cursing is concerned.