Shaken not stirred

Well, I planned for an easy class II, half-day rafting trip to avoid falling in the water and hurting or over-exerting myself, but as I've learned by now, things rarely go as I plan them to. I should've known when the guide asked my friend and I if we were "sturdy" that we were in for it. So much for taking it easy.



Despite being thrown around like a rag-doll, paddling like hell, getting smacked in the face with a paddle, inhaling a lung-full of river water and feeling, for days afterward, like I'd been put in a jar of marbles and shaken vigorously, I had a great time and I'm glad I went.


To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.
- Barry Lopez

It's The Great Pumpkin(bread), Charlie Brown

"There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin."



1.5c rice flour
1/2c oat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp each: ginger, nutmeg and pumpkin spice
1c pure pumpkin
1 egg white
2 tbsp rice milk
1c applesauce (or subsitute plain Greek yogurt)
1/2 tsp vanilla ex
4 tbsp coconut oil (instead of butter)

-Preheat oven to 400degrees
-Mix dry ingredients, blend well.
-Mix wet ingredients, blend well.
-Combine ingredients, blend well.
-Pour mixture into bread pan and bake for 35-45 min.
-Top it with some cultured coconut milk, if you're feeling fancy (I'm cleared on small amounts of coconut, this week, btw :)! )

This came out fantastically and I'm uber proud of my concoction!