Summer in Winter Eats

We’re reveling in some unseasonably warm and sunny days here on California’s Central Coast:

Even the local wildlife is taking time off to soak up the rays:

A local sax group practicing on the shore:

On this What I Ate Wednesday, I had a snow-capped breakfast with wild blueberries, buckwheat groats, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, flax, cacao nibs, molasses, and kefir (plus black tea, unpictured):

Up close and personal for your viewing pleasure:

Lunch was a salad topped with shrimp I sautéed in a teensy bit of organic, grass-fed butter:

I’ve been fermenting things again, and made some cranberry chutney this weekend that I’ve been putting on erry’thing (recipe coming soon!!!):

Dessert (dairy-free Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream):

Food for the soul:

All that time outdoors makes for a decent appetite. Dinner was locally-raised, grass-fed beef strips served with white rice and vegetables:

Surf’s up, dudes and dudettes!

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