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What? You mean you’ve never figured out what your name spells backwards? Ever since we discovered my sister’s talent for backward spelling, my family has been infatuated with this new “language.” It’s quite amazing, actually–give my sister virtually any word, and she’ll spit it out backwards within seconds. As a result of her ability to retro-spell, we now ask people to pass the “klim” at the dinner table and take evening trips to “Tram Law,” or maybe even “Skcubrats,” if we’re lucky. It’s quite convenient in embarrassing situations too, as in, “Mom, did you just traf??” Sometimes I forget that these terms are not part of the vernacular and use them with people outside of my family, in which case I get some pretty strange looks. Oops.
Are there any idiosyncratic words or phrases in your vocabulary?
Onto the “doof”:
Sunday
I finished up the last of my frozen cherries…darn, I guess I’ll just have to get some fresh ones soon:)
chocolate-covered berry perfection: strawberries, cherries, chocolate HempShake, soymilk, Choco Cherry Treat granola, & chocolate syrup
Monday
It was ridiculously chilly on my run this morning, so I returned home craving yet another bowl of oats. In contrast to some of the other letters in the Alphabet Oats challenge, there are plenty of “P” food words. I included quite a few in this bowl, but I could have just as easily made one out of pears, pineapple, pistachios, and maybe a few prunes. I headed outside for my morning meal today. Not only is the sunshine great for getting your vitamin D, but it also makes for excellent food pictures:)
"P" Oats: oat bran, pumpkin, hemp milk, peaches, pecan butter, pumpkin seed butter, & pumpkin pie spice
Remember that lentil dip I love so much? Well, I have the hardest time finding it here in Birmingham. I went to the only place in town that sells it, only to discover that they had none. Although I am rather distraught, I decided to try my hand at making my own lentil dip for lunch today. My version included lentils, garlic, mushrooms, red onions, lemon juice, salt, pepper, & paprika. It was alright, but just not the same as the original. At least that salad made up for my lack-luster pita.
Berry-Nut Salad; oat bran pita with homemade lentil dip & spinach
greens with fresh blackberries, walnuts, & cottage cheese
At the suggestion of my friend Jess, I picked up some of Lightlife‘s Tempeh-tations yesterday at Whole Foods. To be honest, I am not tempted by this tempeh. I chose the lemon variety (mostly because it was the lowest in sodium) and found it rather tart. Anyone tried any of the other flavors? Food blogger confession: when I plated the tempeh on the couscous, it struck me as distastefully beige…so I added the paprika and parsley, purely for aesthetic reasons:)
I apologize for the off-center product shot...
Lemon tempeh with paprika & parsley atop whole wheat couscous; salad; rainbow chard cooked in garlic & liquid smoke; plain yogurt with cantaloupe & vanilla agave nectar
I made a happy discovery today: apparently my computer has video recording capabilities…which got me thinking. Would you all be interested in a video post? What kind of video would you enjoy most? I thought it might be a fun way to spend the afternoon one day!
Alright, now I am off to watch Dancing with the Stars!
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
I only ever tried 3 grain tempeh. I marinated it in italian dressing, grilled it, and made a sandwich. It was really good!
I read somewhere that if you steam tempeh first for about 10 minutes it takes away some of the bitterness. Maybe you’ll like it better that way!
Hmm I definitely wouldn’t have gone for the lemon-y flavor, it’s just not something I’d pair with tempeh?? The ginger flavor was really goood though!
Loving your hemp shake and family slang!
Bring on the ideo-vays! Chris and I do the pig Latin thing a lot to hide things from the girls. It’s easier than spelling cuz we is stoopid.
such a fun language your family have! your sister is so talented!!! I need few moments before figuring out how to spell a word backwards!
video post?? yeah~~~ I’d like to see how you make that amazing P oats!
One of my friends has a similar knack for backwards spelling… it takes her all of 2 seconds to figure a word out, whereas I would have to get a pen and write it down letter by letter, hah.
Caroline,
Hey darlin! Great post today. I love, Love, LOVE the idea of a BHut video. Videos are just too much fun.
With Love,
Emily
I tried the teriyaki ginger tempehtations, and they were pretty good. I actually just picked up the lemon flavor, and have yet to try them.
Your family language is too cute
And I love how you arranged those peaches on your oats. So pretty!
Beautiful “P” oats!
do a video post!! how fun
Actually, we don’t spell things either–we just say it backwards. Spelling it out letter by letter would take far too long!
Looking forward to a video post!!
that backwards talk stuff is incredible. i have a friend who can also do that. he gets pretty sick of people asking him to repeat sentences. but it is a really cool talent!
love the peachy oats!
Cute post!
I love your family’s new “egaugnal!” LOL!
And all of your food looks great!
That is so bizarre – and cool – that your sister can pronounce words backwards with barely any thought! I love that your family has a special language
I’ve been enjoying frozen cherries, but look forward to fresh ones as well… fresh cherries just scream summer!
I’ve also been known to add something to a plate of food for pure aesthetic purposes. I’d love to see a video post!
haha! that backward spelling idea got me thinking…so my name would be…aihpos!! eeww…sounds like some kind of medicine for the flu or something.
I do love your oat bran! It almost looks like a thick creamy pudding!
Hahaha, that is so cool!!!!! =D Your family is awesome. hahah!
I love your sister’s talent! As a former FORWARD spelling bee champ (um yeah, I definitely just admitted that to you), I appreciate it
That lemon tempeh looks amazing, and I would LOVE to see videos of you! It’s the next best thing to meeting you, which I also hope happens sometime soon!
that backwards thing is too cute. my fam has tons of weird things like that too. mostly random baby words that stuck. i wasnt a huge fan of the tempehtations either….and i STILL have half the bbq cubes to use up
I used to do that all the time with my best friend growing up. Mine was always the funniest because Sarah backwards is Haras (like harass) so we always cracked up at that
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