GOODBYE SUMMER

I’ve made a lot of promises I can’t keep about blog updating lately, but life has gotten in the way of things. And I’m gracious for that. I start school on Tuesday, so you can expect an even slower trickle of posts from me in the future. Summer was good to me. And a little tough at times and maybe somewhat confusing. But I’m nothing but optimistic for autumn and all that comes ahead (autumn and everything after!?). To make up for my shitty blogging, here’s a recipe for a salad I made up. One that Andrew’s brother told me was “The best he’s ever had”:

CURRIED QUINOA SALAD:

• 3 cups cooked quinoa (1:3 quinoa to water ratio)
• 1-2 cups chopped raw kale
• 1 apple, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1/4 large red onion, diced
• 1 large yellow pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup dried currants (or dried cherries or dried cranberries, unsweetened pref)
• 2-4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (or hemp oil! or flax oil!)
• 1 tbsp raw agave syrup (this is sweeter than sugar, so not much, if any, is needed)

SEASON WITH THE FOLLOWING, TO TASTE:

• Masala powder (curry)
• Roasted coriander
• Powdered (or fresh, grated) ginger
• Powdered (or fresh, minced) garlic
• Desert spice blend (cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon, cloves)

Combine everything in a giant bowl and eat it.

If you’re still not satiated, please feel free to check out the rest of the snaps I took this summer! I got really into using my Olympus E-PL1. I feel like I have to make a deliberate attempt to use my 5D Mark ii again, since it’s basically the perfect camera, however hefty…