Eat Dance Live

A quick post for a quick recipe! When I came home from the airport a couple days ago, I found the fridge pretty devoid of veggies and all the stores were closed early for New Year's Eve. Luckily we had some walnuts in the cupboard, so with four veggies in hand and some nuts, I came up with this pretty tasty dip! When you're in a pinch, definitely try it out! Last Minute Dip 1 C walnuts* 1/2 red pepper 1/2 celery stick 1 1/2 dates squeeze of lemon salt to taste (I'm a salt junkieee) *ideally soaked, but I hadn't had the time 1. Mix everything in your blender, Vitamix, or food processor. 2. Serve with veggies, and enjoy!

Sorry for my absence over the past couple days. We ended up going to my parents place on Friday, which I used as an excuse to watch J amie Oliver's Food Revolution with my parents. I really enjoy that show and the message is great. Jamie himself is such an upbeat positive guy and is EXACTLY what the US needs. However, I wish I'd written about this show last week when I was still 100% positive about it. After this week's episode, he left a really bad taste in my mouth when he made a really obvious plug for Green Giant. It came off as such a sell-out moment. One part of his cooking demo totally gave away that it was a product placement rather than any real desire of his to use frozen veggies. He had to take it as far as to claim that frozen veggies "may even contain more nutrients" than regular veggies... disappointing :( Back to the positive: I also haven't posted for the last two days because I've been obsessed with a couple recipes recently and I've ...