cherr-bouch-sammieee!

Yo-Yo everyone!

How are you? We are inching our way to the weekend and I'm excited! Anyone else get a long weekend? I have a bunch of plans in the works but that could change at any second..lol! We are planning to go to the island as the hubby may end up looking at a truck out there. Then we are hoping to have some people over for din-din one night which will be fun. I'm already thinking about the food..lol! Does that surprise you??

I know my title makes no sense...kind of! I didn't want a long title so I smooshed the words together..and the outcome is rather French-like wouldn't you say mes amies?

First up are the cherries! And not just A cherry....it was a cherry BOMB!!! Yes, I finally made Kristen Suzanne's cherry chocolate bomb shake and hot damn! It's fantastic. I made mine using the most amazing coconut water I have ever tasted, hemp seeds instead of the protein powder, and dutch cocoa because I'm out of the raw stuff. All I can say is...YUM!! I didn't even put any greens in it..GASP! I was in the mood for something different. Do not fret, I made it again the next day and added some lettuce:) I think what really made it over the top for me was the use of coconut water instead of filtered water.

Mmmm..frosty!!

I love this photo!

I swear these zucchs grew overnight. I was checking my garden every day or so and I didn't see anything. Then after a few days of not attending to my garden due to torrential down pours, there were 4 huge zucchs!!! YAY!! I was feeling pretty down because they would grow for a bit and then shrivel up. Apparently this is normal behaviour from the zucchini though:)I have big plans for these beauties! Ryan has already claimed one..or two for zucchini bread:) I plan to make my fave raw hummus from the amazing Nikki! I know I rave about this stuff over and over..but I just LOVE it! I also plan on roasting some:)

I'm sure you already figured out the "bouch" part of my title...you guessed it...my second batch of kombucha is ready! Unfortunately it's not very good because of my forgetfullness of the sugar. I added some in later on but I think that screwed up the process a bit and it's very tart. Live and learn!

bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble!!!

I borrowed this seedling heat mat for my little ghosts here because my house is cooling down with all this fall-like weather we are having. I tell ya, it works like a charm!

I'm starting batch #3 this weekend! Plus I have some BIG plans with this crazy concoction coming up..I'm just getting in some research and laying some ground work!

Nemo was quite the snob and would not have anything to do with the kombucha! LOL!

My sammieee was amazing! I don't what it is about the tomato-cucumber combo that gets my mouth watering. I added in some kale my greenery and for the piece de resistance, some of my sour cream and onion cashew cheese.

Oh this was good!!

I hope you all have a fabulous rest of your Thursday:) I'll be back soon to share with you the course I'm taking and why, my okanagan bounty, and many more musings I'm sure!

PS Alisa of One Frugal Foodie has put together an amazing recipe e-book...and it's FREE! It's called Smart School Time Recipes and there are contributions from a ton of bloggers. So, go check it out:) Thank you Alisa for your hard work!