Morning! Just a quick note this morning before we head off to Madison. We had the "vegan" cooking class last night - oh, my. I know this is serious stuff for a lot of people, but drinking grasses? Really, now!! We had two different "green" drinks last night, "just for fun". They weren't really a part of the class - just an added bonus!! The one was 4 handfuls of spinach and one cup of frozen mango cubes whirled up in a blender. Not too terribly bad, considering what was to come. The second "drink" came near the end of class. It was a powder product and might not have been too bad until she mentioned it was "grasses" - like from your front lawn. She mixed it with orange juice - what an awful thing to do to oranges!!! It had "texture" which really was not good. Maybe they were dandelion bits (what lawn hasn't had a dandelion or two?)...

It is really, really hard not to crack up during class - but I'm trying to be "mature" about all this and not act like a junior high kid. It's fun to be with friends and try these new things!! Some of the food was good, I thought. She marinated portobello mushrooms and then steamed them, sort of. We were to pretend they were a hamburger. They were better if you just took them for what they were - mushrooms! She also made an "ambrosia" salad with pineapple tidbits, mandarin oranges, craisins and basmati rice. That was the best of the evening. Basmati rice is very good - try some if you haven't before. Oh - I think it was organic, too. We had something I'd never heard of - tempeh. It's fermented soy beans. I think you use it in place of meat...she mentioned making "bbq" with it. She did a stir-fry with it...that was good, too.

We went out for supper afterwards.

Love you,
Deb