Food Lover’s Cleanse Is On

Happy new year, everyone!  I hope you had a lovely New Year’s Eve and that your start to 2011 has been a beautiful one.  I spent my NYE with some good friends at a local gastropub (grass-fed burgers, yum), then relaxed at home til midnight – no heavy partying for me.  We started the morning with sprouted wheat pancakes – pastured eggs and raw sour milk added extra goodness to them – and real maple syrup. Coffee, yes.  I expect to take a walk later today, and other than that, I plan listen to music, watch movies, fiddle around online, in no particular order.

So, I’ve decided to take on this “food lover’s cleanse“, which starts tomorrow!  On that first day, I’ll be enjoying an omelette, a date shake, sourdough cheese toasty (with raw smoked cheddar cheese), crudités with shallot vinaigrette, and an amazing sounding couscous dish.  I’ll write more extensively about it after tomorrow.  Really looking forward to learning a bunch of new dishes and flavor combinations that I hope will inspire me for later times during the year.

Speaking of date shakes, they always remind me of the now gone Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria, which advertised their famous date shakes, visible from the freeway.  I lament that I never had one, to be honest, so I’m especially looking forward to trying the one I’ll make tomorrow.