Well, I’ve been back in America for almost a month now.  The day after I returned home, I had a job interview at a fantastic production company in Santa Monica.  I got the job and started two days later!  She said I beat 499 other people for the position.  Yay!  That felt really amazing considering I spent the previous three months in the Twilight zone doing pretty much nothing except pondering the meaning of life and writing.  It took a few days to really get used to life again.  Regular life.  Driving my car, washing dishes, shopping for groceries, wearing t-shirts… I missed it.  Just last weekend, I dropped off my Mini Coop for a tune-up and walked to the Metro.  It was raining, I was smiling - happy as could be walking by myself down the street.  The rain was fresh on my skin and it was beautiful.  

I’ve gotten caught up on the foods I so dearly missed.  Plus, tried a few new recipes.  

Semi-healthy chocolate chip cookies - yep that’s what they’re called because instead of using white flour, you use oat and spelt flour.  This is my second batch and these turned out extra good because I took them out of the oven about one minute before it was done.  Mmmm!     

Then…

Six seed soda bread - poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, raw pumpkin seeds, fennel seeds, sesame seeds, and flax seeds (I substituted flax powder to get the most nutrients).  

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Home made butter - sounds fancier than it is - all you have to do is put one pint of heavy cream in a mixer for 10 minutes until the butter is separated from the liquid and that’s it!  

This week, I’m attempting Stuffed red bell peppers, Candied yams, and Celery Cucumber detox juice.  After eating an egg everyday for three months in Pak, I still haven’t eaten one since being home (unless it’s baked in cookies).  

I don’t miss eggs at all.

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