Oh man. Today. At 7:25am I had an exquisite Vacation Coffee morning. Saturdays are getting busy from a training perspective so I rolled out of bed and decided to grab a cup of ambrosia. My first sip was so excellent it inspired a blog. 5 Vacation Coffee Moments This Week
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3. Now it's time to pour in the veggie stock and add the butternut squash. Cook until you can easily get a knife or fork through the thickest cube of butternut squash. So......20ish minutes on a simmer or boil. When I'm in a hurry I boil. When I do it right, I simmer.
4. Squash all soft and mushy? Good. GRAB YOUR BLENDER! There is going to be a larger amount of liquid to veggie mush so add a good amount of both and try to make it even. I blend it down to a smooth texture. If it's too thick I add more broth. Too thin? Add more veggie. Blend until smooth and transfer back to an empty pot. 5.Once all soup is moved to the new pot turn the heat back up to a simmer. This is where we add all the seasonings. Salt. Pepper. Curry. Thai curry paste. Cayenne. We will also be slowly adding in the coconut milk to create a creamy texture. 6. Keep working at it until the taste is perfect. 7. Ladle into a bowl. Add a small dollop of Greek yogurt, some cilantro, and the seeds to garnish. Enjoy. When Chris and I first started dating a few friends of mine said, "Oh my god, this makes too much sense." Well, they weren't wrong. Five years later (this April) we are still going strong. The last three weeks have been very busy for me with the powerlifting team competing in two separate meets, various snow storms, cancellations and reschedules, new clients, old clients returning, etc. However, Chris' birthday did not go unnoticed. His dear friends Veronica and Jordan sent him a delicious Kings Cake, complete with tiny baby hidden in the cake, and I honored his 37th year of earthly presence by watching a Nicolas Cage movie.
Face. Off. In celebration of the birthday boy, here are a few things that make him wonderful:
How many of you have tried to disconnect from social media?
"Bye Facebook!" "See ya later, Instagram!" My favorite is when it's announced. I did this for a month last year and the world was very quiet. Social media is clearly back in my life, but it's different now. Do I occasionally find myself mindlessly scrolling? Yes. Ugh. Such a bad pointless habit. What's different then? I am learning how social media is working so that I can work with it. I need it for my job. That truth is something I cannot escape. It's "free" marketing and advertising, in a sense, and it is where a lot of us socialize.....or is it? Are you socializing or are you stalking? I'll fully admit to stalking people. I mainly stalk cake blogs, though.
Now that I have used social media to my advantage by interacting with people, tagging, placing links in the right place, etc, my analytics are improving! AND THAT'S GREAT! That is what I need from a business perspective.
But what about personal? Well, personal is how Vacation Coffee started, my friends. Why? Because FitPOWER is not just Jess anymore. FitPOWER is now an us. Jess is a....me. I am a Jess. Some things you may have noticed about Jess:
This blog can tie in very well with a longer one I wrote the other day called Boundaries. I gave social media boundaries. That is what is different. It may be near impossible now to fully disconnect ourselves. As a society, we just aren't heading in that direction. But you can make it better by being clear about where and when you connect to the world, and when you decide to be fully present.
Watch the video below for an awesomely insightful vlog on this exact topic. When you get to minute 8 I suggest you really tune in and connect to what she is trying to say. |
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