Walking, Cooking, and Sewing

It's been beautiful here in SF. Warm and sunny! Is it the Thanksgiving month already? And this is my first post in November. I wanted to share some sewing projects. I've been doing a little easy sewing including napkins and a mini furoshiki (a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth) for my lunch. These simple things are very satisfying when I don't feel like doing a big project, but wanted to make something. So my newest furoshiki made the cover on the website. Yay! I love that print. Other than that, life goes on as usual with more healthy cooking.

Taking an extra long walk on a gorgeous fall day exploring my "hood."  And I realized it is a nice hood.  Look what I found.

Yep, we are proud that we have a community garden in the hood...

Strongly agree...

OMG, I did something I had never done!  I cut up a whole chicken!

After seven hours...

Lovely chicken stock...

I don't know how much of each I put in the pot, but this soup is made of the following ingredients.  You figure out how much to put in to your liking.  Yep, I'm that kind of a cook.

Butternut Squash Curry Soup

butternut squash

onion

carrot

garlic

ginger

curry powder

cumin

cayenne

lime juice

chicken stock

soy milk

salt & black pepper

My version of falafel or I should call it a chickpea fritter.  I don't know.  Again, the following is what I used.

I can of chickpea

onion

carrot

kale

shiitake mushroom

parsley

1 egg

cumin

salt & black pepper

My lunch from yesterday, loaded with power foods.  I feel light and cleansed ever since I started "clean eating."