It's just...

... a little tool.
Actually it's my new inspiration.
Soon a new recipe for you ;-)

Veggie Mayo forever

My dear friends, it's time to talk about something that, when I discovered it, opened an entire world in front of me.
A delicious mayo, much better than that the traditional one, so light and easy to prepare!
Ok, this is a fantastic base for many dressing, sauces and recipes. With it you can prepare jummy potato salads, "insalata russa" (Russian salad), mock "vitello tonnato" (veal with tuna sauce), delicious sandwiches and much more... And don't forget all its variations: with ketchup, with garlic and parsley, with onion and basil, with capers and olives, with saffron, curry, cumin seeds, etc...
Use your fantasy!


Ingredients:
120 ml of unsweetened, plane soy milk
80 ml of 1/2 sunflower seeds oil and 1/2 extravergin olive oil
Some drops of squeezed lemon
Salt
A pinch of turmeric powder
1/2 ts of mustrad

Preparation:

With your loyal and irreplaceable blender (Minipimer....) put in a high plastic glass the soy milk. Than add, little by little, the oil. Move the blender up and down to incorporate as much air as possible.
Then, it will happen a magic when you'll put also the lemon juice... (in scientific terms, it will coagulate!). And the mayo will become firm and super creamy.
This is the moment to give color to your mayo: add some turmeric powder, yes!
Then add salt and a little quantity of mustard.
It's done ;-) now it's your turn: use it on the bread, in a salad, with some crunchy, fresh vegetable and also (believe it or not) also as a moisturizing face and hair mask!!! Wherever you like!


Setting the table:
Oh, I love those old, stylish, very 800's gravy boats! Now they are actually disappearing from our homes but... I'd like to use one of them for my veggie mayo. Just to combine new and old together, I love it!

The music:
Well, do you have any suggestion about how to combine mayonnaise with a song? Mmmmm... This is quite tricky! Let's think about something "old" but always modern. Maybe I found it...I am thinking about something light, smooth and tender. Something that you can enjoy with no worries or hurries. Why not this enchanting voice?
Amelita Galli Curci  is such an incredible talent and her story is so beautiful and inspiring that I really suggest you to go on the web and looking for her. Thanks Amelita for your divine voice!

The movie:
Another extraordinary woman: Julia Child. I really like the scene in the movie Julie&Julia where Julia explains the true secret for a perfect mayonnaise, she is so passionate! Unfortunately, I couldn't find that particular scene, but I really did loved also this one:

That's...

...what happens at the end of a long cooking session, made with LOVE...

A signature of Love indeed.

Soon a new recipe ;-)
Have a nice day guys!

Encinitas breakfast

I am definitely a lucky girl.
Yes, I am so blessed. Why? Because I have the opportunity, almost every year, to go to an amazing and special place in the world: Encinitas.
Encinitas is a lovely little town on the Ocean, just between Los Angeles and San Diego and I consider it my Paradise on earth. There is a particular reason for that: it's one of the places where Paramahansa Yogananda lived and the vibration left by him is so touchable, so breathable, so close to the heart that, even if you do not know why,  you find yourself happy, in peace and full of love inside.

And what I could say about the nature? The dolphins surfing through the waves, the whales swimming with their white puffs on the horizon, the hummingbirds, flying joyously, seem that they have so many things to do! The SRF Gardens on the cliff are my oasis of peace where I can find my purest self, my most noble thoughts, my deepest feeling of love.
Yes, LOVE. This is the kind of vibration you can feel there: unconditional, universal, purest love that permeates everything.
That's why I go there always. I love that LOVE!
So, can you imagine, in a place like that, which kind of delicious food you can find? Just full of love, energy and health!
I have, of course, my favourite places... for example, the Darshan Cafè. It's a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e!
Their almond croissants are so wonderful that I still wake up in the morning, here in Italy after one month (!), with the craving of that perfect, fragrant, unique croissant...!
Another fantastic delight that I really enjoy at Darshan is their fresh squeezed orange juice with almonds. Actually it's an ayurvedic drink, very healthy for the body, in particular during fasting period.
If I am in Encinitas and I am just coming back from the Swami Beach, I can't skip to go to the Swami Cafè. You have to try their mock turkey sandwiches: vegetables, sprouts, whole bread and this unbelievable soy turkey... jummy!
The Lotus Cafè is another lovely place where you can eat amazing veggy burgers, soups, salads and indian food and drink fresh fruit and vegetable juices. There you drink LIFE indeed!
In my vacations in Encinitas I do love to start the day with what I call an "epic breakfast": the California Benedict. The Saint Tropez Cafè serves this unforgettable eggs with, aside, a fruit salad, baked potatos and a mexican sauce.
Here is the recipe, with some adjustments  ;-)

Ingredients for two:
2 eggs
1 middle size, rounded, whole grain loaves
1 avocado
1 rounded big tomato
veggie mayo
salt/pepper

Preparation:
Cut in the middle the loaves and toast them for a while just to make them a little bit crispy.
In the meantime cook the poach eggs. Do you know the "perfect poach egg technique", righ? When the water is almost boiling, lower the heat under the pot, take a spoon and create a vortex inside the water... there you'll break the egg! The vortex will envelop it in a nice and white little dress. Just perfect!
Ok, while the egg is cooking, cut the avocado and try to make some rounded slices, the same size of the bread. Same thing for the tomato, just one slice per bread.
After 3/5 minutes it's time to drain the egg and create a wonderful tower:
the half loaf, the tomato, the avocado and, on  top, the egg.
You can add salt and pepper and, like a jummy cascade, some veggie mayonnaise. Actually at the Saint Tropez Cafè, they use hollandaise sauce but to me it's a little too buttery...You can choose what you like most of course!

Setting the table:
Do you have a sunny day? Take it. Do you have an immense ocean waiting for you outhere? Find it. A surfboard? Bring it. Do you have an eternal springtime following you in every season? Feel it. An enchanting Hermitage on the cliff full of blissfull vibrations and lovely persons in meditation? Mmmm.... no? You have to go there! At least buy a palm tree and try to be in a California state of mind!


The music:
Part of the soundtrack of Awake, the movie on the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, this is one of the song that really touches me so deeply. I love you still...

The movie:
Once again, I suggest you to see this movie. It will change your life.
Available on Amazon in October.