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We chalked up a W for thanksgiving (my football team and our cooking). It does not matter if you are vegan or an extreme carnivore, the day after thanksgiving is characterized by a smorgasbord of leftovers!
Shelby spent the night and I woke her and Danielle up to the sound of the Vitamix blender roaring at full throttle. This is a great way to get everyone up and going in the morning! However I might have woken some of the neighbors up as well. Heck, everyone deserves to get an early start to the day!
So after a delicious smoothie we were off to the beach. The waves were pretty good as they were the day before. I would call it about 6 to 8 foot at Blacks Beach with some 10 foot clean up sets.
Blacks Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world! It also happens to be one of the best beach breaks in the world. The only catch is you have to walk down a very steep cliff for 20 minutes to get there. They also have a road for the cautious which is also very steep. After walking down, surfing, and then walking back up, we were all pretty hungry.
We decided to go to our friend Kevin’s restaurant in La Jolla. It’s called Extreme Pizza. We had the Pandoras box. It has spinach, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, feta, garlic, fresh basil, oregano and mozzarella (tomato sauce upon request, no charge). We substituted soy cheese for the feta and mozzarella and added tomato sauce and it was the best pizza I have ever eaten in my life! Better than all of the pizzas that I have had with regular cheese on them. All of the ingredients tasted so fresh and powerful. If your in La Jolla check it out- LaJolla.extremepizza.com
Kevin has an aeroponics system on his patio that grows a lot of the vegetables that he uses as ingredients on his pizzas.
For all of you that have never seen an aeroponic systems before, check it out…
It is like hydroponics but instead of having a tray that the plants sit in and the water and nutrients ebb and flows, the plants are planted up the tower and their roots are all growing down the center cylinder. A pump then brings the water and nutrients up from the reservoir to the top of the tower and drips it down on the roots. It can be operated nearly maintenance free with timers. All you have to do is add water and nutrients. Very cool. It is a great way to conserve space as well.
We were excited about dinner all day. We knew we had a lot of yummy leftovers to work with. Danielle pan fried some toast with a little olive oil. Then she heated up the potatoes, carrots, onions, and turkey-less roast, and put it over the toast. Finally she poured the heated up gravy over it all for a fantastic, southern style, open-faced sandwich. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about it. I bet yours is too! We gobbled it down with out saving room for desert, but then we ate pumpkin pie.
I know that Danielle already talked about the pumpkin pie. However, words can not do this recipe justice. I love pie! I would put money on the fact that anybody who knows their pie and tried some of this pie would fall in love. Imagine regular pumpkin pie, only with way more significant flavors. We talked earlier about how ginger helps the assimilation of nutrients in our bodies. It also is believed in Ayurvedic circles that it creates a strong synergy with all the nutrients it is combined with. In other words it makes the nutrients work together to create something bigger than themselves. I think it also creates a synergy of ingredients and the way that they taste. I could taste each ingredient as I euphorically dissected the flavors of this amazing new pumpkin pie. Each so distinct and rich. Thank you Danielle! You shall forever cook our pies! I am a happy man! Chalk up another W!
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