This week in Fruit Porn

Posted on April 7, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Hello and happy day to all of you Bats out there!

This week was super eventful for me

I finished up my level 2 reiki training, and will commence my master level training next week.

My super awesome boss’ arrived from Mexico, and I get to hang out with them for the next 5 months.

We started spring cleaning, which is awesome. I encourage you to go through your things today, and let go of 27 items. You will feel magical.

We started seriously considering what we have to do to make our move to Thailand in September. Did I tell you guys about that? If not, we are moving to Thailand. In September.

I also ate a tonne of awesome fruit:

Winner Winner, simple dinner

I was so hungry I could not wait to take a bite before taking a photo.

I am obsessed with Papaya

Again, I had eaten the other half of that melon already.

Clearly. A Lot obsessed

This made my tummy so happy

I have not had grapes in a long time. For me sometimes I feel that they are hit or miss. These were a hit.

These melons were taking over my life

Artistic fruit by My Love

Also, this is our album cover

I think we may not actually be that attractive, but rather we just have a really high quality camera.

How was your week friends?

Two Bats, Bending

Posted on April 4, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Yesterday I finished my Level 2 Reiki requirements :) By the beginning of next month I will be a fully functioning Reiki master, and I am so excited!

After our session, my Reiki Master, who is also a beautiful yogini, mama, friend and all around Goddess, invited me to be in her day 36 video, of her 40 day yoga challenge! So.much.fun.

Here is the video, she is in front, I am in back. And yes, I start my practice like that.

Oh My! Cucumber Pasta!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Hey you guys!!

I made the best pasta ever. OK, so that may be a bit of a bold statement, but I figure if you are going to make statements, you may as well make them bold. Boldly. People trust people who say things with confidence.

So, we start with our mise en place – having everything in place. I find that when my life is organized, I am happy.

All the things

We have our cucumber pasta:

If you do not already have one of these, you should change that about yourself

I just slice 3 cucumbers on my Spirooli Slicer.

Then, for the dressing:

I used

1 knob of ginger

1 TBSP Barley Miso (chickpea would be best, but I do not have any right now)

2 scallions

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

2 dates, or 1 TBSP coconut sugar

2 TBSP chopped fresh cilantro

1/4 TBSP Chilli flakes – *optional*

Grate your ginger on a micro-plane.

Just the ging-o, not your fing-o

Healing!

Chop your onion and cilantro.

Combine all ingredients with a fork until well combined.

It is like, liquid yum

Pour over your noodles, and toss with your hands.

It is dinner

Nom.

Have you ever had cucumber pasta?

Dinner, Dinner, Dinner

Posted on March 23, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Hey Guys! Guess what! It is time for me to share the dinners I have been enjoying lately with you! Get ready to feast your eyes upon some real feasts

Watermelon and papaya make my digestion sing!

I know it may seem super weird to eat watermelon in March, but to me, it should be summer all year round. Even if the weather does not agree with me, I make believe that it is summer with my food.

If you are going to have a smoothie, have a smoothie.

This is how the fruit bat does smoothies. This one was strawberries, blueberries and mango with a little vanilla extract added in. I find that the vanilla gives it a little something special. I also added in cut up strawberries, because I still like to have something to chew. I ate it will a spoon

Dems eye balls are my faves

I actually did not eat very many longans whilst I was in Thailand (where they are grown) because I was to distracted by the rambutan. However, now that I am home, I have returned to my love of longans. Also my melons promote peace, which I am totally on board with.

LOOK AT THE YELLOW ONE!

This plate included a yellow dragon fruit. If you have never had a yellow dragon fruit before, I can tell you this, they are astounding. That is right. Astounding. I love their taste, and their crunchy little seeds. It is almost like eating a cross between a dragon fruit and a passion fruit. Amazing.

Fruit Salad! Yummy Yummy!

This fruit salad was a mix of strawberries, blueberries and pineapple. I also added my secret ingredient, vanilla! I let the salad sit for about 30 minutes as well. This made all the fruity flavours meld together, and it created a thick syrup out of their juices. It.was.om.nom. Try adding vanilla to your fruit salads, you will be amazed!

Yup. This is how much papaya you need.

I seriously am having a relationship with papayas. I love them. They love me. We are happy together.

I hope that you enjoyed a little peak into the fruit porno that is my daily life

One final note to leave you with, because I run this blog and I can leave a final note if I want too:

Are you moving away from what you do not want, or are you moving towards something that you do want? I feel that these two things may sound the same, but in fact are quite different.

Are you moving away from ill health, or towards good health? Are you moving away from having to little money, or towards financial abundance?

This is an abundant universe, or this is a universe of scarcity. Which you live in is fully up to you, and fully dictated by your intentions.

I would like to challenge you to consciously choose to move towards abundance, as opposed to moving away from scarcity. Make the effort to know what you do want, instead of just turning away from what you do not. You may be surprised how life shifts for you ♥

Move towards the life you want, because this is a place of abundance baby!

Some Things I have Been Thinking

Posted on March 3, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Hey people!!

I have been thinking lately, I have not told you much about what goes on in my life outside of food. So I am going to change that now

I can tell you that I really really love yoga:

I just really want to join the circus.

I feel that for me, yoga is what my body likes the most. When I do heavier workouts, they always seem to make my body unhappy. With yoga I seem to relax in life more, and my body sleeps better, releases excess water, and just generally feels better. So after years of trial and error with fitness, I have found a nice groove with yoga.

Symbols for healing

I am studying reiki at the moment. Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing art, which focuses on channelling healing energies through the body to help heal others. This can be anything from physical to spiritual healing. It is beautiful, and I love feeling connected to a bigger energy than myself through it.

My Baby Sister saved my life. She is an artist, and she is amazing. When I was ill with anorexia, she was the one that helped to pull me from the pit. To this day, she is still the only one who really knows what happened, and who really “saw me” through my illness. I will be forever grateful to her for being.

Yes, she is actually this pretty.

I have the best boyfriend in the world. We met when we were in 8th grade. I loved him, and he loved my best friend. We spent 5 years apart, and then were re-united over face book! Ridiculous. We had one coffee, and ended up hanging out every day for a month solid. Long story short, he has been my prince for 2.5 years. My main message when it comes to love is always wait for the one you want

I am clearly not attractive enough to hang out with either of them. Shhh, don’t tell them.

I am feeling really wonder lusty. I want to go back to Thailand.

I love love love this place

I see myself developing and working as a Spiritual Guide when I grow up. That is what I really want to do. I have my nutrition training, yoga training, life coach training and now my Reiki training. I believe I will spend the rest of my life learning, and all I really want is to pass on what I have learned to others. I feel that the whole purpose of life is to make others feel loved, whole and complete, and that I what I want to do with my time. Most of us desire to be seen, and I desire to see

Also, this is what I had for dinner:

Best.Watermelon.Ever

So there you have it. A little more about the bat.

Some Fruit Porn

Posted on February 28, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Hey Guys!!

It has been WAY to long since I posted a fruit porn post.

Let us put an end to the lack of posts, no?

I have been eating some amazing fruit as of late.

Little guys!

These are not dried fish. I promise. Those are dried longans! I actually discovered them whilst we were in Thailand, and now I cannot get enough. They are sweet, chewy and a little crunchy. Basically perfect candy. I can eat a million. I do sometimes eat a million.

I cannot believe the red

There has been loads of water melon around here lately too. My body may be out of touch with the seasons on my continent, but it is summer some where right? Again, I blame Thailand for this one. I got all addicted to watermelon whilst I was there and now I cannot stop. The only difference is that in Thailand the watermelon has seeds!

Its geometric. Seriously.

Persimmon season is still happening around here, and I have been taking advantage. They.are.so.sweet. Also, look at those big round things! Those are passion fruit! I love their crunchy little seeds

I cannot get enough guava

Papaya and strawberry guavas have also been main stars as of late. I love the crunchy seeds of the guavas. My Baby Sister and My Love think papaya smells like poo. I think it tastes like heaven. So, Impasse.

Hairy, Juicy.

Ok, My Love and I were in China town the other day, and we saw a post for Rambutans (the fruit pictured above) and it said “Juicy, Hairy…” Umm. Yeah. They are really tasty though. Like a cross between a longan and a lychee.

Seriously. Is it summer yet?

Again, totally out of season, but it looks so beautiful does it not? Those strawberries were little pockets of sunshine, and those papayas were amazing. So I am not sorry.

Little lizard eyes

The fresh longans have been amazing as of late as well. I think that they are nicer than lychee.

I was under-whelmed.

I felt that you all just needed to see this. This is what I am like. So now you know.

Aww, chemmon, that is adorable.

Last, the Gailia melons. They are very much like honeydews, syrupy sweet and totally amazing.

What have you guys been eating lately?

The Birthday Bat!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by urbanfruitbat

Hey You guys!!
I just purchased some extra picture space! Yay! That means I can blog again!!

I stopped posting on the regular because I ran out of picture space. I was going back and deleting old pictures, and that was getting so un fun. Then we went to Thailand, and then work was crazy busy. Yes. Excuses. Anyway, I am back now, with lots of space, lots of pictures, lots of stories and lots of FRUIT!! Also, I have super missed you guys! I realized over these last months how much I love writing. How much I love creating a community where people can come and just ask questions and generally be together. I love being the fruit bat, so I will keep being the fruit bat

Last week it was my 24th birthday. Cue the existential crisis. Yes. I am one of those people that freaks out about my birthday. No on is perfect, right?

The day started off innocently enough, just as it always does. With my version of hot yoga:

No, that is not a joke. I really do practise yoga with a space heater. It is cold up in herrrr OK?

Then It was time for my morning tea and lemon water, which had been significantly brightened at the hand of Baby Sister:

Garsh

Down to the last detail:

After feeling all bubbly and warm inside, I enjoyed my drinks:

Glug Glug

At my Mega Desk:

Yes. I do need both computers. Really. I do. Also I want you to take note of the Thai chairs. My Love and I brought those back unstuffed from Thailand, and spent our Christmas Vacation stuffing and sewing them. Because we are 1000 years old. That is why.

After work I went to go meet a little Lady called Primrose, the new daughter of my friend Vanya. She is just the most perfect little party animal. I was so pleased to be able to spend part of my day with the two of them <3

After all the baby hullabaloo, I found two cool stores on my way home. I know. I do not shop and that was a weird sentance for me. But hear me out. The first place was a cupcake shop that sells vegan and gluten free cupcakes in all the flavours a person can dream up. My Love and I have decided that if we ever get engagematized (engaged to normal people) we will have a party with all their cupcakes. We found them online a while ago, but this was the fist time I had seen the shop in person! So being that is was my birthday and all, I bought one for My Love to try. Because that is what you do, get a cupcake for someone else on your birthday, right? It was a lemon icing with chocolate cup cake. He said it was moist and delicious. (Sorry Baby sister, moist was just the most descriptive word… and I am sorry that now I have said it twice)

LEMON!!!!!!!!!!

Then even close to home I walked by this natural foods store that is always closed when I walk by. But on this day, it was open! It was really cool, they had local fruit, and lots of other neat locally made foods. I got some vegan kim chi to try, mostly because of the jar:

One can never have enough glass jars, right?

And some coconut vinegar, because I had never had it before and it seemed neat-o

Cool! Coconut!

For the record, I am totally allergic to coconut. This made me feel ill, but it was good if you are not allergic!

For the birthday festivities of the night, we decided to go out for Thai food. Ever since we got home from Thailand, I have been caving papaya salad like it is my job. I ate papaya salad (fish sauce free, don’t worry everyone) every day. We found a place by our home called 24/7 Thai, which is close, cheap and tasty. Those are basically our only requirements.

Baby Sister and I got the most beloved Papaya salads!!

OM NOM NOM

For those of you who are not privy to the gloriousness that is papaya salad, basically it is unripe papaya, carrot, tomato and green beans dressed in crushed garlic, chili, lime juice, palm sugar and sometimes fish sauce. I always just ask for no fish sauce, because you know, eew, gross. Fish sauce.

When we had gorged ourselves to happiness, we came home for Birthday presents:

You know you are old when you don’t “stuff” for your bday. Just papers

I opened my cards and was grateful for everything My Love made me a mix, and My Baby Sister drew my an amazing drawing of our alter egos, as well as gifting me with a Whole Foods Gift card. So I should be able to get half an item. Hardy Har har.

After that, it was time to get crunk on the partay drinks:

I looks crunk, no?

So I did not really get crunk. That was water, lime juice and goji berries. It is the Crunk thought that counts, no?

For the grand finally, My Baby Sister made me an amazing birthday plate:

Aww, you guys. I think she lobes me.

Look, look:

Who would even want cake? Not me.

We ended the night doing my most favourite thing in the world. Being together <3 Aww.

Even though I do not love birthdays, getting old, and all the fun things my mind does on this day every year, my dearest loves treated my so right, and for that, I am so grateful.

Where every day is sweet