Mary and Max

I'm totally enamored of the movie, "Mary and Max." It's the sweetest, smartest little claymation movie I have ever seen.

My review here: http://www.shvoong.com/entertainment/movies/2034662-mary-max/

anti-smoking in Oz

I found a pack of cigarettes in the bathroom of the botanical gardens center, so I got a nice look at the warning labels on the package. It seems that the warning labels take up just as much room on the boxes as the actual label for the tobacco. And they are super-serious about their warnings!

Beet Crazy

Every once in a while, I get a massive craving for beets. They are so insanely good for you--did you know that most natural food-based vitamins rely on beets as one of their main ingredients--they are loaded with great stuff!

Anyway, this recipe I made yesterday was based on this one: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Roasted-Beet-Peach-and-Goat-Cheese-Salad/Detail.aspx

I pretty much stuck to the same recipe, but I used Almond Oil (instead of Walnut) because that is what I had. The store didn't have fresh peaches (way out of season down here in Australia--it is just starting to hint at spring), so I had to go with canned (but it still was great). I also used Cashews because that's what I had (instead of Pistachios). And no Mache, just extra Arugula.

It seems like it wouldn't be much, but this salad has a major WOW factor--it's SO delicious and super-good for you. My sweetheart even said it was the best salad he's had in ages...I'm only slightly bummed that it has ousted my classic sugar-roasted nuts/pears/gorgonzola/greens salad for 1st place, but I have to agree.

Long live Beets! (but once I finish off the leftovers today, I'll probably be off the beet kick for a while again). Looking forward to being stationary enough to start making my fermented beet tonic again. Although that is one that only my sweetheart and I like--we love it, even though everyone else I gave it to turned up their nose!