Blueberry Pie!

Blueberry Pie

I am sorry I’ve been gone for a couple of weeks. I got hit with minor food poisoning from, of all things, PINE NUTS! More about that later. The other thing was the darn FACEBOOK. All these people I went to elementary school, middle school, and high school with in Southfield, Michigan found me on there. I have been trippin’ and going back to memory lane for a few days. But if anyone from Do Re Mi pre-school and elementary school in Detroit, Michigan find me, I’m going to pass out!

Blueberry Pie from Incredibly Delicious
Crust
¼ cup dates, pitted and soaked
½ cup walnuts
¼ cup almonds

Filling
2-3 bananas
1 lb blueberries, fresh or frozen ( I used fresh)
½ cup dates pitted

Blend the crust ingredients in FP using the “S” blade. Pat mixture into bottom and sides of a pie plate, forming a crust. Press hard. Slice 1-2 bananas into ¼” rounds. (I only needed one banana). Cover the bottom and sides of the crust with slices. Blend one cup of blueberries with ½ to one banana and ½ cup of dates in an FP. Mix in the remaining blueberries (whole). Pour into pie shell. Chill and serve.

And I’m happy to report the filling stayed together and didn’t fall apart like the strawberry pie!

Good stuff.

Eggplant Pizza

I was terribly disappointed that I am allergic to pine nuts. These eggplant pizzas don’t look like much. They don’t photograph well. But damn, they taste phenomenal. The topping is good enough to eat right out of the food processor, which is what I did, many, many times. I was ready to put the filling in a nori roll and eat it without the eggplant. Since me and pine nuts are no longer friends, I'm going to come up with a new "cheese" substitute and post that recipe.

I made this on a Thursday, and had the leftovers on Saturday morning. By Saturday afternoon, I had the WORST taste in my mouth. Everything tasted bitter and disgusting. I mean everything…apple juice, fruit, it didn’t matter. The horrible metallic, bitter taste would not go away. By Saturday night, I panicked a little bit. I googled “bitter taste” and all the sites were telling me I had cancer.

After getting freaked out even more, I finally googled, “everything tastes bitter.” This site came up: http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/60#comment-323. Finally, there was my answer. Apparently, pine nuts from China are causing an allergic reaction in some people.

Activated charcoal did the trick. (Thank you to my friends at Mystickal Voyage.) I took 2 capsules at 4:00pm. By Tuesday night, the bitter taste was gone, and I physically felt much better. My other symptoms were exhaustion, stuffy nose, headache, and just feeling all-around crappy.

But I am good now. And I have some good news. I got my Ann Wigmore Home Study program, and I’m drinking wheatgrass. I took some pictures, and that will be my next post.

Until then,
Love,
Althea

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Blueberry Pie!