Please Pimp My Ostrich

In which we talk about amazing things because we are amazing--And in which we also now talk about cooking because we are now amazing at that as well ;) It all began with a humble note that asked a simple question: "What does PPMO stand for?"

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Drinking green tea, it's great for burning those extra calories. It also has antioxidants to keep you young and vibrant. The question is would you eat it? Sure we've heard of drinking green tea, but have you ever considered it as a snack? For years I have been pondering , and I finally took the leap. And it was worth it!! This stuff is so good. It has a clean and mild sweet taste. Nothing too overpowering or surprising. A great snack for clean eating.

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The new year is here and it’s time to reset. So why not make something, simple and fun! This yogurt blended, is a great way to treat yourself after a workout.

All you need is:

1 cup of non fat or reduced fat yogurt 5-6 strawberries 1 small Apple Cinnamon 1 -2 spoons of honey A few nuts

1. First take out your yogurt and measure it out. Then start chopping fruits and berries

2. Grab a cup or bowl, and start layering the fruits, berries , and yogurt

3. Next add in your honey and cinnamon

4. Garnish with nuts

5. Enjoy ^^

For less of a mess simply use Greek yogurt 👍

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Feel like taking a shot, but don’t want to compromise your health? Well my friend I’ve got the answer for you! 😉

Try Paradise Breeze, can be taken as a shot or smoothie form.

For shot form all you need is:

About 5-10 carrots 2 tomatoes 1 Apple 1 finger length piece of ginger 1 grapefruit

1st : take carrots and snap in half 2nd : juice in juicer 3rd: add tomatoes, grapefruit, ginger, and apple 4th: stir and enjoy responsibility

To make the smoothie version, simply take out ginger.

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Eating healthy doesn't have to be boring. It can actually be pretty fun. It's all about experimenting with the things you have. It's also about playing with different flavor combinations. This is a great recipe, for those who are on the go. It's called Pollock Salad. The salad is fast and super simple to make. Best of all it's made out all fresh ingredients. All you need is : 2 Pieces Freshly Frozen Pollocks ( Palm sized, cajun flavored) 1 avocado 1 handful of cilantro 1st : Take the pollock out of the package and heat. For about 8 minutes. 2nd: Take the pollock out and let it cool. It will take about 2 minutes. 3rd: When cooled cut the pollock with a fork.Shred it so that you have 1 inch pieces. 4th: Next grab a clean bowl, and dice an avocado. 5th: After that put the avocado, and pollock in the bowl. Mix the ingredients gently, until you get a nice texture. 6th: Finally grab a handful of cilantro and top. Also ,run the extra Cajun seasoning over the cilantro. 7th: Taste and see if you want to add an extra avocado. If desired you can also, add little Manderin oranges on top. 8th: Enjoy

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3G Sauce a la Genghis

Hey guys, quiya here!

(Can you guys tell I just got done rewatching this episode of avatar? LOL)

Anyhooo, so for my sporadic post of the month (month, year, lifetime OTL) I thought I would share how to make 3G Sauce. So, if you guys have been to Genghis Grill, you may know that they have a specialty sauce that is AMAZING with...like..everything. So after trying to make stirfry and such with different sauces, I sat in a distraught slump trying to find something...some taste that I couldn’t find. And then I realized. 3G sauce. It’s savory, it’s sweet, it’s spicy. It makes all meat taste good.

But its not like they sell 3G sauce at like Walmart or something...or even at Genghis for that matter (I think). So you know what? Let’s learn to make it from scratch. 

So the following steps I got off of this wonderful site: http://www.copycatrecipeguide.com/How_to_Make_Genghis_Grill_3G_Sauce

Some materials you will need for this recipe are:

-a large bowl, measuring cups, measuring spoons (which I just called measuring cups until now...whoops (same but not so same diff)), a whisk, and some foil.

these are the ingredients (from http://www.genghisgrill.com/files/InsideBrochure.pdf also referenced on the above website) :

1/2 c. soy sauce

1/4 c. water

1 tbsp. sugar 

2 c. corn syrup 

1/8 c. corn starch 

2 tbsp. peach puree 

1/8 c. garlic

 1/8 tsp. chili pepper 

1/8 tsp. black pepper 

1/4 tsp. paprika

 2 tbsp. sesame seed oil 

2 tbsp. lemon juice

 2 tsp. crushed red pepper 

1 tsp. ginger 

So I understand this is a wide array of ingredients, but they are TOTALLY worth buying (plus you’ll need some of these for some other recipes I’ll share with you guys in the future ;) ) Your kitchen will look something like this..yep..messy:

So peach puree is a bit hard to find if you don’t make it yourself, but you can buy gerber’s peach and it LITERALLY is peach puree...no shame...I totally used it. I’ve also found that if you can find a pack of blended apple, peach, and apricot it’s also REALLY good...I used to buy a buddyfruits pack to use in this recipe. Make sure to avoid gerber’s food with yogurt, though! I don’t wanna know how that’d go down! The question is what to do with it afterward...

or

(sorry I couldn’t find a clear, smaller picture =.=;;;)

Anyways, now that you have all your ingredients, its time for some chemistry...alchemy...it’s time to mix it all together =P

Recipe:

First, you pour 1/2 cup of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice (be prepared to open those lemon juice containers that look like lemons with a pin!), 1/4 cup of water, 2 tablespoons of sesame seed oil, and 1 cup of corn syrup into the big bowl. Then mix it all up with a whisk until it’s mixed evenly (maybe a few minutes of mixing).

Then add 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup corn syrup, 1/8 cup corn starch, 2 tablespoons peach puree, 1/8 cup garlic, 1/8 teaspoon chili pepper, 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon paprika, 2 teaspoons of crushed red pepper and 1 teaspoon of ginger to the mix. Mix by whisking for at least 5 minutes.

Stick some foil on top of that sucker and stick it in the fridge overnight. Then the next day pull it out if your gonna use it and voila: 3G sauce =D! (I, in no way, claim this recipe. It belongs to Genghis and the steps to the wonderful person who made the copycat recipe site listed above--go there for more details!).

By the end of it, your sauce should look something like this:

I’ve made it multiple times now and it’s always tasted great. Check out the website listed above (the copycat site) for tips to make it spicier, milder, sweeter, etc! I’ve done different things with it (and accidentally dumped a LOT of garlic...or ginger...in it) but it’s always turned out scrumptious. It’s a good dipping sauce (I’m assuming) and goes GREAT with noodles (particularly soba! coming soon!). It also is a great alternative to buying store-bought sauce because they usually taste prettyy saltly. 

But that’s all for today from me =) Happy cooking/mixing and I hope you all get to make wonderful meals <3

“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.”

-Psalm 118:1 (or Psalm 117 if you have a Holy Bible based on the translation from the Septuagint =) )

ALSO--if ya’ll like piano music (and even if you think you don’t!) check out James Rhodes! He’s a wonderful pianist whose playing I absolutely adore =)! Check him out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bmX5ZoX9Po

Love, Quiya <3

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Say yes to yummy without feeling guilty about putting on extra pounds. Craving pizza or sushi? Well try this new recipe for stuffed mushrooms made from scratch.

All you need is the following

3 tomatoes

2 onions

3 stalks of celery

1 can of tuna

1 bottle of coconut oil

1 bottle of olive oil

1 Pinch of salt, peper, Italian seasoning , thyme, basil

   First we'll start out with the stuffing

1. Chop 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, and 3 stalks of celery and put in sauce pan with a little olive oil ( Put the onions in first because they take a longer time to cook through)

2. Stir the pan and wait until the vegetables have become a little softened and brown 

3. Drain and add the canned tuna into the mix

4. Stir and add in your salt and pepper ( Personally I like to keep my vegies a little bland so that the sauce will bring out the flavor at the end)

   Next let's move onto the mushroom caps

1. Find 8 mushroom caps that are nice and roomy 

2. peal the skin off of the mushroom caps, and take the stems out so that they will be clean and ready to bake

3. place a piece of baby spinach at the bottom of each cap

4. foil a baking tray and spread coconut oil all over ( this will keep the mushrooms from sticking & also add flavor ) 

5. Put the caps on the tray and stuff them with the tuna mix 

6. Heat the stove to 250 for 15 minutes and do it again for another 15 ( This way you don't have to worry about the caps being over cooked! ;) )

7. After the first 15 minutes check the caps to see if they have turned a light gray color and if they are a little squishy (The darkening of the skin and softness means that it's ready)

    After that lets move on to the sauce (you can make the sauce while baking your caps in the oven)

1. chop one onion, a tomato, and put it into a sauce pan

2. add the onion in first and pour some olive oil to keep the pan moist

3. add in the tomatoes and stir until the vegetables are cooked ( when they are mushy you know they are ready to turn into sauce)

4.Add in your spices Italian seasoning, salt, peper, and ect 

5. take vegies out and put into blender and blend until smooth

6. taste flavor and season till your happy with the taste

   Finally

1. Take the mushroom caps out

2. Top with sauce

3.  And Enjoy!  

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Scones!

Hello lovelies =),

Quiya here and I am a lazy, lazy person (and my internet was NOT being my friend so I am re-typing this entire thing from an attempted post that I gave up on much earlier in life),so please forgive me for not updating on any eats on my end haha but thank God, Quincy is much, much better at updates than myself! So I have made a few things this year, but today I will start with one of my newest: scones! So when I say “make”, I mean more like add water to pre-made mix, stir and bake...but hey...that’s college “cooking/baking”. No, I revoke my quotations. It IS college cooking/baking.

Anyways, so I went to World Market one day, and found this amazing mix. And before I discuss the mix and the wonderous, vegetarian (?), pretty-lent-friendly (are you observing as well brother, sister? (well it is the Paschal/Pentecostarion season now so no fasting until after next Sunday anyways but still! Haha I wrote this during the Great Lent!)), scones, I will ask-have you been to World Market? If you have, you understand my love. And if you have not:

LOOK

HOW

WONDEMOUS

!!!! It’s like beautifully messy....it really is. Apologies for our more neat readers, but MAN I love organized messes...

Anyways, along with the last picture--I also found our subject of interest: the infamous scone mix from Sticky Fingers Bakeries <3

So LITERALLY all you need is water, a spoon, a fork, a bowl, a baking pan, foil, possibly a measuring cup, some strong wrists and about 30 minutes.

So first, you pour all of the mix into a fairly large bowl and add 3/4 cups water. You stir the mix with a fork until it starts getting SUPER thick and all the water and powder is mixed together. If you have tendinitis, like me, or carpal tunnel, than it will probably behoove you to find someone to help stir (super roommate to the rescue! haha XD).

Moving on, you put some foil over your baking pan, take a tablespoon and dallop about 12 blobs onto the foil like so:

beautimus. (by the way, these words are courtesy of my roommate’s idiosyncratic dialect, Sharon-ese)

The actual baking takes about 12 or so minutes, with about 2-3 minutes for the bigger blobs =). The insides will be all fluffy and like so:

And then that’s it! Once the ridges start becoming golden brown, and the insides are fluffy like above then you know you are done =)! (Apologies for our nasty looking apartment oven =X haha).

And enjoy~! These are super quick, super yummy, and if you get the maple one it’s super delicious and also comes with a glaze that makes life just that much sweeter =).

One CAUTION: Put these in the fridge after the first day or so--they mold fairly quickly. But aside from that they seem pretty friggin awesome XD. 

and make sure to read the awesome packaging <3 

Glory to God for scones <3

~Quiya

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Quiya says hello <3

 Just a shout-out to how wonderfully Quincy has been updating this blog with wonderful eats for everyone <3 I will do my best to contribute as well starting tomorrow! Here’s to summer breaks~! Eat and sleep well lovelies, we will try to do the same!

~Quiya

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Missing your morning cups of cappuccino? Try this it tastes just like a cappuccino but without all the sugar and fat. All you need is almond milk, 2 bananas, and a pinch of cinnamon

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Sick and tired of putting who knows what on your face? Try giving the chemicals a break and go natural for 30 days.

Here's how

1.Simply replace your cleanser & toner with all natural raw honey

2. Put it on your face and let it sit for a few minutes

3. Then with warm water wash it off.

4. Next replace your moisturizer with coconut oil.

5. Get a small drop of the oil an spread it all over your face

Within a few days you'll be able to visibly see and feel the difference in your skin! ^0^

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Craving your morning carbs but aren't ready to throw in the towel yet? Try some Creamy Coconut Porridge! It's simple, filling and quick to make in the mornings.

All you need is: coconut flour, coconut shreds, coconut milk, water, and bananas

1. Simply mix everything but the bananas in a sauce pan and bring to a boil

2. Stir and add in a little water

3. Mash bananas and to the mixture

4. Stir until mixture is smooth and serve

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Craving something sweet, but don't want to cheat? Try a hot plantain, it has just enough natural sweetness to take care of that craving and has many health benefits as well. Although a plantain looks like and tastes like fruit. It's actually a vegetable! 😲

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Looking for a red meat alternative? Try ground turkey. It tastes exactly the same, with half the fat! 😉

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Creamy Butternut Squash Soup : simple, delicious, and nutritious. 1 butternut squash 2 cups of almond milk 1 pinch of salt, ginger, and onion powder

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Creamy Green Smoothie Just simply blend spinach, bananas, water, avocado and some apples

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The Guilt Free Banana Split Ever felt like cheating on your clean eating? Well here’s your answer!

All you need is an apple, banana, almond slices, and some cinnamon.

Just heat for a minute in the microwave and enjoy.

It tastes exactly like a banana split without the calories or sugar. So you can eat away guilt free! 😙

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Creamy Sweet Potato Soup

3 sweet potatoes 1 handful of baby carrots 1 tablespoon of coconut oil 1-2 pinches of salt 1-2 cups of water

1.Boil sweet potatoes 2. Skin sweet potatoes 3. Heat up carrots until soft 4. Chop sweet potatoes, carrots,and add into pot with water and coconut oil 5. Bring to a boil, and wait until vegetables are soft 6. Turn off stove and mash vegetables with potato masher 7. Use a wisk, or blender, to blend together and make soup smooth 8. Add salt