Another night of greens on one side of the plate and stir fry on the other.
We used up the rest of the spring onions, yellow zucchini, broccoli, Swiss chard, kale, garlic scapes and basil. I finished the Shitakke mushrooms too.
The sauce was honey, Dijon and lemon, on the greens.
We had a Marco gf turkey burger with cheese on top. And yes, no bun!
One dinner of greens left of spinach and leaf lettuce. I am keeping the beets for a small batch of pickled beets!
Wonder what Saturday will bring at Lunar Rhythm Gardens!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Flying Lead changes & Liberty
Flying Lead Changes
Rode Dancer this morning. MySister Joan came and joined me. I showed her some of his on-line games down in the obstacle field. Backed through the tire obstacle only using his mane and savy string. We stood on the pedestal and then showed Joan our flying lead changes. Dancer was a superstar! To the left he cued perfectly, but to the right it took three extra strides. Perhaps I will ask earlier tomorrow.
We finished by riding up the hill, down over the jumps, through the ditch and back up the hill. Dancer was quite excited, so I plan on breaking it down to slower stages in order to ride it freestyle!
Liberty
Alan and I popped out tonight to put cream on his nose. This gave me the chance to show Alan how wonderfully well we are doing the figure eight at Liberty. After a bit of warm up...Dancer was super at it!
Rode Dancer this morning. MySister Joan came and joined me. I showed her some of his on-line games down in the obstacle field. Backed through the tire obstacle only using his mane and savy string. We stood on the pedestal and then showed Joan our flying lead changes. Dancer was a superstar! To the left he cued perfectly, but to the right it took three extra strides. Perhaps I will ask earlier tomorrow.
We finished by riding up the hill, down over the jumps, through the ditch and back up the hill. Dancer was quite excited, so I plan on breaking it down to slower stages in order to ride it freestyle!
Liberty
Alan and I popped out tonight to put cream on his nose. This gave me the chance to show Alan how wonderfully well we are doing the figure eight at Liberty. After a bit of warm up...Dancer was super at it!
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Flying Lead Change Practice
Yesterday, Dancer and I had a lovely ride. We rode in the bridle with our new d-ring extra soft but with three links - the centre one is copper. Dancer seemed to like it and was quite responsive.
We warmed up out in the obstacle field then headed out for a trail ride. It was 23 degrees C so I hoped the bugs wouldn't be bad. Unfortunately the deer flies were out in full force. We quickly left the forest and headed back to the obstacle field.
Here we met up with two other riders. Dancer and I played with the gate, small log jumps and the pedestals. I set up the one jump to 2.5 feet and the other a touch higher. We began on the mound off soil, walked off, breaking into a canter, then down through a large ditch and up over the two jumps and back to the top of the hill, what fun! Dancer and I completed numerous versions of this and each time we stopped at the top, I am sure he was asking what's next.
I am practicing an exercise that leads into the flying lead change. First you ride, at a walk, a figure 8 stopping in the centre each time. Once stopped you ask your horse to take two steps with the hind away from the circle you completed and gently ask the head to come around, asking for the next circle in the other direction. Practice at each gait stopping in the centre each time. Once this is going smoothly for both you and the horse, you are ready for the next step...but yesterday I wasn't!
Today, I rode in a pull bridle on loan from my friend. It is a bit big, but with a few holes it will be perfect. We rode in it anyway.
I practiced the exercise leading to the flying lead change and voila we did it. As I came around almost to the centre of the figure 8 I asked for the two steps, which changed my position in the saddle - moving my hips, then I asked for the head bend and there we were, a perfect lead change. Thinking it was a fluke, I did it three times each side! Can't wait for tomorrow when we can do it again! Oh and we had some jumping fun in between for a bit of fun!
We warmed up out in the obstacle field then headed out for a trail ride. It was 23 degrees C so I hoped the bugs wouldn't be bad. Unfortunately the deer flies were out in full force. We quickly left the forest and headed back to the obstacle field.
Here we met up with two other riders. Dancer and I played with the gate, small log jumps and the pedestals. I set up the one jump to 2.5 feet and the other a touch higher. We began on the mound off soil, walked off, breaking into a canter, then down through a large ditch and up over the two jumps and back to the top of the hill, what fun! Dancer and I completed numerous versions of this and each time we stopped at the top, I am sure he was asking what's next.
I am practicing an exercise that leads into the flying lead change. First you ride, at a walk, a figure 8 stopping in the centre each time. Once stopped you ask your horse to take two steps with the hind away from the circle you completed and gently ask the head to come around, asking for the next circle in the other direction. Practice at each gait stopping in the centre each time. Once this is going smoothly for both you and the horse, you are ready for the next step...but yesterday I wasn't!
Today, I rode in a pull bridle on loan from my friend. It is a bit big, but with a few holes it will be perfect. We rode in it anyway.
I practiced the exercise leading to the flying lead change and voila we did it. As I came around almost to the centre of the figure 8 I asked for the two steps, which changed my position in the saddle - moving my hips, then I asked for the head bend and there we were, a perfect lead change. Thinking it was a fluke, I did it three times each side! Can't wait for tomorrow when we can do it again! Oh and we had some jumping fun in between for a bit of fun!
We Passed Level 3 Freestyle Parelli!
Dancer and I passed out Level 3 Freestyle Audition through Parelli!!
Yippee, We passed freestyle level 3 with a + in each category!
I rode Dancer through all the gaits, ten foot circles, turn on the forehand, turn on the hind, obstacles including a jump and gate all without a bridle! I am so pleased!
If you want to see it, here is my YouTube link:
Yippee, We passed freestyle level 3 with a + in each category!
I rode Dancer through all the gaits, ten foot circles, turn on the forehand, turn on the hind, obstacles including a jump and gate all without a bridle! I am so pleased!
If you want to see it, here is my YouTube link:
You tube video:
https://youtu.be/hGKnapy6Tok
Kohrabi - Shiitaki Stir Fry
Yummy Yummy!
Another successful meal using my 1/2 farm share!
Shitakke mushrooms (from Peterborough Market), garlic scapes, spring onions, Kohrabi plus their leaves, beet leaves all stir fried!
Kohlrabi - Shiitaki stir fry!
Delicious with gluten free turkey sausage and Dijon mustard!
Another successful meal using my 1/2 farm share!
Shitakke mushrooms (from Peterborough Market), garlic scapes, spring onions, Kohrabi plus their leaves, beet leaves all stir fried!
Kohlrabi - Shiitaki stir fry!
Finely dice 2 garlic scapes
And 2 spring onions
Very finely slice 8-10 beet leafed
Very finely slice 8-10 Khitai leaves
Peel and slice into sticks - 2 kohlrabi
Cut up about 2 cups Shiitaki mushrooms
Heat 2 tbsps olive oil (or one of oil, & 1 of butter) on med heat - cook garlic & onions til clear.
Add kohlrabi cook til tender.
Add mushrooms cook til tender.
Add greens put lid on for 5 minutes - stir and repeat til greens are cooked but still crispish!
Divide into two, too with meat of your choice, sliced basil leaves and serve!
You could use gluten free soya or gluten free tamari sauce - I didn't.
More Veggies and Shiitake Mushrooms!
Went to the Peterborough market a couple of months ago and saw huge clusters of Shitakke mushrooms. My dad is a mushroom connasure so I took pictures to send him. The Mushroom Man persuaded me to buy a cluster! We loved them. So, my mission yesterday was to get more shiitake mushrooms to compliment out 1/2 farm share from Lunar Rhythm Gardens.
Success, we purchased blue and yellow shiitakes.Went to the market to get shiitakes. I then picked up out 1/2 share from Lunar Rhythm Gardens and wow, what a load of veggies! Green onions, another kohlrabi, a bag of mixed lettuce, one of spinach, broccoli, mixed swiss chard, yellow zucchini, cucumber, head of red lettuce, beets and basil. Bought fresh eggs for the week too!
Had Maple Greens with Chicken: Swiss chard, and last weeks kale partially cooked with the garlicscapes, greens and balsamic vinegar, with a tad of maple syrup.
Tonight is a new version of Mango Curry (from my previous post - made successfully twice now) stir fry using the two kohlrabi, green onions, and broccoli.
After that, lots and lots of salad!
Maple Greens with chicken
Cook chicken first and set aside
Chicken
Dice two small chicken breasts
2 tbsp butter
3 spring onions dice
2 garlic scapes finely diced ( top of stem with in opened flower)
Melt butter add all other ingredients, cook til no longer pink.
Set aside, with liquid.
Greens
2 tbsp olive oil heat
And stir fry the greens:
Wash and slice finely (in strips) 4-6 cups mixed Swiss chard and
4 cups red kale
Add after greens begin to cook:
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp of Clancey's maple syrup
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp water
Then cover with a lid and simmer but be careful not to over cook, kind of like a semi limp salad.
Divide into two plates and add chicken ontop
Top with:
1/4 cup chopped basil mix in last (if you chop it early, seal in Saran to keep from oxidization)
I added all the juices, they could be reduced, but we were too hungry!
Tasted great, will make again!
Success, we purchased blue and yellow shiitakes.Went to the market to get shiitakes. I then picked up out 1/2 share from Lunar Rhythm Gardens and wow, what a load of veggies! Green onions, another kohlrabi, a bag of mixed lettuce, one of spinach, broccoli, mixed swiss chard, yellow zucchini, cucumber, head of red lettuce, beets and basil. Bought fresh eggs for the week too!
Had Maple Greens with Chicken: Swiss chard, and last weeks kale partially cooked with the garlicscapes, greens and balsamic vinegar, with a tad of maple syrup.
Tonight is a new version of Mango Curry (from my previous post - made successfully twice now) stir fry using the two kohlrabi, green onions, and broccoli.
After that, lots and lots of salad!
Maple Greens with chicken
Cook chicken first and set aside
Chicken
Dice two small chicken breasts
2 tbsp butter
3 spring onions dice
2 garlic scapes finely diced ( top of stem with in opened flower)
Melt butter add all other ingredients, cook til no longer pink.
Set aside, with liquid.
Greens
2 tbsp olive oil heat
And stir fry the greens:
Wash and slice finely (in strips) 4-6 cups mixed Swiss chard and
4 cups red kale
Add after greens begin to cook:
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp of Clancey's maple syrup
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp water
Then cover with a lid and simmer but be careful not to over cook, kind of like a semi limp salad.
Divide into two plates and add chicken ontop
Top with:
1/4 cup chopped basil mix in last (if you chop it early, seal in Saran to keep from oxidization)
I added all the juices, they could be reduced, but we were too hungry!
Tasted great, will make again!
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Finesse with Dancer!
Dancer and I had a terrific ride, playing with 'Finesse' for a future Parelli level. We warmed up for about ten minutes then worked on this new exercise. We rode in the arena, out of the sun, with windows open. First working on the figure eight at each gait. In the centre I asked him to stop, bring his hind end over two steps into the circle causing a bend for Thenew direction and Viola, we cantered ten foot circles on the correct lead each time. With a bit of practice this translates to a nice flying lead change, thanks to David Crowley from Calgary!
We closed all the windows and big door while I was still on Dancer. Headed out to the obstacle field! Boy do I love that field! Had a great gallop in the obstacle field. Jumped, rode through ditches and played on the enormous tire pedestals!
Now for lunch! I am trying to use all the veggies from our 1/2 farm share each week. Sunday I made he mango curry again, only this time I used tiny potatoes and chicken! Just as delicious as the last time. Andrew loved it so much he took the leftovers home!
Back to lunch I'm having a chicken Salad made from the 1/2 farm share of veggies from Lunar Rhythm Gardens. Wow the chocolate mint tastes great in the salad! I am going to cultivate some in a pot so we can haven't next year. Wonder what it tastes like in iced tea?
We closed all the windows and big door while I was still on Dancer. Headed out to the obstacle field! Boy do I love that field! Had a great gallop in the obstacle field. Jumped, rode through ditches and played on the enormous tire pedestals!
Now for lunch! I am trying to use all the veggies from our 1/2 farm share each week. Sunday I made he mango curry again, only this time I used tiny potatoes and chicken! Just as delicious as the last time. Andrew loved it so much he took the leftovers home!
Back to lunch I'm having a chicken Salad made from the 1/2 farm share of veggies from Lunar Rhythm Gardens. Wow the chocolate mint tastes great in the salad! I am going to cultivate some in a pot so we can haven't next year. Wonder what it tastes like in iced tea?
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Week one of our 1/2 Farm Share
We purchased a 1/2 farm share from Lunar Rythm Gardens, outside Janetville, this spring.
The box was filled with lots of interesting veggies!
Bok choy
Red leaf lettuce
Arugul
Scallions
Chives
Mint
Six potatoes (last years)
Kohlrabi
Radishes
Rhubarb
We had green salad for two twice.
Made 2 jugs of mint ice tea.
Rhubarb crisp
Potato salad
Mango curry stir fry
Green salad - makes two
Divide lettuce and arugula in half
Rip lettuce into two plates
Dice arugula finely and cover lettuce
Dice 1/4 of chivesAnd 1/4 mint leaves
3 radishes diced finely
Any other veggies from fridge dice and add
Use favourite dressing
Potato salad
Peel and cut 6 potatoes the size you want in your potato salad. Place in a pot, nestle three eggs into the potatoes, cover well with cold water. Bring to boil, then turn off heat, cover and leave to cool completely. Eggs and potatoes will be perfectly cooked.
Dice finely three small scallions and three radishes.
Dice up 1/4 of chives. (2tblsp heaping)
Once potatoes and eggs are cool, drain, take out eggs, peel and dice unit a bowl, add all other ingredients.
Use four measured tbsps lite mayo and salt and pepper. Mix well and refrigerate. We had eight single servings of potatoe salad from these ingredients
Ice tea
Make a pot of tea to medium strength.
Dice up a cup of fresh mint leaves and divide into two jugs. Pour hot tea (to your liking) ontop! I had to make three jugs of tea!
Rhubarb crisp
Five stalks rhubarb sliced (I had 2 cups strawberries as well)
In a lasagna pan sprinkle oats over bottom with 1 cup brown sugar - to cover.
Cover evenly with fruit.
In a pot measure 3 cups cold water with two heaping dinner spoons of cornstarch (trust me), and 1/2 cup sugar, cook til it thickens then spoon over the fruit.
In a bowl melt 1/4 cup butter (no more) add 1 cup combined of brown and white sugar and 1 cup of oats mix well and place over fruit.
Bake covered for 1/2 hour, uncovered for 15 minutes
Mango Curry Stirfry
1 pkg uncooked shrimp -remove all shells
Topping
Brown: 2 tbsp butter with tsp each curryand garlic powder
Add: 1/2 cup sliced almonds and brown
Remove from heat and set aside, cover with 1/4 of chives and 3 scallions finely diced
Rice, cooked place 1 cup into four separate bowls - I used brown basmati
Veggies: - stir fry and divide evenly over four bowls of rice
1 cup water with tamari sauce and 1 tbsp corn starch - use once veggies are cooked to make sauce while veggies are in the pan
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 cups or one bok choy slice
1 kohlrabi peeled and finely sliced,
1 cup frozen mango finely diced or one fresh
2 tbsp gf lite tamari sauce
1/2 jalapinos finely diced
Once cooked - sauce thickened - divide evenly over rice
Add shrimp to hot pan and quickly cook divide evenly over the four bowls - then divide the topping evenly placing on top.
We ate two immediately and had the other two, two days later for dinner
I was so pleased how all our meals turned out, we even ate all the veggies!
Pictures will eventually follow!
The box was filled with lots of interesting veggies!
Bok choy
Red leaf lettuce
Arugul
Scallions
Chives
Mint
Six potatoes (last years)
Kohlrabi
Radishes
Rhubarb
We had green salad for two twice.
Made 2 jugs of mint ice tea.
Rhubarb crisp
Potato salad
Mango curry stir fry
Green salad - makes two
Divide lettuce and arugula in half
Rip lettuce into two plates
Dice arugula finely and cover lettuce
Dice 1/4 of chivesAnd 1/4 mint leaves
3 radishes diced finely
Any other veggies from fridge dice and add
Use favourite dressing
Potato salad
Peel and cut 6 potatoes the size you want in your potato salad. Place in a pot, nestle three eggs into the potatoes, cover well with cold water. Bring to boil, then turn off heat, cover and leave to cool completely. Eggs and potatoes will be perfectly cooked.
Dice finely three small scallions and three radishes.
Dice up 1/4 of chives. (2tblsp heaping)
Once potatoes and eggs are cool, drain, take out eggs, peel and dice unit a bowl, add all other ingredients.
Use four measured tbsps lite mayo and salt and pepper. Mix well and refrigerate. We had eight single servings of potatoe salad from these ingredients
Ice tea
Make a pot of tea to medium strength.
Dice up a cup of fresh mint leaves and divide into two jugs. Pour hot tea (to your liking) ontop! I had to make three jugs of tea!
Rhubarb crisp
Five stalks rhubarb sliced (I had 2 cups strawberries as well)
In a lasagna pan sprinkle oats over bottom with 1 cup brown sugar - to cover.
Cover evenly with fruit.
In a pot measure 3 cups cold water with two heaping dinner spoons of cornstarch (trust me), and 1/2 cup sugar, cook til it thickens then spoon over the fruit.
In a bowl melt 1/4 cup butter (no more) add 1 cup combined of brown and white sugar and 1 cup of oats mix well and place over fruit.
Bake covered for 1/2 hour, uncovered for 15 minutes
Mango Curry Stirfry
1 pkg uncooked shrimp -remove all shells
Topping
Brown: 2 tbsp butter with tsp each curryand garlic powder
Add: 1/2 cup sliced almonds and brown
Remove from heat and set aside, cover with 1/4 of chives and 3 scallions finely diced
Rice, cooked place 1 cup into four separate bowls - I used brown basmati
Veggies: - stir fry and divide evenly over four bowls of rice
1 cup water with tamari sauce and 1 tbsp corn starch - use once veggies are cooked to make sauce while veggies are in the pan
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 cups or one bok choy slice
1 kohlrabi peeled and finely sliced,
1 cup frozen mango finely diced or one fresh
2 tbsp gf lite tamari sauce
1/2 jalapinos finely diced
Once cooked - sauce thickened - divide evenly over rice
Add shrimp to hot pan and quickly cook divide evenly over the four bowls - then divide the topping evenly placing on top.
We ate two immediately and had the other two, two days later for dinner
I was so pleased how all our meals turned out, we even ate all the veggies!
Pictures will eventually follow!
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Parelli Freestyle Audition - Level 3 Audition
Dancer and I completed our Level 3 Freestyle Audition on Friday May 13th, 2016! We had such a fun day. Freestyle is riding without a bridle. The audition includes correct mounting, walk, trot and canter. Canter halt, turn on the forehand, turn on the hind, circling, a jump, opening and closing a gate, pushing a ball, sideways over barrels and standing on a pedestal. Below is the iTunes link. Have to wait four to six weeks for results!
Youtube video:
https://youtu.be/hGKnapy6Tok
Parelli - On-line Level 3 Audition - Passed!
On-line level 3 Audition
Dancer and I passed out level 3 on-line audition on December 17, 2015. I am so pleased with our success!
1. Here is the youtube link -
2. Here is the final re-submission - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x0XFsbb9YtE
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