Waching daily Sep 28 2017

Hello friends and not-yet-friends,

Welcome back to What I Ate Wednesday, the weekly show where I share all my tasty vegan

eats in a day.

This week is special 'cause 1) it's a weekend edition and 2) because it's what I ate at

Calgary's first Vegan Food and Lifestyle festival!

But first, tea time.

Again, I'm having butterfly pea flower tea with pandan leaves and lemongrass.

I just love watching it steep.

It's relaxing, soothing.

And then it looks like kool-aid.

But it taste mores like chamomile tea.

And you guys have seen it turn purple with lemon juice before.

It doesn't even need that lemon flavour but it turns purple so how could I resist?

On Saturday mornings, over the past...oh,... a couple months, I've been working on bennies.

Not super serious like, just doing bennies different ways for funsies.

On this morning, it started with tofu.

This type of tofu is my favourite for making bennies.

It's a medium firm kind of tofu; this brand calls it Traditional style.

After you drain the water, cut a block into four even slices.

Then, so they will fit nicely on english muffins, I use a mason jar ring to cut rounds.

Those go ever so gently into salted cold water, and I'll turn up the heat so it comes to a

simmer.

At the same time, I'll set my container of cheater hollandaise in there to get warm too.

It's a cheater recipe because it's just vegan mayo, lemon juice, water, onion powder, and

a little dill and parsley, mixed together.

I feel like a real proper vegan hollandaise should involve a little more.

And possibly have a bit more colour.

The simmer should be gentle but not too gentle.

Because I want that salted water bubbling into the crevices and throughout the tofu.

This makes it less beany tasting, though this tofu is already quite mild, and gets it a

bit salted.

Then, time for seitan.

Not the lord of darkness, but wheat meat.

Made out of pure gluten.

Which, for you celiac sufferers out there, might as well BE the lord of darkness for

what it does to your guts.

Lucky for me and my man, our guts seem to love gluten.

And we thank the monks who invented it centuries ago.

Or I do, anyway.

I'm sorry there's no recipe for these strips YET.

Because I didn't write anything down.

I thought I was going to be able to remember what I put in and write it down later but

I just can't really remember.

Maybe I should've had coffee.

They came out a bit puffy but crispy on the outside and delicious but...not yet recipe

video worthy anyways, if you know what I mean.

But I'll keep working on it...and one day, we shall have the ultimate seitan bacon.

Those went directly on to toasted sourdough english muffins, which are vegan.

I haven't seen english muffins that aren't vegan but when in doubt, check the ingredients!

Then very gently, very carefully, slide on our tofu.

I add a little sprinkly of black salt for that egg-like aroma.

Just a little goes a long way.

And then, my cheater hollandaise.

And a little extra black salt on top, a little pepper

and chili flakes just cause I love them.

More parsley just for looks and these are pretty bomb vegan bennies.

The tofu really stands in well; reminds me of egg whites.

The seitan adds the salty meatiness and the cheater hollandaise sauce is just right.

Speaking of just right, the weather was amazing for VegFest!

We got there around 1 and it was so busy!

They estimate ten thousand people were in attendance.

This is a city nicknamed cowtown for it's ranching origins.

Cowboy culture is still big here, so is the enthusiasm for meat, rodeos, and the like.

But I see a lot of openness to something different too.

We have a number of animal sanctuaries and passionate animal activists.

Not to mention those who are very keen on the diet aspect.

I was pretty keen on the diet aspect of this festival.

Namely the vegan junk food.

Heart's Choices Veggie Truck was by far the most popular food truck.

After lining up at another place and them selling out of all the good stuff, just as

we got to the front, we couln't take the hunger or any more wait so we took the train to another

veg place we knew nearby.

Veg in.

Pretty much everything they serve has a vegan option if it's not already vegan.

The smashed potato samosa I had was really tasty.

It's got their own special sauce which I think is supposed to be like vegan butter chicken

sauce, plus tamarind and the longest onions I've ever seen.

Kim got a similar thing but with masala chickpeas,

and Connor got the Veg In classic burger.

It's this monsterous thing in a super healthy looking bun.

He really liked it.

Healthy kids, I tell ya.

Before we hopped on the train back to vegfest, we also grabbed these vegan cheesecakes from

their freezer.

It was still fairly busy, weather was still perfect.

Perfect for taking in live music by local vegan Metis musician, Riel.

*music*

Part way through the performance, I ran over to the cooking demo stage to see Rose AKA

CheapLazyVegan.

I was trying to be incognito right.

[Rose: Um yea...

Hi Mary!

Me: Hi!

Rose: *laughs*]

So much for incognito.

[Rose: Are you vloggin?

Me: Yeaah...

Rose: Check out Mary's Test Kitchen.

She's on YouTube and Instagram.

Me: aw shucks

Rose: We had pho together.

She's great.

Oh my god, and I forgot my waller so she paid for me.

Audience: *laughs*

Rose: I swear, I wasn't being cheap.]

Also, I got asked for a selfie for the first time in my life.

I was so off guard, I stuck out my tongue and gave her bunny ears, so to that person,

it was awesome to meet you, you were so nice, and sorry I might have been weird.

A moment of silence for my dignity.

Then I rushed off to catch the last part of Riel's performance and met this bear disguised

as a dog.

VegFest was such a enormous success and all thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers.

Bravo to them!

And the sponsors too; not all of them vegan but enthusiasic about the cause nonetheless.

After all that excitment, I was pretty tired.

But I was prepared for being tired and had Vegan Richa's vegan butter chicken AKA seitan

makhani in the fridge.

It's one of my favourite curry dishes to have.

Speaking of favourites, I'll be sharing a childhood favourite, Chinese BBQ Pork Buns,

vegan of course, for this weekend's recipe video and for my first ever YouTube collab

which will be with another Canadian YouTuber: Lisa from The Viet Vegan.

She's Viet and she's vegan and she's going to share an amazing vegan lemongrass beef

bahn mi recipe that I cannot wait to try myself.

If you love Vietnamese food like I do, you're gonna wanna watch that.

Speaking of which, did you like this video?

Please give it a thumbs up if you did and share it on facebook, twitter, reddit, tumblr

or where ever you hang out online.

It really helps me out when you do.

And let's show everyone how easy and delicious vegan food can be.

Thank you very much for watching.

Bye for now!

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You Are An Empath Already - Duration: 8:48.

You Are An Empath Already

Have you heard the phrase �when the student is ready the teacher will appear�, the teacher

has arrived.

So the title of this blog is You are an empath already.

Let�s dive deeper in to what this truly means for you and your journey.

In today�s world there is a lot of misunderstanding to being an Empath.

This day and age you can see in psychic networks, or Facebook feeds of psychics claiming to

be empaths.

Well I have some news for all of us out there.

We are all empaths, as a human race, we ourselves have the ability to feel and experience emotions.

As we grow and start asking questions is when we really start seeing what that truly means.

As a psychic myself, it took sometime to realize that in fact each and everyone around me has

Empathic abilities, it is just remembering that we do in fact have them.

Some of us have developed different abilities like the �clairs� that are here to predict,

help and guide others to unanswered questions, or helping them achieve the gifts of psychic

abilities themselves.

Let me explain..

Human�s have many layers that are unseen to the naked eye, we are multi-sensory beings.

We experience things through touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell.

These are the basic five senses, but there are also senses like the sixth sense, which

is when your pineal gland is active and open.

When your pineal gland is open you have the opportunity to develop the abilities of Clairvoyant

(clear vision), Clairaudience (clear audio /hearing), Clairsentience (clear sensation

or feeling),Clairscent (clear smelling), Clairtangency (clear touching),Clairgustance (clear tasting),

laircognizant (clear knowing) and Clairempathy (clear emotion).

Most of common society closes off their pineal gland through various activities like drinking,

smoking, drugs, and doubt.

When we start taking action steps to clean up our pineal gland that includes making healthy

actions to clear your head then the pineal gland becomes active, open and ready to explore.

Many pineal glands are malfunctioning due to this factor that close them, and also due

to our seventh sense, which is clear understanding, has shut down.

When our seventh sense is down or inactive it is mainly because of our mind chatter,

situations we grew up upon and absorbed information throughout our lifetime of rules, expectations,

and standards that we experienced through our lifetime.

As an empathic person you are able to see and feel others emotions, enjoy life experiences,

and have compassion and empathy for one another.

In the common human experience everyone has experienced a stroke of empathy in his or

her day-to-day life.

When we gain the opportunity to understanding how to master emotions, we are better equipped

to enjoy these gifts and begin co-creating a wonderful Earthly experience.

But how does this affect you as a person�

Well humans have like I said many unseen layers; we have different aspects to our body.

We have our physical body, we have an invisible layer of our body called the emotional body,

which in Hindi religions would be called your chakra system, we also have the etheric body

which in psychic realms is the connection to Source or God energy.

As a person claiming to be an empath psychic they have the ability to connect to your emotional

body.

Through their pineal gland and lot of mind silence they can hear your thoughts, feel

your experiences, answer your deepest questions and allow you to gain understanding to life

around you.

Demystifying the empath with in us takes a lot of knowledge, confidence and truth seeking.

As a human race we not only absorb information from the people, TV, books and family around

us, we also absorb emotional energy.

When we cry with a friend, or get fearful of the TV news of what�s going on in the

world, our energy absorbs that instinctual feeling and stores it in because we haven�t

understood how to look at the feeling unconditionally.

Have you ever walked in to a large mall and felt uneasy, felt dizzy, felt overwhelmed.

This is because of all the buzzing of energies around you, it�s not a form of social anxiety,

it is all the electromagnetic energy in the mall.

Have you had a gut feeling that your partner was seeing another person, and somehow your

thought got debunked?

Well here is some news for you; your gut instinct could be accurate.

You might be �picking� up on another�s energy, that is why clear honest communication

is key to prevent misunderstandings.

Now before you run off and get upset, please understand that feeling other�s energy,

as an empath is quite a gift.

As a collective race we all hold on to emotional memory, it is absorbed through our life experiences.

We all have layers of this energy in and throughout our body.

We carry it, wear it, and are born with it.

Just like the genes you inherited from your family�s lineage, you also inherited their

energetic story (which is why in 2017 you might seem to see history repeating itself,

correct?).

When we were born here to this planet, we had chosen these paths; the situations we

experience daily are here to help us remember.

But what are we remembering� We are remembering that we are authentic beings, our own unique

self.

The stories we absorbed, the emotions we encountered, the TV and news station we watch have in some

ways lead us astray.

Now there is nothing bad about watching Breaking Bad, or its Always Sunny in Philadelphia we

are still here to enjoy this experience as a human.

But we are here to remember that we are in fact all connected, we are here to remember

that these experiences each and every emotional experience in our day to day life just has

to be looked at in unconditional ways.

Would you like to discover your true authentic light, would you like to dissolve the energy�s

you have absorbed in this life time to become your true self, are you ready to uncover your

most optimal potential and grow to your wildest dreams.

Let�s start by uncovering the stuff that has dulled it.

Let�s make a path that keeps the foundation, but also allows you to make your own set of

rules.

Let�s take the limits and enjoy the freedom.

Here is an exercise that can help you see that we are all in fact empaths:

1.

Have a pen and paper handy

2.

Take a seated position, in a quiet and undisturbed place

3.

Write out and/or speak this out loud � I am ready to acknowledge my truth, I am asking

my guides and angels from God and the heavenly light to allow me to acknowledge my truth.

I am asking for Godly protection as I start to integrate my truth in to this physical

body.

I am asking for this knowledge to come to me in a safe manner for my brain and body

to rationalize and absorb this new information.

As I begin my new journey of knowing my truth, I ask of the angels of God to protect me from

energies that are of a lower density while I undergo this transformation, I ask God and

his angels to cut any energy cords & energy absorptions that no longer serve me, my family

or life situations to please allow these energies to dissolve in a way that make the most sense

to me.

Please align me to people, places and events that can allow this transition to be easy

for me, and align to teachers and others that can support this new information to guide

me in the right direction on my path.

Thank you for this help, guidance and assistance and please protect me from this day forward

as I undergo this transformation.

So shall it be.�

4.

Take a rest, deep breathe, drink some water and observe your day-to-day life.

Please know that you might become more curious, and have a lot of questions.

Please seek out a teacher or guide that is appropriate for

you and your journey, one might be coming your way.

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Don Broco | Next Big Thing - Duration: 1:55.

Hey, I'm Sarah and you're watching Next Big Thing

New artist spotlight:

For fans of:

Don Broco are a pop rock band from Bedford, England, who formed in 2008.

They have had a few previous names that didn't quite stick – like Club Sex - but

they settled on Don Broco as they didn't want people to think that they were a joke band.

But, if you've seen the name Club Sex before, it's probably because they write alternative

– and overly sexy – versions of their songs under that name!

The band has released four eps; Living The Dream and Thug Workout in 2008,

Big Fat Smile in 2011

and You Wanna Know in 2013

As well as two studio albums; Priorities in 2012

and Automatic in 2015

They've come a long way since one of their first shows, where they said the 'only

person there was the drunk bar owner who threw peanuts at us during our set'

They've toured with some MASSIVE names like Bring Me The Horizon, You Me At Six and 5

Seconds Of Summer!

Their guitarist Simon holds the Guinness world record for most guitar spins around the body

in 30 seconds.

They released their single 'Technology' via their own video game.

And they all have incredibly strong eyebrows!

The band have also been encouraging fans to learn the choreo from their music videos, which

you can show them in person when they hit up Australia for the FIRST TIME in December!

And that's why we think Don Broco are going to be the Next Big Thing!