Pizza Chips and Grumpy Moods

Just got back from the gym. I think I forgot to mention the work out regimen. Well there will be one cause I am a big believer in healthy muscles and cardio vascular systems. I can be a punk though and not push myself very hard, must work on that.

On today's agenda is Pizza Chips.

Pizza Chips is an idea I am stealing from the "

Go Raw" company and their "Pizza" Flax Snacks. They are pretty good but not nearly spicy enough for me and a little to pricey as well for what they are. (sorry Go Raw, you are awesome, but I'm on a budget). Not to mention that I really

do believe in making as much of your own food as possible. That connecting we get from making our own meals and snacks is really important. You are more mindful of what you are eating and how much if you made the meal yourself. And overeating, even healthy foods, is still really hard on your body and overeating is something I struggle with because I LOVE food.

Pizza Chips

The on the go snack!

1 cup sunflower seeds (soaked 2 hours)

1/2 cup flax seeds (soaked 2 hours)

1/2 cup sesame seeds (soaked 2 hours)

1 small tomato diced

1 cup sun dried tomato (soaked 2 hours or until soft)

oregano

onion powder

basil

garlic

sea salt

water

In a Vita Mix/Magic Bullet/Blender combine the diced tomato, sun dried tomato (drained from soaking water), and gradually add a little water to the mix to help it blend and make a thick paste.

In a large bowl add all the seeds (drained from their water), the tomato paste, and the spices and mix with a big spoon (I find a rice spoon to work the best). As far as how much spice to add, it's totally up to you. I like things to be pretty intense in flavor so I keep adding to the mix and tasting it till the flavor is strong enough.

Spoon out small blobs of the mix onto Teflex sheets and flatten into small chips. Then put the sheets into the dehydrator at 105 over night. If you are short on Teflex sheets (as i am at the moment) you can wait till the chips are about halfway done and flip them over and transfer them to the waffle sheets (does that make sense) and start another batch on the Teflex.

I noticed I've been feeling a little grumpy lately. A lot I know has to so with financial concerns but I'm sure overhauling my diet and lifestyle has a bit to do with it. One of the major reason I have only cut back on coffee and booze instead of just quitting all together is to take it easy on these life changes. Re-loading all my eating habits is enough right now and it's gonna take me time to give up Mixology ( I am a bartender after all).