Farewell For Now

Posted by PEC

Back in October, we announced that we were cutting back a little on our posts due to our little guys joining the world (Callum was born October 31st, and Merric was born January 4th). We've now got a few months of parenting under our belts and have had to re-prioritise our time.

   

Merric

Callum

This post is very bittersweet to write, so we'll just get right to the point. We have come to the decision that the season of writing this blog has come to an end, an open end. Let's explain. You see, we started this blog nearly 2 years ago as a creative outlet for the both of us. It grew and provided awesome opportunities including television appearences, product testing for Whole Foods, room makeovers, and much more. We have fallen in love with this blog, but we have also fallen in love with our babies. With both of us returning to work part-time, our time at home has been cut back and our commitments have needed to become more...well...evaluated. Ah what the heck, here's a little video explaining it a little more...

PEC Farewell from plant. eat. create. on Vimeo.

All in all PEC has been a great season of our lives. We are so sad to see it go into hibernation. We'll still chime in from time-to-time, so don't delete us completely from your blogroll! Muah muah muah.

Whole Foods Whole Trade Fruit: Part Two

Posted by Kristin

We're back for round two of the Whole Foods Whole Trade Fruit (read Part One here). This time, we're using these bananas in a new and exciting way: banana ice cream.

 

 

 

 

You may think banana ice cream sounds disgusting. I did at first, honest! I actually hate banana-flavored anything but love real bananas. My hubby found this recipe while doing his juice fast in February and it was quite a hit. The ingrediants are simple and super pronounceable and you can add other tasty treats to make it more interesting. You can read more about the benefits of this ice cream over at Food, Faith and Fun.

Banana Ice Cream from Reboot with Joe.

Ingredients:1 large or 2 small frozen bananas
1/2 Tbsp. almond butter (optional)
1/2 Tbsp. cacao nibs (optional)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
2 Tbsp. almond milk – add more if needed (The almond milk helps the bananas blend easier)

Add all ingredients into your blender and blend until a smooth “ice cream” consistency is formed.

If you use all the ingredients listed, it’s approximately 206 calories.

For our version, we used the bananas, almond milk, 2 tbsp of peanut better and some chocolate chips. It was delicious! Now we just throw any over-ripe bananas in our freezer and know that we have a super easy dessert ready to go.

A perfect portioned dessert for two!



Little flecks of chocolate make it all the more tasty.

Pinstrosity

Posted by Laura

Pinterest is a double edged sword. It's very inspiring, but tricks you into thinking life is supposed to look polished and perfect. Life is not polished. It is scuffed up. I like scuffed up. I like nicks on the surface of my kitchen table and spit-up stains on the shoulders of my shirts. That means that I'm living my life, not watching it and protecting it.

This is why I love the website pinstrosity. Pinstrosity showcases failed pinterest projects. Now I LOVE pinterest, but pinstrosity brings me back to reality. From their about page:

Pinstrosity began one evening as the ladies and their handsome husbands made a night
of movies, desserts, and talking about the various projects they were up to. “How fun would it be to showcase all our recently failed attempts to recreate Pinterest projects?!” They began that night and have been typing and Pin testing like mad-women ever since!

So I have my own pinstrosity. From my "yum" board, I made Slow Cooker Thai Chicken & Shrimp. Well, let's just say it wasn't as pretty as the original pin. In fact, mine looked like Tillie's vomit after she ate my bottle of vitamin B6.

The Original

Original Pin

I gathered all of my ingredients...

Started up the slow cooker, and let it cook all day...ingredients blending and filling the air with goodness.

And then...the result. Oh my.

Thanks to the ladies at Pinstrosity and their honesty, I don't feel like a complete weirdo with the way my version turned out! Go check Pinstrosity out and have a good laugh!