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Vegan Recipe Corner – Spicy Eggplant Caponata

Today’s recipe we continue the theme on “Spicy” with eggplant as our star veggie. As always it can be strictly Vegan or you can add your choice of proteins too. Let us know what you think or better yet, send us your photos enjoying your creation!

– Skip

Spicy Eggplant Caponata

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 pounds eggplant (1 large)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 ribs celery, inner stalks, diced
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1½ cups Pomi chopped tomatoes
¼ cup red wine vinegar (make sure your vinegar is gluten-free if you are gluten-sensitive)
1 tablespoon sugar
Pinch cinnamon
½ teaspoon fresh thyme (optional but good)
2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained
8 chopped pitted kalamata olives
¼ cup minced roasted red peppers (optional)
3 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted
3 tablespoons golden raisins, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

PREPARATION

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Cut the eggplant in half lengthwise and score once or twice with a knife (not hitting the skin.) Roast face down on a baking sheet, covered in foil and sprayed with oil, until tender – about 20 minutes. Let drain in a colander for 10 minutes, cut side down. Scoop the eggplant out of the skin and chop coarsely.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat in a large, heavy skillet. Add the onion, celery and red pepper flakes and cook for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, vinegar, cinnamon and sugar and cook for 5 minutes more. Add the remaining oil, eggplant, capers, red peppers, olives, pine nuts, raisins and parsley and cook for 5 minutes more. Add garlic. Season to taste. Cool to room temperature.

Shift With Skip Radio – Introducing my new co-host

Skip’s Co-Host and Love

Say hello to the latest addition to The Shift With Skip–Angel! We love animals here at The Shift and are so excited about having Angel on board with us. Angel adds just a little something extra to the show, she makes every episode a little happier with her puppy love and patience. Do you have a photo of your little co-host? We would love to see it! We may have some fun prizes for those who share coming up.

Click here to link to the show page and or post a photo to our FaceBook or Twitter pages using #PuppyLove.

Why All Calories are NOT created equal

This weekend on Evan Kleiman KCRW’s show “Good Food”, Evan’s guest Dr. Robert Lustig shares how sugar has infiltrated every aspect of our food production and how a shift away from “FAT Free” has accelerated this phenomenon. Click Here to listen.

Dr. Lustig is also the author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease and is also prominently featured in the new documentary Fed Up, a powerful film about America’s obesity epidemic directed by Stephanie Soechtig and co-produced by Katie Couric and Laurie

Monday Meditative Thought – Something New To Learn

Monday’s Meditative Thought:

As we start our week, I would like to focus on one of the definitions of humility which is to be teachable. When we remain humble, the Universe will teach us everything we need to know. In every situation we can expand our consciousness and awaken divine knowledge that is within us. As a spiritual counselor, it is fulfilling to help someone activate personal growth. But the truth is we all have our own guides within ourselves. Your greatest teacher is you. When we do the spiritual work of meditation, prayer, study, fellowship, and service, we strengthen our relationship with God, which opens our teachable space. The knowledge of the Universe is within; it just needs to be cultivated. Any decision or question that needs an answer has a direct connection to your personal guide. It’s like having your own “Bat Phone.” Have faith in your own revelations. Trust that the Universe within you speaks words of guidance and love. Stay open and set the intention to learn something new everyday.

Wednesday Spiritual Journal Assignment – Pushing Restart

We continue our meditation on“Pushing Restart” and in today’s Spiritual Journal we want to turn inward and connect with Source, which is our divine energy, and it is what drives you into action. Make it a daily practice. It could be once, twice, or even three times a day.

The Shift With Skip Radio Guest – Dr. Andrea Brandt

Shifting Anger and Mindfulness with Author Andrea Brandt

Join Skip today as guest Andrea Brandt, PhD, MFT, discusses shifting Anger and Mindfulness. Dr. Brandt has more than thirty years of experience working with individuals, couples, groups, and children. She is a recognized expert in treating a full range of emotional issues, including anger, aggression, anxiety, family dynamics, relationships, work-life balance, workplace, and women’s issues and is also the author of
8 KEYS TO ELIMINATING PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVENESS (W.W. Norton).

Click here to listen.

The Shift Radio with Skip is broadcast live every Wednesday at 9 AM PDT

Monday Meditative Thought – Pushing Restart

Monday Meditative Thought: I hope that everyone had a little rest and relaxation over Mother’s Day weekend. Sometimes, especially at the beginning of a week we just need to push restart. On those days the activities of our life can be so challenging that it feels like a downward spiral. These are the times we get to do what I call a “spiritual do-over.” We can always push the restart button and begin again. When we are faced with difficulty, we can go to the secret place within our hearts and simply breathe. By stopping and taking a moment to be still, we will find the peace that seems to elude us. Our restart always begins by turning to God. By pushing the restart button we will know inner peace and serenity and our day will be brand new.

Vegan Recipe Corner – Thai Green Curry

Thai Green Curry!

Who doesn’t like Thai food? This recipe brought by my friends at PETA, brings all of the wonderful and aromatic Thai flavors such as lemon grass, ginger, coriander, red & green peppers and more. You can substitute fennel and more red shallots if you don’t want to use cumin seeds. Most Thais would go that route. Let us know what you think.

2 Tbsp. chopped lemon grass
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 Tbsp. grated galangal (baby ginger)
1 Tbsp. chopped coriander root
4 garlic cloves
10 green Thai peppers or 4 green Indian chilies
2 Tbsp. groundnut oil
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped button or shiitake mushrooms
1 cup okra
1 cup chopped snow peas, parboiled
1 cup chopped carrots, parboiled
1 cup chopped broccoli, parboiled
1 cup chopped tofu
Salt, to taste
3 Tbsp. coconut milk
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 cup water
6 fresh lime leaves
15 fresh Thai basil leaves

• In a food processor, grind the lemon grass, cumin seeds, galangal, coriander root, garlic cloves, and Thai peppers or Indian chilies into a smooth paste.
• Heat the oil and sauté the peppers, mushrooms, and okra.
• Add the snow peas, carrots, broccoli, and tofu and stir for a couple of minutes.
• Add the salt, coconut milk, sugar, and lemon grass paste.
• Add the water and bring to a boil.
• Add the lime leaves and basil leaves. Serve hot with steamed rice.

The Shift With Skip Radio – Paige Valdisseri

This week’s radio guest is Paige Valdisseri

Paige Valdiserri’s work has taken across the globe and covered working with veterans of 9/11 and to many locations where first responders are on the front lines. Paige offers a combination of modalities including Chakra energy work, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Hypnosis/Past Life Regression/Meditation, Kundalini yoga techniques, Reiki, Subconscious Restructuring and Biodynamic Craniosacral Trauma Therapy.

Her work has led her to create a specialized healing method, Energetic Body Dialogue (EBD). Unlike traditional methods, EBD works to align patients with their bodies through physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic properties. By assessing all the components of a patient, Paige creates a highly personalized service that leads to wellness, self-empowerment and, most importantly, reconnection to a body once detached from its wholeness.

Click here to listen now . You can also listen to Skip live every Wednesday’s at 9 AM PDT

Happy Star Wars Day 2014

May The Fourth Be With You

Today is not just any other Sunday. It’s also Star Wars Day. I’m a big Star Wars Fan and although maybe not an official holiday it’s a day to celebrate lightsabers, Luk and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I’m getting ready to celebrate with my recent purchase of the complete six disc BlueRay Star Wars Saga. Who’s your favorite Star Wars Character?

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