Inglorious fruits and other odds and ends

Lots of news this week, including two recipes I haven't entered on the website yet. Here they are, no link needed:
From Christel in Germany:
here is a parmesan recipe, easy to make and tasty and on top of a raw tomato-sauce with zucchini - spaghetti ( made with a spiralizer )or zucchini-tagliatelle ( made with a potato peeler or a mandoline ) it is something delicious for hot summer days. I found the recipe on Tiffany's blog: http://livelearnloveeat.com/

Vegan Parmesan Cheese
For one cup
1/2 cup sesame seeds
* 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
* 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
* Use the food processor to mix all ingredients until completely ground. Keep the mixture in an air tight container in the fridge.

For the raw tomato-sauce and the way to spiralize zucchinis here is a you-tube video ( pictures say more than words ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkwuECqtdM

And from Betsy in California:
Here is a new recipe I came up with last night for our black bean
burritos. It's quick and easy. Feel free to tweak it anyway you like. betsy

Cream Sauce
1 cup almond milk
2 T. cashews
1 tsp cumin seeds
hot pepper flakes
2 T nutritional yeast
1 T. arrowroot dissolved in 2 T water

Heat almond milk, add cashews, seeds, pepper flakes and stir until
simmering. Add arrowroot/water mixture and stir until thickened.
Pour liquid into a vita mix, add nutritional yeast. Blend until smooth.
Adjust for seasonings. Add more of anything.

This is a quick and easy sauce. Any other nut milk could be used, etc.
Eat and enjoy.
betsy shipley

Now for the news: two more of us agreed to have our names on the map----Christel in Marl, Germany, and Terri in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Thanks for jumping in! Who will be next?

Sarah in Salem, Oregon, sent news of a new idea taking hold in France----a place in the supermarket for "inglorious" fruits and vegetables. You'll enjoy this little video: http://www.wimp.com/allsupermarkets/

Jana in the Netherlands sent news of her group's first Mindful Cooking potluck!
Dear Eve,
We had our very first mindful potluck on Tuesday under an ancient sycamore tree in our local arboretum in Wageningen. It was very special and everyone was very excited and inspired to eat more mindfully. Nobody brought a camera so I only made a few snapshots with my mobile phone. We were with ten, and I am not on the pictures. We plan to do this more often! I made the date nut muffins.
I forwarded your last newsletter to the group, so perhaps you will get new people from the Wageningen area :-)
Cheers, Jana

What a wonderful development this is---- where in the world do you think the next mindful potluck will spring up?

Alison in New Hampshire posted a comment on our home page. Thanks for posting, Alison! Sounds like she could use a dose of enthusiasm----surely someone can give her a boost?
Cooking is at an all time low for me at the moment. I've hardly ever found it a pleasure but in recent months I get a strong feeling of irritation at the thought of shopping for and putting together a meal. I'd like to try and find a way of enjoying cooking though. Any ideas?

Happy Cooking,
Eve