The Life of Pizza John

I make this in a big pot and it turns out like a stew. 3 TBS Olive Oil 2 White Onion, Diced 2 inch Ginger, minced 8 Cloves Garlic, minced Small bag of colorful potatoes, chopped in quarters 8 Carrots, Cubed 2 Jalapeno, minced 6 TBS unsalted cashews, ground 8 oz tomato sauce 4 tsp salt 3 TBS Curry Powder 2 cups frozen peas 1 Green Pepper, chopped 1 Red Pepper, chopped 2 Cans Coconut Milk Heat oil in pot over medium. Stir in onion, cook till tender. Mix in garlic and ginger and cook for another minute. Mix in potatoes, Jalapenos, carrots, cashews, tomato sauce, salt and curry powder and cook for 15 minutes, until the potatoes can be stabbed.  Add peas, peppers and coconut milk and simmer for a bit.

4 Eggs 3/4 C Olive Oil 1/2 C Plain Applesauce 1 C White Sugar 1 C Brown Sugar 3 tsp Vanilla Extract 2 C Flour 2 tsp Baking Soda 2 tsp Baking Powder 1/2 tsp Salt 3 tsp Cinnamon 1/4 tsp Nutmeg 3 C Grated Carrots 1 C Chopped Pecans (in food processor) 8 oz Can of Crushed Pineapple, drained Grease a big glass pan and heat oven to 350. In big bowl, beat eggs, oil, apple sauce, sugar and vanilla. Mix in flour, BS, BP, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in carrots, Fold in Walnuts. Fold in pineapple. Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.  Let cool before adding the below frosting. Frosting: 1/2 C Butter Softened 8 Oz Cream Cheese Softened 3 1/2 C Powdered Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla Extract Beat all together in a mixer and add to top of cake! Sometimes I'll make the whole recipe, then freeze half of the batter and save it for later.  If you do this, use a 9in square pan and cook for 30 minutes.

1 Bag Frozen Broccoli from Costco, chopped in food processor (thawed) 1 Cup Raisins 1 Red Onion, chopped in food processor 1 Cup Sliced Almonds (or chopped in food processor) 1 Cup Veganaise 3 TBS White Wine Vinegar Mix first block in big bowl, then mix second block in small bowl. Add the liquid to the big bowl and mix a little more!  

4 Avocados Juice of 1 Lime I Jalapeno diced 2 Cloves Garlic minced Half Purple Onion (dices in food processor) Salt to taste Cumin to taste Red Pepper to taste 2 Roma Tomatoes, without seeds and juice Mix it in the order above and don't smash the tomatoes!  

Lots of crazy stuff since I last posted so this will mostly just be to catch up on pictures.  My last race of the season was Rocketman and I flatted twice so had to DNF. I was kinda bummed, but had a pretty good season so I have no complaints.  Zoot has resigned me to race with them again so I'm excited about that.  I'll have a similar first half race year to last year so I'll get to see how I compare to last year. I have been meaning to post a bunch of recipes I have been enjoying so hopefully there will be a short list of them after this!

Short on time so will update later... Swim was good. Bike was fun.  Run was amazing.  Glad I was able to run the whole time. Barcelona in general was a very cool city and I would love to go back and see more of Spain. Nutrition: Standard pre-race. On bike had 6 bars(quarters and fifths) on timer and 5 gels(half each time). On run had flask with 4 gels and water, then lived on aid stations. I had two salt tabs the night before, then two in the morning and one every 1:20 on the bike. ***In the future, I'll just use the two bottles and have 4 extra amounts of liquid nutrition.

I'm short on time, so minor details here.  I'll attempt to update later. Finished 7th in my Age Group.  Overall happy about the whole race.  Swim was brutal with people doing anything to get ahead.  Bike was fun.  I crashed once pretty bad and ripped apart my kit and skin.  Run was great.  Lots of soft sand.  I made up tons of positions there. Loved having family there. Italy in general was fun, but I did feel like almost everywhere we went, people tried to screw us financially.  Rental cars and hotel were a pain in the butt.