Awesome fishing day!

We started fishing over the summer, and now it is our time to fish during the fall season. 

Now we are fishing for striped bass, this fish is a lot harder to catch than the fluke.

the day was nice, windy, and the view was beautiful :) 

I have to be honest, I was very afraid to get a bite and for it to be big, because I did not

think I was able to reel it in and maybe brake the rod or fall over :/

Before catching my first striped bass my line broke twice! 

Oscar and I caught one each, and they were big! I could not held them both lol 

The boat was filled with stripped bass and blue fishes, everyone got a fishes and lots of them!

It was a massacre 

I felt so proud of myself lol

Oscar got sea sick and on the way back he was feeling better. At least enough for one picture :)

We met great people, we always love the crew they worked so hard, and the captain is so 

committed. We had a great day!

Mini-Vacation

This is our third time in Utah, we usually like to go whenever we feel like we need a break from New York and breath fresher air. It is always good to see family and enjoy the beautiful scenery Utah has to offer.



 

The first day we went to American Fork Canyon. The day was cloudy but it did not rain, and it was very cold! Oscar took this picture of me, the wind is blowing a lot and I am freezing. Thankfully the other days we had nicer warmer weather. This place we visited for a short time, we wished we could have had more time to explore it more.




The next day we went to State Park Capitol Reef. Thank goodness we got to go! The ride was more than 3 hours and I do not like long trips, but I am grateful that we visited. It is a beautiful state park, and we drove around since we didn't have the time to hike. It was a nice experience and we would love to go back. We met people that had been in hiking for 18 miles! (2 days) That is quite an experience =)

This was a part of the park called "The Grand Wash" and you may not enter if there is a storm coming.           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

We made a quick stop and helped this woman scout folding the flag, it made me feel so patriotic! lol

 Another day we went to Snow Bird

 There was a huge festival and I saw this sign. I guess Peruvians are everywhere =)

 My favorite place to eat is at the Lion's House, it was so delicious!

 Love going around Temple Square.

This day was beautiful!

 We were just driving around on our last day and we spotted this place. We were so lucky to find it.

We had a great time together, and are thinking on going back next year =)

Gluten Free Breakfast Recipe

Blueberry Coffee Cake

Source: Elana Amsterdam, Paleo Cooking Book

Serves: 8

Cake: 

2 cups blanched almond flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

4 large eggs

1/4 Spectrum all- vegetable (I didn't have it so I used 1/4 cup melted butter)

1/4 cup coconut sugar

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

Optional: 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (my tip)

Combine a bowl the dry ingredients, and in another bowl the wet ingredients (whisk the eggs first).

Then add the wet ingredients to the dry until combined smoothly.

I added 1/4 cup of unsweetened almond milk, so that the batter can be smoother.

Then add the frozen blueberries and stir well into the batter.

Topping

1/4 cup Stepctrum all-vegetable shortening

1/4 cup coconut sugar

1/2 blanched almond flour

1 tbsp ground cinamon 

I used the 1/4 cup melted butter instead of shortening.

Add the batter to the cake pan and add the topping over the cake batter. Put in the oven

350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

I love the recipe, the only thing is that it is about 350 calories per piece.

Watch out you don't over it!

Dessert: Chocolate Zucchini Bunt Cake

I saw this recipe online, it looked very good so I had to try it because when I am in the mood for sweets I have to make something happen lol. So I used the ingredients I had in my pantry already.

2 cups of finely grated zucchini 

After grating the zucchini add salt, place on sieve, mix both and let the water drain for about 

an hour. After the hour, squeeze as much water left as possible and put aside.

In a medium bowl mix all the dry ingredients: 2 cups of almond flour, 1/2 cup of cocoa powder,

1/3 cup of soy flour, 1/3 cup of unflavored whey protein powder, 1 tbsp baking powder, 1 1/2 tsp 

of cinnamon, 1/2 xanthan gum.

Beat 1/2 cup of butter with 2/3 cup of Truvia Baking Blend, until it is smoothly combined.

Then beat in 4 eggs, zucchini, and 1tsp vanilla extract.

Then add half of the dry ingredients, add 1/3 cup almond milk, and then add the rest of dry

Ingredients. Beat all together until well combined.

Spread batter into pan and put in 325 degrees oven for 45 minutes. 

Then make the glaze, melt one stick of butter, 2 oz of chocolate, 3 tsp truvia baking blend,

And 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.

Pour glaze on top of chocolate and spread evenly.

Time to eat!

This recipe was by blog, "All Day I Dream About Food" for the exact recipe check it out :)

Empanadas to celebrate Chile's Independence day!

As soon as Oscar found out his mom was making empanadas he wanted her to make it with lard instead of vegetable shortening. So making lard was his contribution to this recipe :)

First we bought pork fat and asked the butcher to grind it

Then put it in the crock pot

Strain through cheesecloth 

Store overnight

End product, it is so white, whiter than the picture

"Pino"

"Masa"

So pretty!

In process :)

Finally!

Time to eat! It is soooooo gooooood :) 

Bike route

Today we rode 10 miles, the day was beautiful and we biked for a longer distance.

First from Briarwood to Flushing Meadow Park (to the world sphere)

Then from Flushing Meadow park to Kissena Park

And finally from Kissena Park back to Briarwood.

We rode for about 1 hr and 15 minutes. It was a lovely day in the high 60's. :)