Hydrolife Magazine February/March 2017 (USA Edition)

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by Watermelon
A FOOL OF MYSELF
A Cannabis Culinary Column
Famous for selling watermelon slices and pot
cookies on Wreck Beach, marijuana pin-up
girl and advocate Watermelon is also a chef
and business owner with a popular cannabis
cooking show on YouTube. This month, she
shares one of the gluten- and dairy-free recipes
that has helped her pursue healthier habits.
For many years now, I have been attempting to quit one
thing for a year, to see what happens. It’s an excellent dietary
exercise as well as one in self-control. At the end of the
year, I take it back up again. To date I have quit coffee, dairy,
corn/products, white flour, overeating, and alcohol.
The key is to pick one thing. Make your goal achievable,
and don’t beat yourself up about the other things. For
instance, the year I quit coffee, I did not quit caffeine. Totally
achievable. Focus on what you are quitting and not what
else you should quit.
The only thing I wasn’t successful quitting for a whole year
was swearing. I even tried two years in a row. No luck. Swears
just come out of your body. Things coming out of you are harder
to control than things going into you.
This year I planned to quit gluten. Very fashionable, don’t you
agree? I have always avoided shoddy, white, baked goods and
focused more on whole grains, but now I will attempt an all-out
assault against gluten entering my body for 2017.
Everybody who eats kale and avocados knows that quinoa
is the queen of gluten free. Quinoa is versatile and a great
source of protein. We make an amazing quinoa, amaranth, and
cashew milk waffle at my store (the Commercial Drive Licorice
Parlour). They sell as fast as we make them.
Let’s ring in a new year and get ready for spring with medicated
chocolate quinoa cupcakes. I use coconut oil in place
of butter and cashew milk in place of dairy milk. Gluten- and
dairy-free. Oh yeah!
To see Watermelon in action, check her out on YouTube. Baked:
Cooking with Mary Jean is a special show that features one special
ingredient: cannabis! Follow Watermelon, a.k.a. Mary Jean
Dunsdon, on Twitter @weeddiva to never miss an episode, or
sign up for updates at potent.media.
Photo by Tom Davidson
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