Selil

I’m no genius. I’m not the best at anything I do and as my recent foot races point out I can be the worst at a few things. Still I find some solace in simplicity of reasoning and my lifestyle. This blog post was spurred to life like some zombie horseman of the apocalypse by [...]

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In our vegetarian experiment we have tried a number of meat substitutes. We have tried tofu, tempeh, and seitan. Now for the confession. We hate them all. No one in the family likes the texture or the taste. I have tried these in a variety of recipes and every time we all leave the table [...]

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One of my favorite Christmas memories involves cookies. Every year what always seemed to be a giant box arrived from my grandparents. In the box, in addition to all of the presents, was a container of homemade Christmas cookies unlike any other. They were Mammaw’s buttermilk Christmas cookies with Royal icing. I searched for years [...]

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Here is one of the challenges I have been facing our vegetarian diet. My husband love ravioli. He is also lactose intolerant. The challenge has been to find a no cheese ravioli. You can easily find ravioli filled with meat – sausage, lobster, etc. You can find three cheese ravioli, spinach and cheese ravioli, mushroom [...]

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I had the most delicious vegetarian fried rice at a little place call Sunflower Vegetarian in Vienna, VA (http://www.crystalsunflower.com/Vienna/index_normal.htm) It gave me such a taste for vegetarian fried rice that I started searching recipes. Trust me, there are lots. I had never made fried rice before, so this was an experiment for me. I think [...]

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Let’s face it, the potato is a practically perfect food. It is abundant, inexpensive and a fantastic base for all kinds of other foods. I found this recipe for Pizza Potatoes on the Whole Foods site.  I have made it several times exactly as the recipe is written and I am sharing it with you [...]

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There was a study done recently that came to the conclusion that healthy eating is a privilege for the rich (http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2011/08/03/hlthaff.2010.1273.abstract). I disagree and I am going to show how you can have healthy vegetarian meals for cheap at the plain old grocery store. The only things you really need are a stove with oven [...]

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I have been trying out a number of vegetarian recipes from a number of sources. My favorite sources so far are the Whole Foods Market recipes (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/) and Vegan YumYum (http://veganyumyum.com/). I am trying to avoid a heavy reliance on salads because that just leaves everyone feeling hungry.   I am also modifying the recipes [...]

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First, this is NOT about cyber warfare and contrary to popular belief the Selil website has never been about just what we do at work. This website is our endeavor to share with others our life. I am currently transitioning from being a meat eating American, although on the healthier, lower fat side, to being [...]

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The last year has been pretty hard on my running career. In July while sparring a youngster in Tae Kwon Do I turned in to sweep (light to no contact) and he turned in and hit the side of my knee pretty dang hard. Well so hard that the sound of my ACL letting go [...]

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I’m ugly, bald, old, and fat. Given the aforementioned I can do little about the first three that won’t require substantial surgery or a time machine. Though surgery is always an option on the last so is simply not sitting in front of my computer and hitting refresh on my favorite websites.  Running to lose [...]

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It has been over a month since I updated you on the garden! In those weeks, we went away on vacation, which can spell doom for a garden due to lack of water or back aches for the garden due to an abundance of weeds. We returned to neither of these because we paid a [...]

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A couple of thing you should know about me. First, I am in the process of completing my PhD and second, I have recently taken up running. I began both of these pursuits reluctantly. I began my PhD course work in 2005. I did not want to be a PhD student as I already had [...]

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