When I started attempting sobriety, a week here, a month there, my gut kept telling me that sticking with it would change my life. If only I could stick with it… At the time I could not imagine what it would (or could) change in to but I needed something to change, badly. In my more hopeless moments, when I failed to believe my life could be different at all I would think of Julia Child. If anyone ever had an epic second act it was her. She went from creating military grade shark repellant for the OSS (the sharks kept setting off bombs intended for German submarines) to becoming gloriously happy, iconic and forever well fed, by her own hands. I was around 35 at the time and upon learning that Julia was already 36 when she arrived in France (having no clue as to the new direction her life was about to take) I made her my personal patron Saint of Transformation.
St. Julia. She gave me hope. So today I am honoring her. A joyful, passionate, hilarious and unstoppable woman whose story will forever keep me excited and optimistic about life’s possibilities. I would have made Quiche Lorraine but.. I live alone and I just can’t eat that much quiche. Putting extra butter in the banana bread felt like a decent enough tribute.

Day 220: Marbled Banana Bread with Cocoa, Rishi & Cinnamon. Topped off with coconut cream, bloobs, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, crispy quinoa and a little honey. This time instead of using my own recipe I tried the Bon Appétit banana bread. I opted out on the nuts. I find them to be distracting and the texture is weak. I said what I said. Instead I split the batter in half and stirred in some Four Sigmatic Mushroom Cocoa mix with Reishi. 10 out of 10 will would bake again.