Fish Tacos number uh, eighteen?

I have two favorite numbers:

three

and

eighteen

...

I like things to come in

threes

and

when I

exaggerate

I always use

eighteen

who cares?

you ask...

it may,

or may not be

fish tacos # 18,

but....

SLO

is

NOT

know for it's

Mexican food

..

but

I

must say

Chili Peppers

is

the

BEST

traditional

Mexican

restaurant

in town

Years ago

way before John

I used

take

the kids

from my Spanish classes

to

Chili

Peppers

so that they could order their

dinner in

Spanish..

quite fun

craving,

once again,

fish tacos

we

said

"Hey!!! What about Chili Peppers!"

I ordered

salmon tacos

and

John got shrimp tacos

who knew?

they have

a

fish tacos special

every

Thursday

(sadly, today in Saturday)

Seriously funky

a patio

(well, kinda)

in back

my salmon tacos

were

delicious!!

guacamole, grilled zucchini, peppers and carrots,

perfectly piquant salsa

a bit of lettuce

and

perfectly grilled salmon

John's

shrimp tacos

were grilled like fajitas

(same condiments)

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

If you are craving

real

Mexican

and

like

f U N k Y

C h i l i P e p p e r s

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"

This

is

one

of my

MOST

favorite

times

of the year

...

COMMENCEMENT.

the minute

Pomp and Circumstance

begins

I

blubber...

good tears,

happy tears

tears of promise for the future

beautiful,

bright,

brilliant

young adults

beginning

..

commencing

forward

.....

I am teary eyed

just

writing

this

I

suppose

this

post

is geared

more for parents

than

for the

graduates

as

here

in

SLO

Cal Poly graduates

(and often their parents)

hit the bars

at

6 AM

in celebration

and

they

hoot and hollar

joyously

through

the

e n t i r e

weekend

(what commencement speech?)

I love

watching

the

brilliant

speakers

give

commencement speeches

..

sending the kids off

into the world

with

hope

and

promise

and

the

attitude

to

always

reach

for the highest drawer

My very favorite

speech

EVER!

Stanford University

2005

Commencement

Steve Jobs

was

extraordinary

brilliant

humble

honest

my very fave..

and then

Ellen

Tulane University

2009

Commencement

positive,

cute, funny

honest

So with tears of pride

I

celebrate

our girl,

Annie

with

her

B.A in Literature

and

our Andrew,

with

his

Masters Degree in Education

and

a

most

joyous

heartfelt

Congratulations

to all

the

scholars

high school

college

post graduate

YOU

ARE

OUR

FUTURE

Stay True to Yourself

Stay Hungry

and

Stay Foolish

balls balls balls

Balls

are

so

fun!

........

(foodie blog today)

At

Christmastime

I made

lots of

balls:

Oreo Balls

and

Pumpkin Spice Cake Balls

both of which

received

RAVE

reviews!

I switched

Balls

up

a bit

to include

Carrot Spice Balls

Mint Oreo Balls

and

then

Cake Balls

which were good,

but

I

am not a

huge fan

of

canned cake frosting

SO easy!

As in

many o' blogs

before

I

am

once again

lamenting

that

John and I

no longer

eat

sugar

nor flour

and

still

we can't

seem to

rid ourselves

that

bad- boy Sweet Tooth

So

check

out these balls!!!!!

they

are

SO NOT

Oreo Balls

or

Pumpkin Balls

or

Cake Balls

but

they are

** pretty good **

(in a no sugar no flour kind of way)

no sarcasm intended,

but

I

simply

call them

BALLS

Grab your food processor.

1 c. walnuts (grind finely)

1 cup coconut flour

(it's a

"good flour"

from Whole Foods

1 c. medjoul dates (cut up)

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 c. unsweetened coconut

1/3 c, Agave syrup

1/4 c. Cacao nibs (optional)

Process

all together

until

mixture forms a ball

Roll into bite size balls

enjoy!

(attitude is everything)

BALLS

variations:

Use real maple syrup instead of Agave (I like much better)

Use dried apricots instead of dates (omit cacao nibs)

Use Brazil nuts instead of walnuts

Use almonds instead of walnuts

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