detox

You ever have one of those days where you wake up and just feel a bit off? Maybe you didn't sleep right, maybe you're stressed, maybe you just got back from a weekend tour of Vermont with your friends' band during which you might have eaten greasy chinese and drank a lot of domestic beer...

So what do you do? I think there is a lot of truth to the macrobiotic concept that some foods are tiring for the body (Budweiser and MSG, perhaps?). So the first day I was back in Brooklyn after this wonderful but physically taxing weekend, I went over to Mr. Kiwi's, bought a Kombucha to drink instead of coffee, and stocked up on veggies. I made a salad based on a meal my friend Aimee made in Charlotte, NC while we were on tour last September. I remember that meal being the best thing I ate all month!

It's a raw kale salad with diced avocado, cucumber, red onion, rehydrated and sliced nori (seaweed), and tahini over brown rice. Eating this made me feel like a million bucks. And look how pretty!