This meal is amazing, flavorful and super easy. A great summertime dish to use up the seasonal veggies and keep things light but flavorful. Besides, anytime you grill things you drastically cut down on the dishes!

You can really use any combination of summer, cooking veggies. I used:

• 1 small eggplant
• half bell pepper
• 1 small onion (yellow or red)
• 3-4 cloves garlic
• 1 tomato

You can mess with the portions according to your own preference. Other great additions are mushrooms and zucchini.

Cube all of the veggies so they are somewhat similar in size (except for garlic). To prep the eggplant I typically peel it, cube it, throw it in salted water for a few minutes then drain. 

Mix all the veggies together and dowse liberally with olive oil (probably about 1/4 - 1/3 cup). Season with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes (1/2 teaspoon), and fresh herbs (some combination of basil, oregano and parsley).

Throw on a grill pan or aluminum foil, on the grill. Charcoal is preferred but gas works too. Cook about 25 - 30 min or until veggies are soft (I don't like al dente eggplant). Be sure to stir every five minutes or so to ensure even cooking and to prevent burning. 

Once done, remove from heat and mix in some cubed, fresh mozzerella (6 or 8 oz) and some more fresh herbs. 

How to serve:
I served on a bed of arugula with hot italian sausage. The arugula added fantastic crunch and delightful spice.

Other options: Serve it over pasta, with garlic bread or any other starch you desire.

Simple but wonderful flavor of fresh veggies and charcoal!

Enjoi!

These are the words that I share with clients on a regular basis: You don't need to give your light away in order to share it with the world, you don't have to deplete your energy in order to give. Fill your cup, make yourself happy, find love and joy and peace in everything and everyone around you. Once you are complete you will be so incredible, so wise, so powerful, so loving, so kind that your energy will radiate into every corner of every space you fill, into every pore of every person you encounter. You will be amazing and capable of anything, you will support all those around you and best of all- you won't lose energy, you'll only gain more from the appreciation you receive from the lives of those you touch.

<3 Namaste Friends

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1 cup peanut butter (I usually use smooth but crunchy definitely works too!)
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 Tablespoons lime juice
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 Tablespoon fish sauce
1 Tablespoons hot sauce (I usually use Sriracha) 
1/2 Tablespoon minced fresh ginger
2 cloves minced garlic
a handful of chopped cilantro- more if you like it (I do!)

Easy peasy: Mix all ingredients together except the cilantro, just stir that in at the end.

*This makes a lot! At least two meals for four people... so invite friends or share!

Create a big mix of julienned (sliced) veggies. My mix typically includes:

• Cabbage (red or Napa)
• Greens (bok choy, Tat Soi, mustard or kale)
• 1 Bell Pepper
• Onion- green and yellow
• Carrots
• Garlic
• Bean Sprouts
• Pineapple (chopped)
• Cucumber (a nice, cooling touch at the end)

Put some Sesame or coconut oil in your frying pan (use the biggest pan you have) and add garlic and yellow onion. Cook only a few minutes to soften then add the cabbage, again about a minute or so to soften then add greens, peppers, carrots, bean sprouts, pineapple and protein of choice (I typically do chicken, pork or tofu). Make sure the meat is either sliced or cubed into bite sized pieces. Add about 1/4 - 1/2 cup of the Thai Peanut Sauce and cook until meat is done. Remove from heat and add green onions and another 1/4 - 1/2 cup, be mindful that a little goes a long way with the sauce and you can always add more. I typically use about a cup. Serve over rice, noodles (soba or lomein), or as-is! Garnish with the julienned cucumbers and some more cilantro.

Enjoi!

It can be incredibly easy sometimes to question and doubt exactly where you are right now. "Why is this happening to me?" is one of the best ways to beat yourself up in an already troubling time. Hard times aren't going to be easy, that is the point. They are the perfect opportunity to see where your head is at- do you launch immediately into self-doubt, fear or victimization mode? Do you look around and see how "easy" everyone else seems to have it, constantly questioning "why me?"  Stop questioning why you are there and start questioning why you are questioning it in the first place. Why are you reacting this way? Is it helping you move forward?

People typically work with me because they want to clear out all of these troubling times from their system so that they can move on with their lives with a free and easy life. But that isn't the point. The point of the work that I do is to help individuals remove all that is limiting them so that they can move on with their lives and experience more of it. There is a massive difference between being limited by the hard times, and not experiencing them all together. If we are seeking growth we must experience discomfort, otherwise there is no reason to grow. You can't train for a marathon without pushing your limits, becoming short of breath, feeling exhausted and questioning why you are doing it in the first place. The degree of challenge is always a matter of perspective. Yes, training for a marathon is "hard," but accomplishing a marathon is amazing. The greater the challenge, the greater the reward.

Upon being born your Soul made the decision that it wanted to go through a whole new life and experience a whole new list of lessons that would help it to grow. Some Souls are really ambitious and want to "learn" a lot, some Souls are quite happy with where they are and can be content with only experiencing a few things in their lives. Regardless, as a positive Soul you have set the intention that you want to evolve, and evolution only occurs when you come upon an obstacle that must be overcome. 

Your Soul did not come into this life saying, "Oh boy I want this to be really difficult, messy and miserable. I want to be bruised and beat up." Your Soul is positive- looking for opportunities to grow, to challenge itself to evolve to a whole new level.  This means that you enter into challenging points of your life not with the intention to be limited, but to evolve and be free from misperceptions that have held you back. That's an incredible opportunity that will only come if you pass through it first- you cannot learn and grow by observing life from the side lines, you must walk the talk. Life isn't "hard" or "easy," it's all an opportunity to grow. Some opportunities are more painful and exhausting than others. The intention isn't to be beat up and bruised, but to pass through, heal, be grateful for all that you've done, and keep going. 

Sometimes we get so caught up on the path that we lose sight of intention in the first place. I'm asking you to reverse those two roles: focus each and every day on your intention, of who you are and how amazing your life is, let go of the path and how you are moving on it. Keep your head held high, hold your intention close to your heart and keep moving forward. We are all going to get to the finish line some day, Those who train are able to hit the line exhausted, but with their hands in the air and their head held high. Those who don't will hit it crawling with shoulders' slumped and gaze downwards. Both parties made it through the same race.