Dinner Group

A few friends and I have started having Sunday dinner together on occassion. It's such a fascinating dynamic that is created by all of us coming together over food. I would never have imagined some of the conversations we would share with eachother or some of the enlightening experiences we would have. We're getting to know more about one another than we ever expected! This is our first dinner at Emily's house in Kaysville. She wanted me to present a raw food meal and have everyone participate in preparing it. So, I came up with a menu and put everyone to work.......

I knew Keva could shred carrots at the speed of light and do it with a smile, so that job was all hers.

Dainon peeled the jicama.....

Chris was in charge of blending stuff......

Tania's job was to figure out what this was....I don't think she ever did.

Emiliy mostly just did this.......

D'Ogee wanted to help, too, but he wasn't tall enough to be of much use.

The menu consisted of raw carrot soup, raw noodles with alfredo sauce and for dessert raw chocolate cheesecake. Can you believe all of that can be made raw?

Dainon and Chris were really excited about my food. Chris said he loved it "this much". Dainon was giving me a high five. He'd never tasted anything so good. I'm flattered, really....

After all of that work, voil'a....mushrooms and scallions!

It was a raw meal to remember, that's for sure, and so enjoyable that a couple of weeks later, Tanya invited all of us to her house for some delicious curry. We had a new addition to our group that evening. Her friend Lisa joined us, and much to our satisfaction shared with us her talents of dream interpretation, balancing shakras and reading our energies. We each took our turn stepping into a back room with her and receiving a very enlightening and surprisingly accurate reading of ourselves. I've been meaning to write down what she told me, so here goes, what I remember of it:

1. All of my shakras radiate extremely feminine energy except for my third eye. It's more masculine, and I think that's because of my career and my keen business sense...well, kinda.

2. I need to surround myself with more straight men who are connected emotionally. I will need a man who is emotionally in tune.

3. Surprisingly, Dainon and I are a good match emotionally and we need to practice relating with each other.

4. I feel like I can't connect emotionally with men, so I draw men into my life who will challenge me in that way.

5. My emotions are very powerful with men. I can have my way with them if I learn how to channel that emotional energy.

6. I need to practice letting men lead me.

7. I need to change my perspective on my career as being something I am doing on my own. Instead, see that God is taking care of me...he is my man now, and some day he and my husband will take care of me together.

Interesting, eh? Everyone's readings were so insightful. Lisa really has a gift. We stayed up talking with her until 11:00 and yet the night seemed so young! It was a very bonding evening. I appreciated everyone being willing to be vulnerable and let us dig into their psychies! That's my kind of an evening.

This Sunday Dainon has invited us over for dinner. I'm looking forward to seeing what craziness transpires this week!