The yummiest, and healthiest dessert you will ever eat….
And you can make it in less than 5 minutes.
-1 package of Silken Tofu
-1 tablespoon of sweetener (We like Stevia/Truvia. Adjust if you want more or less. I started sprinkling and kept adding until I reached about 1tbsp.)
-2 tablespoons of powdered cocoa (adjust as well…I started sprinkling and mixing until chocolatey goodness was reached)
-1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Mix all ingredients in a food processor or blender….and boom! That’s it.
It was so good, that I realized that I should probably take a picture after I had finished it all!
Mensa was thinking the other day what will it be like in the future. More so what will people think of us in the future? What we have done to the earth is deep. We have created high-level radioactive waste that will survive 100,000 years. We are responsible for our trash and our trash will affect people beyond a time frame we can truly comprehend. This film, Into Eternity, which you may watch in its entirety above, it is not only informative, eye-opening, etc, it is also visually stimulating…so beautiful.
Funny, we just stumbled upon this movie right when we were talking about the environment and future. Universe. :] Here is a preview of the film to reel you in.
Sometimes we drool over the furniture on the street. Ok, correction. I drool over the furniture on the street and Mushpa tries to convince me not to bring trash into our home, and be a bit more…what shall we say, selective?
When we have more space, we will be bringing in all sorts of furniture to re-vamp and re-furbish, and potentially sell in our shop as well! This goes back to our idea of making things “from scratch”. On our 100th Blog Post we tried to explain our approach to doing things from now on. If we have the tools to be able to make it, then why not try to do it ourselves? Here is a perfect example.
This is one of the pieces we found a block down from our home. We decided that if it was still there when we came back from our walk, that we would take it in.
We needed storage, and we got some for free! With a few left-over spray paint cans, we painted it and now it looks fantabulous on our studio!
Sometimes we drool over the furniture on the street. Ok, correction. I drool over the furniture on the street and Mushpa tries to convince me not to bring trash into our home, and be a bit more…what shall we say, selective?
When we have more space, we will be bringing in all sorts of furniture to re-vamp and re-furbish, and potentially sell in our shop as well! This goes back to our idea of making things “from scratch”. On our 100th Blog Post we tried to explain our approach to doing things from now on. If we have the tools to be able to make it, then why not try to do it ourselves? Here is a perfect example.
This is one of the pieces we found a block down from our home. We decided that if it was still there when we came back from our walk, that we would take it in.
We needed storage, and we got some for free! With a few left-over spray paint cans, we painted it and now it looks fantabulous on our studio!
To celebrate Mushpa y Mensa’s new Vimeo amazingness, which is sooo much fresher than YouTube (we said it), we are posting this fantabulous montage. It is a compilation of final shots from multitudes of films to the song, “Gathering Storm” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
It is all about jumping, moving, living, breathing. There is an amazing world out their waiting for your journey.
– Mushpa y Mensa
Here is the breakdown of the shots and what each grouping is about. So cool.
PART I: Awakening/Creation
00:02 – Tree of Life 00:13 – Vanilla Sky 00:16 – Immortals 00:18 – 12 Monkeys 00:21 – McCabe & Mrs. Miller 00:24 – Julia’s Eyes 00:33 – Solaris 00:39 – 2010: The Year We Make Contact 00:42 – THX-1138
01:07 – The World According To Garp 01:11 – Billy Elliott 01:15 – This Is England 01:17 – La Dolce Vita 01:19 – Au Revoir Les Enfants 01:23 – Dead Poets Society 01:26 – A Serious Man 01:30 – L.I.E 01:34 – Gasman 01:38 – The Sweet Hereafter
03:12 – Beasts of the Southern Wild 03:19 – Chariots of Fire 03:23 – L’Auberge Espagnole 03:26 – Amadeus 03:30 – The Red Balloon 03:36 – Frida 03:39 – Adaptation
PART VII: Celebration
03:44 – My Left Foot 03:46 – Fearless 03:48 – City Of Angels 03:50 – The Breakfast Club 03:52 – Rescue Dawn 03:56 – Rudy 03:58 – The Hurricane
PART VIII: Transcendence
04:01 – The Wrestler 04:03 – Thelma & Louise 04:06 – The Right Stuff 04:08 – Love (by Angels & Airwaves) 04:12 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind 04:14 – Star Trek: The Motion Picture 04:15 – Superman 04:17 – E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial 04:21 – Starman 04:24 – Naqoyqatsi 04:26 – Akira 04:28 – Stargate 04:34 – 2001: A Space Odyssey 04:44 – The Last Temptation of Christ
Well my friends it is the end of the Summer of 2013. I hope for all it was a fantabulous one! I know for us here at Mushpa y Mensa it was inspiring and wondrous! This entry goes out to those who are looking to do something creative with their old flip-flops of summers past. Check out this video!
Mensa and I are always talking about consuming less, needing less, getting rid of excess. Things that anchor us to one place be it literally, monetarily or mentally.
We do little things like take our worn out old clothes, wash them and then cut them into a million little pieces to stuff our Plush Pets…
Pierre, the Lavender, Recycled Fabric, Eco-Felt Plush Pet
…or make some deeelicious seitan from scratch, while whipping up some organic, coconut oil based mayo… I personally am extremely gifted in mixing alcohol with almost any “leftover” liquids (frozen or flowing) and it tasting like nothing you’ve ever had before (in a very good way).
Cocktails Anyone?
Some bigger things are Mensa creating an amazing backpack out of an old bag, after her million year old bag disintegrated right before our very eyes. The very backpack we packed with soy milk (something we have talked about learning how to make since we consume so much of it…stay tuned) and such this weekend after working in the co-op (don’t ask). We biked over 8 miles and this revitalized beauty made it through like a champion!
The Bag That Rocks
We also made our fantastical Mushpa y Mensa cloth sign out of old pillow cases and fabric pieces. See below…
Mushpa y Mensa – Arts Not Crafts!
We are making it happen more and more every day, but we need a challenge….something to keep our momentum soaring towards our destiny. What we came up with is…well let’s start slow, why don’t you get to know us first…see what we mean when we say “from scratch”.
La Mensa’s Robot Girl With a Twist
We are here for a reason, all of us. Let’s make some stuff together, see what we think, then figure something out. Let’s connect as they say, in a good way.
This is our 100th blog post and the start of something gargantuous! :] Life, as La Mensa would say is, “pretty bad-ass.”
