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May 14, 2016

NSNG Chocolate Chip Brownies

Filed under: NSNG — dr steve @ 7:55 am

Before he went full-vegan, GVac was an adherent of the NSNG lifestyle.  These were his favorites, made by our friend Trish Lyons.  Enjoy!

Almond Butter Brownies

Ingredients

  •  1 cup almond butter
  •  1 egg
  •  ½ tsp sea salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  •  ½ tsp vanilla
  •  ½ cup of coconut palm sugar
  •  ½ cup of “Enjoy Life” mini chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line bottom of 8×8 dish with parchment paper
  3. Mix all ingredients except chocolate chunks until smooth
  4. Fold in chocolate chips and pour batter into pan
  5. Bake brownies until golden dark brown – about 25 mins
  6. Cool brownies for at least 10 mins before cutting

Notes

  • Try to find roasted (not in soybean oil) and unsalted whole almonds.
  • Blend almonds in food processor until creamy – about 5-10 minutes. No stirring required, just let it do its thing.
  • I like to double the recipe and use a 13×9 dish.
  • I like to freeze the mini chocolate chips in advance – almond butter is warm when fresh out of food processor.
  • Brownies freeze nicely.
  • Leftover almond butter is great with apples. Mix in a little honey and cinnamon.

May 12, 2016

Thank You For Being a Part of Our Lives, Pal

Filed under: Steve's Blog — dr steve @ 7:37 pm

Today was a day from hell;  we lost our dear friend Greg Petraitis, known to radio listeners as GVac.  I want everyone to know he died suddenly and did not suffer.  His family is in shock, so please be gentle and give them some time to process this tragic information.

Greg was selfless and loveable, he gladly gave of himself and was never without his sense of humor and infectious laugh.   What an amazing musician, too…he was driving 90 minutes each way to work out a set with Dr Scott and me for an Alzheimer’s benefit;  there was no real benefit to him other than performing and being with his friends.  One of the sweetest (he’d hate that word), nicest people on the planet, and now he’s gone.

Thank you and goodbye, GVac, you were universally loved and our lives will never be the same without you.

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More soon, we’re too devastated to write anything more.  I see these pictures and I immediately become intensely sad again.  His mic will be retired and his person will never be forgotten.

 

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Steve

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