MAPLE SWEET HOMEMADE GRANOLA – MALIBU VEGAN KITCHEN 005
MAPLE SWEET HOMEMADE GRANOLA – MALIBU VEGAN KITCHEN 005 – In today’s episode of Malibu Vegan Kitchen, Kathie makes a maple sweet homemade granola from scratch.
From WIKI… Granola is a breakfast food and snack food consisting of rolled oats, nuts, honey or other sweeteners such as brown sugar, and sometimes puffed rice, that is usually baked until it is crisp, toasted and golden brown.
During the baking process, the mixture is stirred to maintain a loose breakfast cereal consistency.
Dried fruit, such as raisins and dates, and confections such as chocolate are sometimes added. Granola, particularly if it includes flax seeds, is often used to improve digestion.
Granola is often eaten in combination with yogurt, honey, fresh fruit (such as bananas, strawberries or blueberries), milk or other forms of cereal. It also serves as a topping for various pastries, desserts or ice cream.
Granola is carried by people who are hiking, camping, or backpacking because it is nutritious, lightweight, high in calories, and easy to store (properties that make it similar to trail mix and muesli).
As a snack, it is often combined with honey or corn syrup and condensed into a bar form that makes it easy to carry for packed lunches, hiking, or other outdoor activities.
The names Granula and Granola were registered trademarks in the late 19th century United States for foods consisting of whole grain products crumbled and then baked until crisp, in contrast to the at that time (about 1900) contemporary invention, muesli, which is traditionally neither baked nor sweetened.
The name is now a trademark only in Australia and New Zealand, but is still more commonly referred to as muesli there.
Granula was invented in Dansville, New York, by Dr. James Caleb Jackson at the Jackson Sanitarium in 1863.
The Jackson Sanitarium was a prominent health spa that operated into the early 20th century on the hillside overlooking Dansville. It was also known as Our Home on the Hillside; thus the company formed to sell Jackson’s cereal was known as the Our Home Granula Company.
Granula was composed of Graham flour and was similar to an oversized form of Grape-Nuts. A similar cereal was developed by John Harvey Kellogg.
It too was initially known as Granula, but the name was changed to Granola to avoid legal problems with Jackson.
The CARPOCALYPSE has begun… and it’s Cool
So there I was, coming out of Starbucks and heading to my daily ride when the corner of my eye dragged me to a down and dirty sight.
There in the Malibu Country Mart parking lot stood a 2012 Dodge Charger with some serious modification.
FADE IN: Christopher Rutkowski is a director/producer of cool car content. He loves cars and his passion is to film them not only in movies, but also on his Youtube Channel (theAFICIONAUTO and www.driveTA.com). He is a serious movie car fan and has owned many of them.
But this 2012 Dodge Charger (apocalypse edition) wasn’t just any movie car. It was fully armed with zombie-splattering mods and blunt force mods. Let me explain.
Under the dented, smashed and hammered skin lies a 3.6L Pentastar V6 with 290 horsepower — just enough to cross town and launch zombies into neighborhood yardage.
But the car also includes a defense exoskeleton, front ramming guard, extra large truck steelies, and Mickey Thompson Baja tires with lots of gross leftover zombie parts.
With real rust, fake rust and rusty rust, the car had an apocalypse wrap convincing enough that zombies would think it’s real (as they can smell fresh paint a mile away) and window cages that allow one to put their wallet in the dash with cash hanging out and no worries that anyone can do anything about it!
“I’ve had this car for about two years now,” Rutkowski started. “I got it in a prop auction online for the TV show ‘Defiance.’ It is the perfect car for me and my business, theAFICIONAUTO. I document and sell movie cars online, so when I was looking for a new business car to replace my ‘Jurassic Park’ Jeep, this was the perfect candidate.
“The show ‘Defiance’ itself wasn’t that popular so it can easily be identified with me and my brand,” he continued. “The fans of the show will love it when they see it. It’s robust and strong for a V6, and the cage keeps it secure and safe.
No one will ever be able to break in and steal my camera gear. It’s also pretty ideal for my dog to hang out in with all the windows open since the gates keep him from escaping.”
Sounds pretty frickin’ awesome to me.
According to Rutkowski, the best part of the car is the wheels matched up with the exoskeleton.
“[It] makes it look like the baddest thing on the road and people get out of your way,” he said.
Except for the zombies. Stupid zombies.
“It’s my daily driver, my camera car and I use it to go to Costco and for TV and film shoots,” Rutkowski said.
I’m pretty sure that taking this car to Costco would scare anyone. If I was in the driver’s seat, I’d just drive it right through the store and scoop up lots of paper towels for zombie cleanup.
The car was also recently the star of a ‘Mad Max’-style car chase in the deserts of California City.
“Just three weeks ago we had the ambitious idea to produce and shoot a large-scale chase scene with this car and many other apocalyptic cars in the desert,” Rutkowski said. “Twelve hours of shooting on the hottest day of the year and surprisingly the engine didn’t fail or overheat once!
“Other than that, everyday is a great story. People surround it at gas stations and parking lots and ask every question under the sun. Surprisingly, many think it’s a proper race car or some kind of dune racer.”
Nope, it’s a zombie killer and people ought to get that right off the bat.
The best thing about driving in Malibu for Rutkowski?
“The roads in the canyons coupled with the best weather in the region. It’s smooth and curvy and the community of auto enthusiasts is so strong here,” he said. “You don’t feel alienated by everyone for having an octane addiction. It’s my motor paradise.”
Well, I can appreciate that fact … and Rutkowski’s passion. But underneath all his kindness and movie-making expertise lies a zombie eradicating monster machine of death.
Oh, and it’d be a great car to have in the event of a mummy attack, too.
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Swing on into Malibu’s WHEELS AND WAVES this Sunday morning…
That’s right, my Wheels and Waves Cars & Coffee event will be at the Malibu Country Mart from 7 a.m.-9 a.m. this Sunday, Aug. 20.
In past months, we’ve had more than 160 cars from all over Southern California converge into Malibu for this brisk morning show. Classic cars, muscle cars, vintage bombs, hot rods, trucks, one seriously massive military vehicle and some crazy rat rods.
Plus, we get the gambit of celebrities and we have been graced (for two hours) with Malibuite Dick Van Dyke. Past shows welcomed Keanu Reeves, Jonathan Banks, Tony Dow and others.
It’s a blessing to be able to create an event where people can share what they love most.
Our 21-mile stretch houses some of the most spectacular cars on the planet and we see them every day. It’s inspiring to pull them together and create a space where we can converse and swap stories of what we’ve seen, heard and built.
We’ve had Dow’s 1965 Corvair premiere at Wheels and Waves after a 50-year hiatus. We’ve watched a hand-built copper and brass rat rod, built by blacksmith Joe Magliato, enter.
We’ve heard a 600-horsepower Porsche built by WIKD Kustoms, who is now restoring Dow’s Corvair! We’ve watched Chuck Schauwecker’s Japanese hot rod called “Rodriguez” glide in, as well as many cars from The Automobile Driving Museum and Murphy Auto Museum.
Personally, I’ll be bringing in something special (a classic truck) from the Murphy this Sunday.
Plus, not only will we be premiering a new sound system from WIKD, but this month’s sponsor is Croftgate Santa Barbara; they make waterless car care products that are awesome.
They will be the reason that the first 100 cars will get free coffee, so be sure to thank them.
As always, I’ll have the “red bag of doom” filled with Hot Wheels where you’ll be able to reach in and hopefully not get bit by something!
The show is expanding from the Malibu Country Mart into the Malibu Village lot where there’s over 500 spaces. There’s plenty of room to house car clubs.
But I would be remiss to not thank those who already attend this awesome show.
Your passion for car culture is keeping it alive and helping it reach new, younger generations. The fun of seeing friends and making new ones expands not only our love of cars, but also of each other.
This is Malibu, and we only do things one way: the cool way.
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2017 MAZDA MX5 MIATA RF… The sleek little ride that embraces curves
Malibu is made up of one really long straight away and thousands of little curves.
So it makes sense that what you want in a new car will handle just that. Remember, driving is supposed to be enjoyable and not a chore. And this little car I’m about to introduce you to will carry four bags of groceries easy. So there.
SUVs are fine for the straights and can certainly go up and down canyons, but as far as having fun, it’s not an end game car.
But when Mazda sent me the new 2017 Miata MX-5 RF Edition the other day, I knew that the curves of Malibu stood no chance. It was a fun wrapped in a Japanese package.
Now you may know that my friend (and Malibuite) Derek Jenkins designed this car or the initial version of it, and at $35K, it’s a steal at having fun.
But as a summertime ride with an electric push button top, this car scoots PCH looking for fun and will give you a tan like you’ve never had before.
The RF Edition comes with Brembo Brakes, cool skirts and a host of additions, plus 155 horses under this bonnet making it as tight as a drum.
But the design really turns heads even in this metallic bright primer color. By the time this article comes out, I will have carved Malibu into thin slices of cool.
But you realize that driving in Malibu can be a blast when you have the right car, right? Well, let’s discuss this for a moment.
Some people might think that a Ferrari, Lambo or McLaren would be perfect, but high horsepower cars in the canyons are not necessarily the way to go. And you see what happens to them sometimes on PCH at warp drive speeds.
What you want is a car that fits our town like a glove. Small and agile — like a greyhound. You can park it anywhere and get smiles without an ego. It’s just a good feeling car without having to show off.
The RF gets 29 miles per gallon, which is pretty snappy for a two-seat roadster. And the only thing that would make it more perfect is to do an electric version, sans the six-speed.
Yeah, I know what you’re saying: “How can you get rid of the six-speed?” Well, you obviously haven’t lived in Malibu long enough to know what’s it’s like to be in a convertible, in traffic, in summer.
And fun is where it’s at, people! I’m grateful to Mazda for sending me this tiny ride. We’ll be featuring it on my show all this week, so be sure to wave.
For those looking for a car with spirit, comfort, cutting-edge tech and a super great design, I’d consider this little beast.
It’s fully modifiable for those who want more, but stock out of the Matchbox package, it’s sweet enough to plaster a smile on anyone’s face.
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HOW TO MAKE MALIBU GARDEN FRESH SALSA – MALIBU VEGAN KITCHEN 002
MALIBU GARDEN FRESH SALSA – MALIBU VEGAN KITCHEN 002 – In this 2nd episode on Health is the new Wealth, Kathie makes Malibu Garden Fresh Salsa literally from the Garden!
From WIKI… Salsa is the Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Turkish (salça) term for sauce. In English-speaking countries, salsa usually refers to the sauces typical of Mexican cuisine known as salsas picantes, particularly those used as dips.
Salsa is often a tomato-based sauce or dip that is a heterogeneous mixture that includes additional ingredients such as onions, chilies, beans, corn, and various spices. It is typically piquant, ranging from mild to extremely hot.
The word salsa entered the English language from the Spanish salsa (“sauce”), which itself derives from the Latin salsus (salted). The native Spanish pronunciation is [ˈsalsa]. In American English it is pronounced /ˈsɑːlsə/, while in British English it is pronounced as /ˈsælsə/.
Coolest Vehicle Designs of the Week…
Just some of the coolest CAR DESIGNS of the week… and other stuff, too.
Bruce Willis DEATH WISH Trailer makes Chicago my new favorite town…
I have to admit that I’m a Bruce Willis fan… but not because he is who he is, but because his stuntman is my good friend Stuart Wilson. THIS… is Stuart below and THIS is DEATH WISH above. Good riddens bad guys.
Watch my VLOG with Stuart here.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller DEATH WISH.
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home.
With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice.
As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly vigilante is a guardian angel or a grim reaper. Fury and fate collide in the intense, action-thriller DEATH WISH.
New FLATLINERS Trailer brings death home… Eww
In Flatliners, five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience.
As the investigation becomes more and more perilous, they are forced to confront the sins of their pasts, as well as contend with the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side.
Comes out September 29th…
COOLEST VEHICLE DESIGNS of the WEEK…
