Adventures with Elly

I’m just going to skip right to what you need to know: 90g of Sharp Cheddar cheese, thickly grated (you can really sub this with any cheese using a healthier substitute for my pesto, you can always use Parmesan which is the classic.)3 Tbsp Olive oil (This is where a lot of the fat comes from, if you want to knock it down a bit you can use only 1 or 2, just decrease the lemon juice and nutritional yeast a little bit) , I used about an entire bag of cheddar cheese (again you can decrease total Cal/fat of this recipe if you use a little less) and some German summer sausage. Throw all of the ingredients (dandelion greens, 40g of the walnuts, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, olive oil and a little salt and pepper) except about 15g of walnuts into the food processor and mix until you have a nice creamy consistency.

If you really need help with scheduling and prefer to use technology to stay accountable, there are a lot of resources online. Check out my page Free Yoga Videos for some at home workouts and if you need a little more, contact me to set up a virtual class. If you need some real inspiration to get moving, Chris Hemsworth has a free trial workout routine right now; I know I wouldn’t have a problem exercising with him for a while. Skype, Zoom (best video quality), Houseparty, Google Hangouts, Facebook Messenger; these are just a few of the free programs that you can use to virtually hang out with friends that also have some extra time on their hands.

There are a lot of travel blogs out there (especially for the solo female traveler, which I never realized we were a thing until people started talking about it recently…); Google the word “Peru” and you’ll be able to find the majority of the information included below. Every tour guide is different and brings a different energy to a tour so this point is hard to generalize but there seemed to be a higher percentage of tour guides that really didn’t care very much and just did the bare minimum to finish the activity. I will note that some tour guides told me that as rainy season goes on it does get a bit worse but if you go in the beginning or end of the season it will most likely not be a big part of your trip ( It cost $180 USD for the night when the average price I was paying for a hotel was about $25-40 USD for an average hotel room, $5-12 USD for hostel accommodation.

I used to work a winter in Lake Tahoe, CA then go to New Zealand and work a harvest and another winter, then back to California for another harvest. It seems insane to me that my 4 year degree, much of which I spent playing soccer and socializing, holds extremely more weight to an employer than my 5 years of living in different countries with only a suitcase and enough money to get to the next place. Skis (4 pairs of skis and two pairs of boots), climbing equipment, SUP, backcountry skiing set up, ultra-light backpacking set up, slackline, soccer ball, trampoline, mountain bike, disc golf, 4 yoga mats, indo board, weights, lots of sizes of backpacks…. I want to share what I learn from always trying new things and offer some tips to anyone who needs a little change in life!