Create Your Own 8th Continent!
So by now, everyone has heard me say many times- “Welcome to the 8th Continent.”
The 8th Continent to me is a place that is created through mind frames and decisions that can easily be made every day in your life.
Throughout all of my travels and the people I have met and the challenges I have faced; I have learned a few tips on how to get to your own 8th Continent.
These simple steps and tips seem obvious, but the major difference is when you take time out to concentrate on each of these goals.
Which ones are you doing?
8 Easy Steps to Getting to Your 8th Continent
1. No matter how grown-up you get, never lose your childish sense of wonder.
2. I have heard people say “Any decision is better than no decision.” I highly disagree. However I do believe the right decision is most commonly obvious, we are just clouding our judgments with “what if?”s Never make any decision based on fear and you will be able to see which path is best for you.
3. What’s better than someone buying you flowers? Buying yourself flowers… or even better, planting something that will bring you flowers for months or even years to come. You deserve it.
4. Don’t compare yourself with others.
5. Learn from the past, but live in the moment.
6. Don’t beat yourself up. There are way too many other people out there that will try to take it upon themselves to bring you down. Appreciate yourself and if you happen to misstep- know that will always happen when you are hiking through paths of life. Learn from it, heal after it, and move ahead of it.
7. Give away what you don’t need to someone who does.
8. Always keep learning. Better an apprentice at the age of 95, than a master at the age of 20. There is always more to know, more to learn. Always remain an apprentice.
These are my eight steps to getting to your own 8th Continent.
YUM! Healthy Banana Cream Pie!
This is going to be perfect for later today. A nice afternoon snack that won’t upset my stomach later.
25 min
55 min
4 servings
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup sugar
2 cups 8th Continent® vanilla soymilk
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon butter or trans-fat-free margarine
1 ripe medium banana, thinly sliced
1 cup frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed
8 squares cinnamon- or chocolate-flavored graham cracker crumbs, crushed (1/2 cup)
Caramel or chocolate fat-free topping, if desired
1. In 2-quart stainless steel or nonstick saucepan (do not use aluminum because pudding will discolor), stir together cornstarch and sugar. Gradually stir in soymilk and egg yolks with wire whisk. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and butter. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap to prevent skin from forming. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until cool.
2. Stir pudding mixture. Sprinkle 1 1/2 teaspoons crumbs over bottom of 4 small shallow individual serving bowls. Spoon 1/4 cup pudding mixture over crumbs; top with 1/4 of the banana slices. Spoon 1/4 cup pudding mixture over banana slices; top with 1/4 cup whipped topping and 1 1/2 teaspoons graham cracker crumbs. Drizzle with topping.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):
Decrease cornstarch to 2 tablespoons.
1 Serving: Calories 310 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 3 1/2g Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 110mg; Sodium 190mg; Total Carbohydrate 53g; (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 34g); Protein 6g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 2% Calcium 15% Iron 6% Exchanges: 1 Starch 2 Other Carbohydrate 1/2 Low-Fat Milk 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Strawberry Orange Smoothies Recipe! Soy!
Lactose Free and Delicious!
5 min
5 min
2 servings
1 1/2 cups 8th Continent® vanilla soymilk
1 bag (10 oz) Cascadian Farm® frozen organic unsweetened strawberries, partially thawed
1 medium banana, cut into chunks
1/3 cup calcium-enriched orange juice
Honey, if desired
1. In blender or food processor, place soymilk, strawberries, banana and orange juice. Cover; blend on high speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Sweeten to taste with honey.
2. Pour into 2 glasses. Serve immediately.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):
No change.
1 Serving: Calories 200 (Calories from Fat 25); Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 0g Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 130mg; Total Carbohydrate 37g; (Dietary Fiber 5g, Sugars 25g); Protein 7g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 170% Calcium 30% Iron 8% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Fruit 1 Low-Fat Milk Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
New Vegan Horchata Recipe!
Of course I wouldn’t forget about you vegans!
3 tbsp cooked white rice
1 cup 8th Continent soy milk
1.5 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp sugar
sprinkle cinnamon
1/8 tsp vanilla
Stir all ingredients in a blender until well blended and frothy. serve warm or over ice.
You can decorate with sprinkles of cinnamon and serve!
Make Horchata with 8th Continent Soy Milk!
Horchata is a creamy cinnamon-spiked beverage that is a perfect balance to any spicy Mexican meal and an awesome drink as a summer pick-me-up!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
1 cup rice (uncooked)
2 sticks cinnamon, broken into 2 or 3 pieces
2 cups 8th Continent Soy Milk
1 small can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
ground cinnamon
Instructions:
Combine rice and cinnamon stick pieces in a large, stainless steel or ceramic bowl. Stir in 12 cups of water. Let mixture stand at room temperature until rice is very soft, 6 or more hours, or up to overnight.
Without disturbing the rice on the bottom, pour most of the water into a large jug; reserve. Remove cinnamon from rice mixture and reserve. Add 8th Continent soy milk, condensed milk, sugar and vanilla to the rice mixture. Stir to mix. Process in blender or food processor, working in batches, until as smooth as possible. Stir mixture into reserved water. Return cinnamon pieces to the mixture; chill thoroughly.
Remove cinnamon sticks. Shake or stir punch briskly and serve in tall glasses packed with ice cubes.
You can garnish each glass with some sprinkles of cinnamon if you’d like!
Let me know how it tastes, I feel like there should be a fiesta going on at time of consumption.
Totally Making This Tonight!
Sooo I have been looking for things to actually make in the kitchen ever since I have decided to do this whole vegetarian thing.
The only thing worse than my handwriting is my cooking. (I blame this on computers and microwaves. I am a victim of technology.) 
So of course I run to www.8thcontinent.com to look at their recipes and see what they have to offer.
Oh man- Corn Cheddar and Tomato Quiche? I am SO down!
Got it from the site- I will tell you how it tastes and if you want to also make it you can go to this link:
http://www.8thcontinent.com/content/corn-cheddar-and-tomato-quiche
