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I'm having a great time with my brother! It's his spring break, hence the title of this post. Actors don't get spring break. I started off Sunday with a nice breakfast bowl of lentils, broccoli slaw, broccoli, and nutritional yeast. I added a couple pieces of my kabocha squash . Breakfast of champions, and not in the ironic way! We went and walked around Beverly Hills for a couple of hours and checked out expensive stores. My brother ate lunch at Nate and Al's and I just tried one of the pickles. We saw this store - "Jimmy Au's for Men 5'8'' and Under." This is my brother insensitively mocking men 5'8'' and under. He is 6'5'' so he does not feel their pain. We saw Battle: Los Angeles in the dome theater at the Arclight in Hollywood. I probably have permanent hearing damage but it was still fun. I will admit, I love big-budget action shoot-'em-up movies and I see them all. For dinner we went to Hugo's Tacos. I got...

My brother is here! He's visiting this whole week and I might not do as much blogging as usual, so I actually wrote this post on Saturday and scheduled it. Yay for planning. I've seen kabocha squash on other blogs but never tried it myself, partly because I was intimidated. But I saw one at Whole Foods the other day and just bought it. I decided to roast it up with some seasonings, partially inspired by this recipe: http://www.justhungry.com/ sweet-and-spicy-roasted- kabocha-squash Sweet and Spicy Roasted Kabocha Squash 1 kabocha squash 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp chili powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp stevia 1 tbsp Braggs 1 tbsp water Wash your kabocha squash and chop into thin wedges with a big, strong knife. No need to peel! Mix your seasonings and dilute with water and Braggs Dip each squash piece in the seasoning mix and place in a roasting pan. Roast at 400 for 20 minutes on each side or more, depending on the thickness of your slices. I stuck mine in for an extra ten minute...