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ISOLATION RECIPES
good care of yourself, too. These recipes make one serving, but they can be doubled or tripled easily. #Dontfeartheedible Ramen noodles are pure comfort. I was introduced to them by my son Nick when he was in college. Clearly a simple package of ramen needs no directions, but I have ramped up the ingredients and added a little canna-love. When you mix the cannaoil with sesame oil, a totally awesome flavor combination emerges. Check your fridge - there is bound to be something there to add to your soup. I like to get the packages of ramen noodles that don’t have MSG in the ingredients. It makes me feel weird and it’s pretty simple to avoid. If you feel the same way and can’t find the noodles without it, don’t use the flavor packet and add some tamari sauce, and use chicken or vegetable broth instead of water. Make it a bigger meal by adding tofu, shrimp or chicken.
HUNKER DOWN AND EAT WELL
CRUNCHY CHICKEN WITH SALSA
APR. 2020 ½ ROMA TOMATO, CHOPPED ¼ YELLOW PEPPER, CHOPPED 2 TBS THINLY SLICED SCALLION 1 TBS CHOPPED FLAT LEAF PARSLEY AND WHOLE LEAF 1 MEDIUM RADISH, CHOPPED 2 TBS AVOCADO, TOSSED WITH ½ LEMON 2 TBS OLIVE OIL 1 TEASPOON CANNA-OLIVE OIL SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE JUICE OF ½ LEMON 1 EGG, LIGHTLY BEATEN 1 POUND BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST ½ CUP PANKO BREAD CRUMBS ¼ CUP PARMESAN 1 TBS CHOPPED PARSLEY 2 TBS CANOLA OIL INSTRUCTIONS
Bucatini is a thick spaghetti-like pasta that is extremely satisfying. If it’s not your cup of tea, feel free to use any other shape. In summertime an angel hair would be delightful. Again the ingredients can be changed to suit your taste. Adding shrimp or chicken could be a nice way to go. In a small bowl combine the tomato, pepper, scallion, parsley, radish and avocado. Add the oils, salt and pepper and lemon juice and toss well. Chill. Place beaten egg in a shallow bowl. On a plate combine the breadcrumbs, parmesan and parsley. In a medium skillet heat the canola oil. Dip chicken breast in the egg then into the breadcrumb mixture and place carefully in the skillet. Cook the chicken breast in the oil until crisp, about four minutes/side. Transfer to a plate and top with the vegetable mixture. Be sure to make the salsa before you cook the chicken. You can even make it the night before, just add the avocado as close to dinner as possible. You want the contrast of the hot chicken and the cool vegetable topping.
SUPER RAMEN FOR ONE
1 PACKAGE RAMEN NOODLES ¼ CUP PACKED, RAW WATERCRESS 1 SCALLION, SLICED 6 SNAP PEAS, HALVED ¼ CUP SHREDDED CARROTS 1 SOFT BOILED EGG, PEELED/HALVED ¼ CUP SPROUTS CILANTRO LEAVES 2 TEASPOONS SESAME OIL 1 TEASPOON CANNA-OIL
INSTRUCTIONS
Open the package of ramen and remove the flavor packet. Add two cups of water or stock to a medium size saucepot and bring to a boil.
Add the watercress, scallion and noodles to the pot and simmer 3-4 minutes. Add the peas and carrots along with the flavor packet from your package of ramen, and cook an additional minute.
Pour the soup into a bowl, add the egg, sprouts, cilantro and the oils and serve.
GARLICKY BUCATINI
2 TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL 1 TEASPOON CANNA-OLIVE OIL 2 GARLIC CLOVES, PEELED AND SLICED 4 CHERRY TOMATOES, HALVED IF LARGE 1 CUP FRESH SPINACH, PACKED PINCH CRUSHED RED PEPPER SALT AND PEPPER, TO TASTE 3 OUNCES BUCATINI PASTA PARMESAN, OPTIONAL
INSTRUCTIONS
In a small skillet over medium-low heat, heat the oils. Add the garlic and cherry tomatoes and sauté for three to four minutes.
Add the spinach and sauté until wilted, three to four minutes. Stir in the crushed pepper, and add salt and pepper to taste.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to the package directions. When tender, drain and place in a bowl.
Add the sauce to the pasta and sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan, or add a couple of tablespoons of goat cheese and some fresh or frozen peas. Awesome flavor combination.
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BETTY’S EDDIES CHEWS
Betty’s Eddies, produced in Maryland by Kind Therapeutics, continue to rank among favorite ingestibles in Maryland’s medical market. The first thing that gets me excited is the ingredients. Not only are these chews made with real fruits and veggies, but they are vegan, gluten free and dairy free - making them an option for people with food preferences and allergies. And with three options to choose from, there’s sure to be a dosage that meets your ingestible needs. Let’s dig in...
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CLASSIC BETTY’S | 20mg THC per chew The classic Betty’s - as I like to call them - come in a pack of five chews, with each chew containing 20mg of THC, for a total of 100mg THC per pack. The flavors come in strawberry, lime, orange, lemon and grape, with all of them boasting funky names like ‘Oh My Grapeness.’ My favorite flavors were the strawberry, lemon and grape, which were so tasty I would eat them even if they didn’t have THC in them! I found these to be useful for daytime pain relief, not creating the foggy feeling that higher doses of ingestibles can lead to. When first starting out with ingestibles, remember: You can always eat more, but you can’t eat less. BERRY GOOD THINGS AND APPLE PIE EXTRA STRENGTH CHEWS | 50mg THC per chew As a patient with a high tolerance to THC, I was happy to see Betty’s come out with an extra strength version of their chews. At 50mg THC per chew, you are able to get a stronger dose while consuming less - which means less sugar, etc. The testing results show these also had over 10mg of CBG between the five chews. For me, CBG has been known to curb anxiety related to higher doses of THC. This gave me an added level of comfort with taking a larger dose. I found these most effective for trying to get a full eight hours of steady sleep, or a lazy Sunday on the couch.
BEDTIME BETTY’S | 20mg THC and 2mg melatonin per chew These were very interesting to me, as I had always heard about the benefits of mixing a little melatonin into your sleep routine. I must say, these truly did make me feel tired quickly. I would’ve enjoyed a little more THC in the mix to keep me steadily sleeping through the night (wink wink, maybe make an extra strength sleep version). The flavor is incredible, especially since I love all things citrus. The mixture of agave and lemon gives you a sweet and citrusy flavor that helps to mask the Cannabis taste, all the while delivering an effective dose of medicine.
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Tropical Sunset HTFSE/HCFSE diamond sauce by Evermore Cannabis Company is one of the tastiest dabs I’ve had the pleasure to toke in Maryland this year. The concentrate’s perfectly translucent gold color was revealed in a dazzling display of dancing light, twinkling through the crystal pieces - indicating a superb extraction and a top tier dab. TROPICAL SUNSET TERPCRYSTALS
AS AN HTFSE/HCFSE EXTRACT, I knew it would be rich in terpenes and high in cannabinoids, and having smoked the flower before, I knew I was in for a rich bouquet of tropical fruits and thoughts of sunshine. But, even armed with this knowledge, I was still absolutely blown away by the near candy-like flavor of the saucy crystals - both sharp and gentle on the palate.
Every dab I took was smooth and absolutely bursting with what I can only assume to be the best parts of a Starburst, Skittle and Hi Chew, extracted and crystalized into one glorious concentrate!
I highly encourage everyone to set up a low temp dab rig and sample this amazing bouquet of strawberry, kiwi, lime, orange and blueberry.
I mentioned the coloring was superb, but our look was even more up close and personal this month, as we actually got to go into the lab and see the crystalized final product before it got packaged up for dispensaries. Diamonds in the lab are far different from the diamonds you get in the dispensary, at least from a size perspective, as these crystals were the size of golf balls! A close examination of these gigantic crystals showed pristine purity and smelled like a gaggle of Valencia oranges and blueberry Gushers, rolled in a strawberry kiwi Fruit Roll-Up!
These Tropical Sunset diamonds are aptly named, as every inhale creates the sensation of relaxing on a beach, sampling the most exotic of fruits and marveling at the crispness of the flavor and peace of the moment.
Now this might be attributed to the floating sensation I felt as all of my inflammation melted away and my high kicked in, but regardless, the excellent mood and delicious tropical flavors put me on a beach every time.
The high was distinctly clear headed with pronounced mood elevation compared to many of the heavier and gassier varieties. I found that this dab elevated my mood and kept it elevated with little to no stoney or cloudy feelings for the better part of a whole day!
musings from a parent & Cannabis consumer
leafnationmd.com APR. 2020
the cool parents
DOES USING CANNABIS MAKE US SEEM COOLER TO OUR KIDS? I’VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WONDERING HOW THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS IS CHANGING OUR KIDS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS USING MARIJUANA. WE HAVE A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE AND A SON IN HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I FIRST BECAME A MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENT, I TREKKED OUT TO THE SHED EVERY TIME I HAD TO MEDICATE, SO MY KIDS WOULDN’T CATCH REEFER MADNESS. I ADMIT IT. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE CONCERNED THAT IF KIDS FOUND OUT THEIR PARENTS USED CANNABIS, THEY WOULD BEGIN THEIR INEVITABLE DESCENTS INTO THE TEENAGE PARTY WORLD.
Perhaps I needn’t have worried. My son recently summed up his attitude towards Cannabis by saying, “Uh, you know, I’m really not into pot and drinking, Mom. It’s just not cool to me.”
And, I totally believe him - mainly because he’s totally into Japanese anime and spends most of his time watching other people play video games on YouTube.
As his mother, I find these behaviors comforting, because when I was his age, we were sneaking cigarettes in the alley behind school and tricking liquor stores into delivering alcohol when our parents weren’t home.
By the way, our parents were never home. One of my best friends actually stuffed a pillow up her dress and pretended to be pregnant when she signed for the alcohol delivery. Now, she’s a respected ER doctor, but back then, we were afternoon street urchins - roaming from empty house to empty house, getting up to all sorts of no good in our private school uniforms. We were definitely not in our rooms reading comic books, and that was before we started driving…
DURING THOSE FORMATIVE YEARS, we became friends with Jason, whom we met while we were trying to score some six packs outside the Hopkins Deli. His parents let him have small parties in his basement, as long as there was no alcohol.
Jason was trying to break the rule. The first night we went to his house, Jason shocked us by breaking out a bag of marijuana and a bong. I’d never seen marijuana before. I initially thought the bong was some type of hippie musical instrument. The fact that Jason casually tossed the pot on the table and started rolling joints seemed daring and exotic.
musings from a parent & Cannabis consumer
Suddenly, I felt like I was in a completely different country. This condo with tapestries on the walls was nothing like my house, and Jason’s parents with their beaded necklaces were nothing like my conservative republican parents.
Jason’s parents were both successful lawyers. His dad was even a law professor, but they were also bonafide hippies. They had been at Woodstock. Seriously - at Woodstock - for REAL. They talked about “assholes” and cussed unabashedly. At the time, they seemed so different from my parents. While my parents could have been members at Bushwood in “Caddyshack,” Jason’s parents could have been the parents in “Valley Girl.” His dad even looked like Sonny Bono minus the stache. Jason’s parents listened to cool music and used slang. They smoked marijuana openly in their house. However, aside from the occasional beer, they were not drinkers - and while they had no problem with Jason and his friends smoking weed in the basement - God forbid anyone snuck beer in through the basement door.
I will never forget watching with dread the first time I saw Jason’s mom appear, standing backlit at the top of the stairs while plumes of smoke escaped past her silhouetted frame. Aside from the fact that the basement reeked of marijuana, the sheer volume of smoke escaping from the stairwell past Jason’s mom’s face was a definite giveaway. We were so busted. I knew it. I started checking for exits. I mean, my mom would have already been screaming and calling the fire department.
But, no - not Jason’s mom. Nope. Jason’s mom just gave a little cough as if to say, “Hey, you pot heads aren’t fooling me.” Then utilizing her magnificent Baltimorean accent to shout down the stairs - “Jason, there better not be any beer down there!” - before immediately shutting the door again. What? What had just happened? Had his mom just OK’d marijuana use over alcohol? What? Had we just found the holy grail of high school hang-outs? We weren’t sure how much trouble we’d get in for beer, but apparently we could blaze the night away with no issues.
I WILL NEVER forget walking home that night with my two best friends, talking about how cool Jason’s parents were. None of us smoked marijuana ourselves. The idea of parents smoking it was radical. Our parents smoked cigarettes and drank, some might say excessively, and even though some of our parents let us teens drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes at home, that still didn’t make them cool. They were still losers.
But Jason’s parents washed their bongs in the dishwasher next to their coffee cups. I mean, they were lawyers openly smoking marijuana in their house without guilt or apology. That seemed so bad-ass. So mysterious. We were fascinated. They were so cool. For sure, Jason’s parents were the cool parents.
Fast forward 30 years, and now I’m the mom storing rigs next to wine glasses, but I think it’s definitely different now. Neither my kids nor their friends are interested in me or my Cannabis use at all. They definitely aren’t fascinated.
Nothing I do is going to make me the cool parent. That’s OK. Our kids are growing up in a community which decided to demystify Cannabis and put legalization to the test. Of course we all had concerns about how it would impact our children’s attitudes towards recreational marijuana use, but judging from my kids’ attitudes, if anything, legalizing medical Cannabis use has almost made using it uncool. My kids are about as interested in rolling joints as we were in mixing martinis when we were teenagers. After all, who wants to party like their parents?
In an odd way, I think we might be beginning to actually gain some ground in the war on drugs. Shhh...don’t tell the kiddos.
-Dysco
JASON’S PARENTS LISTENED TO COOL MUSIC AND USED SLANG. THEY SMOKED MARIJUANA OPENLY IN THEIR HOUSE. HOWEVER, ASIDE FROM THE OCCASIONAL BEER, THEY WERE NOT DRINKERS - AND WHILE THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH JASON AND HIS FRIENDS SMOKING WEED IN THE BASEMENT - GOD FORBID ANYONE SNUCK BEER IN THROUGH THE BASEMENT DOOR.
