issue 09 / volume 41 Meatless Monday: Nut bread » A teatime classic to munch on between finals life & style // 17 "a. Brittney MacDonald @% Life & Style Editor M lifeandstyle @theotherpress.ca or Meatless Monday recipes, I usually try to avoid doing desserts—one, because finding a meatless dessert is not hard, and two, because I don’t have much of a sweet tooth soI don’t : often make them. One thing I will admit to having a weakness for is my mom’s nut bread, though. So as a before-finals treat, I'll offer the recipe to you. Though not wholly healthy, it does have a lot of protein and can be eaten almost any time of day if you find yourself low on energy; great for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as those pesky study sessions in between. Begin by preheating your oven to 350F. Grease and flour your loaf pan then set it aside for later. Crack the egg into the milk and use a fork to thoroughly mix them together. After Ingredients: 2% cups flour 1 cup sugar 3 4 tsp. baking powder 1tsp. salt : ingredients into a large : and egg mixture with the dry : ingredients, and then add the : olive oil. Put it into the mixer : and beat it on medium speed : for about 30 seconds, using : a spatula to scrape down any : the bowl. : When it’s done, use your : spatula again to make sure that : flour. If there are, give it a stir : and then put it in the mixer : for another 30 seconds. Repeat : until everything is evenly : mixed. Once you're happy with : : pan, and bake for approximately ; mixing bowl. Combine the milk : << minutes. Check its doneness : by inserting a butter knife, : toothpick, or cake tester into : the centre. If the end comes : out clean, your nut bread is : finished; if not, leave it in there : : fora while longer. : batter that creeps up the side of : wW #DOUGLIFE Share your photos with us on Instagram using the hashtag #DougLife, for a chance to be featured in the paper! < goto oR VA a8 shannon coverdale ( Watching movies and eating free dounuts is my fav sort of college class @ @ @ cougiiie 3 tbsp. olive oil 14 cups milk 1egg 1 cup chopped walnuts Photo by Brittney MacDonald Once done, attempt to get : the nut bread out of the loaf : pan and onto a cooling rack : . : as soonas possible. You might : there are no pockets of unmixed : have to leave it in the pan for : a little bit before it will come : away from the edges cleanly. : Leave it for about 30 minutes before slicing and serving. oo 6 + tt « This week’s photo is from Shannon Coverdale Traditionally this is served : with butter, honey, cream that, combine all of your dry your batter pour it into your loaf : : cheese, or jam spread on top. Fighting Fit: Drive-thru dojos? » Avoiding the quacks of the expanding martial arts scene Adam Tatelman Staff Writer : a little more combative. : Muscular endurance is covered: : by the calisthenic nature of most : : fighting drills, and even oft- : : neglected aspects like agility and : the sort of person wholll break —_: coordination are promoted by a bottle over a toothless biker’s —_: footwork and striking precision. head ina seedy bar, although the : Ideally, the martial artsare thought crosses my mind from —_! an oxymoron in form, substance, : time to time. No, I enjoy the : and name, teaching you both sense of camaraderie that comes : how to fight, as well as the from a good match against : control to know you shouldn't someone who's as good or better: choose to lightly. I’m okay with at kicking ass than myself. : that. What I’m not okay with Due to the popularity of : are McDojos. You know, the UFC-type programming there's: ones that make you a certified been a reinvigorated interestin : black belt after three months the martial arts. Tons of dojos —_! of noncommittal attendance. have opened throughout the : These supposed masters churn Lower Mainland, and many are —_: out students who havea false ideally situated for the busy : sense of confidence and are Douglas College student who : not prepared for self-defence wants to get some cardio in : scenarios, then pocket excessive after three grueling hours of : fees for their substandard : 10 years of practice with CompSci inertia. Martial arts : instruction. In 19308 Foshan, a professionally run non- are an especially efficient form —_: martial arts practice wasa social : profit martial organization, of exercise, as they address a : community event. It could : . : COW : so recognizing the signs of number of different aspects of : be that we are experiencing a : McDojo quackery isa simple physical fitness simultaneously. : similar renaissance hereinthe — : comparison. For this column Cardiovascular endurance isa: West, butinanyaffluenttime : | plan to visit a new dojo each given—if you've ever watched a: there are bound to bea few : week, then determine if it’s boxing match, you know what I bottom feeders leeching off the : just in it to make a quick buck, mean. If you want to train your — success of true experts. : or to honestly teach someone flexibility but find yoga pants Asa “Shodan” (first-degree: . . : : something chafe, you might try something — : black belt) in Canada Shotokan In times long since, the eople misunderstand when I say I like to fight. I’m not : Karate, I have attended over : great masters of martial schools : : would seek one another out : : and duel. The outcome of these : or losing was immaterial, : because it was the experience of : : testing oneself that mattered. : Tadmit it makes me giddy to : think that I may be embarking : upona modern rendition of : such a martial pilgrimage. Any : kid who ever wanted to bea : Power Ranger could relate. Photo from Premiere.fr There are a lot of styles out : there that I want to practice, so : tese : this article is perhaps in service : duels was kept a secret; winning : : to myself as much as those who : might take a recommendation : from it. After all, a decade of : only karate is bound to get a : little stale. Tune in next week : for my comprehensive review : of Academie Duello, the : downtown school for Italian : swordplay.