– Recently, all my at-home dinner planning has gone like this: ‘Okay, a huge pile of broccoli, asparagus, and kale. What goes with that?’ Last night, I sauteed everything with onion, shiitake mushrooms, and a couple slices of fake bacon (and had a cranbran VitaTop on the side). Tonight I sauteed the green veg with onion, chickpeas, and black olives (with Ezekiel sesame toast on the side). I season everything with soy sauce, nutritional yeast, cumin, and chili powder. If I were allowed to use only two spices in cooking (not baking), I think they’d have to be chili powder and cumin. Until somebody else suggests something, in which case I’ll change my mind.
– Katie asked about the races I’ve entered. I’ve only ever run one 5k, which was the Race for Life in London. That was in 2006, and it was the reason I started running in the first place. I think I saw an ad for the race on the Tube and decided that it would be a good goal to aim for. I continued to run on a treadmill after that, although I stopped when I moved into my house. I joined the gym in December 2007, I think, and started running again, but then got plantar fasciitis and switched to yoga and elliptical for a long time. Last winter, I was determined to get back to running for real and enter races, but… I didn’t. So right now is the first time that I’m back to routinely running 5k (3.1 miles) on the treadmill since 2006. Entering the races has definitely given my motivation a boost, especially since I’m now training for a 10k!
– Yesterday, Alex hosted the be all and end all of Sunday brunches. Rainbow pancakes. With — wait for it — edible glitter. It’s definitely bizarre (and awesome!) to eat something so vibrantly hued, but it really didn’t take very much gel dye to color the pancake batter. Everybody’s Sunday was enriched. And Alex, you should let me come over some time and take photos of your house. We can have a special house-tour entry.
– You know what? I feel great. It’s been sunny (well, not right now, because it’s 11:30pm, but generally… during the day), I’ve been running, I’m on track with work, I have amusing friends, I get to wake up tomorrow and eat oatmeal and do a runner’s yoga download. Things aren’t too bad.
I would definitely choose chili and cumin too. curry powder would be a close third.
And thanks for answering my questions!
I love hearing about people who are happy. Yay for you!
Dude! You can photograph mah house any time you please. House-tour-entry! OOH! My hot pink loveseat is gonna be famous. Erm. That sounded kinda dirty. Not a euphemism, people! I really DO have a hot pink loveseat.