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December 26, 2006
Jack Daniels In My Hair
Hmmmm... an unusual blog title for a CR practitioner, I'm sure you're thinking.
This morning when we woke up, MR kissed my head, as is traditional, and said, "Your hair smells delicious but odd."
"It's the Jack Daniels," I replied. We've done this before: I make my CR version of my Tennessee native step-mother's Jack Daniels sweet potatoes, and somehow, the stuff gets in my hair. The next day, my hair has the sweet smell of Tennessee whiskey.
Last night we did the big Christmas dinner at MR's mom's house. I made Jack Daniels sweet potatoes and ginger cranberry relish. MR's brother and mom roasted a fantastic free range organic turkey. MR made mashed cauliflower and pumpkin flan. MR's step-dad served his homemade wine. MR and I ate our own low cal gravy while MR's mom made regular gravy and stuffing for the rest of the folks. My mom steamed broccolli with lemon on the side. I constructed a 500 calorie dinner for myself, skipping the pumpkin pie because I hate nutmeg but leaving room in my daily budget for an extra glass of wine (on top of the 500 cals of delicious food -- I did this by saving up earlier in the day.) MR had 639 calories, as always.
We've had a wonderful holiday in Canada with MR's mom, step-father, dad, step-mother, brother, sister-in-law, their two kids (Who are soooooo smart and fun! One of them is a D&D playing mini-MR, possibly a candidate for CR after he's 21 and his brain is fully developed) and my mom. My mom and I are flying home tonight, since I have to be at work tomorrow morning at nine. MR is staying till Friday.
I had a taco salad with chicken in the airport at a Mexican place with a salsa bar. We're getting in late and I'm already tired since we all stayed up late last night, but I woke up at 5 am and have been up ever since. It's going to be hard to go back to work after such a nice holiday, but I'm looking forward to seeing the kitties!
Here's how you make the Jack Daniels sweet potatoes in a CR-friendly way:
Serves 6 as a side dish:
489 g sweet potatoes
300 g pumpkin
100 mLs Jack Daniels
the juice of one tangerine
Steam the sweet potatoes in the microwave in a container with a lid until they're squishy. Mash with the pumpkin and Jack until smooth. Heat in a pot on the stove and add the tangerine juice. Allow to simmer for about half an hour, stirring frequently to make sure it doesn't burn to the bottom of the pot and remains smooth. Serve piping hot! You can vary the amounts of pumpkin and sweet potato to taste and nutritional requirement. Using some pumpkin dramatically reduces the total calories, and there is no need for sugar, sweetener or butter.
Cranberry ginger relish:
Boil two to three bags of cranberries in water till they pop and are oozing liquid. Add about a tablespoon minced fresh ginger and the juice of two tangerines (you could use a sweet mandarin orange.) Sweeten to taste with sucralose/Splenda. Chill and serve in a pretty glass dish.
Wow, we've had a lot of holidays this year. Canadian Thanksgiving, American Thanksgiving, and now two Christmases. I may have to make a big feast for MLK Day in January just to keep the festival going!
Gotta go... time to get on a plane!
Posted by april at December 26, 2006 7:48 PM
Comments
sounds like a wondeful holiday and great food to me. I am only sorry that you couldn't stay longer but have to go to work so early darlingimu!
You need a proper holiday and you'll get that in the summer of 2007, so, just hang on 'till then love.
z.
Posted by: istanbulwitchy at December 26, 2006 7:08 PM
You really should stay out of those salsa bars. All that sexy dancing and Cuba Libres will tire a girl right out! JD ;-)
Posted by: Judith at December 27, 2006 10:40 AM