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May 28, 2007
Memorial Day Cooking
It is so shocking to have a day off that I barely know what to do with myself.
For starters, I am wearing my Hello Kitty pajamas that my mother gave me for Mothers' Day. They are quite comfortable, and since I have no plans to leave the house, I can stay in them all day.
Second, I have done a ton of cleaning. The bathroom, kitchen counters, living room floor, are all sparkling. The laundry is making its way through the wash cycles. The upstairs carpets are next on the list.
Third, I have finally gotten the time to do some more creative cooking! For lunch, I made MR a Memorial Day taco salad. What does taco salad have to do with Memorial Day? Nothing. But I had time to make a multilayered dish due to the holiday.
Here's how it went, layer by layer, starting at the bottom:
Romaine
avocado
Quorn tenders
black beans
cooked eggwhites
tomatoes
green pepper
nonfat plain organic yogurt
Fajita spicy salsa
And between all the layers I shook in my various chili powders from my chili powder variety shaker. Ancho chili, New Mexico chili, Cayenne chili, habenero flakes, etc.
Topped with a teaspoon of olive oil.
It was a big hit. A great cool dish for a very hot day. It's near ninety here again today, and while our house is staying remarkably cool, MR is still sweltering. He hates our humidity. He will never get used to it, I fear. Much like my body couldn't take the dryness in Calgary... within four hours of landing on the plane, I'd have chapped and cracking lips and my skin would be flaking off. I am a girl of the humid east coast, and I like it this way.
Not sure yet what I'll make for dinner. I may do something red white and blue for the holiday, or maybe a variation on a cook out favorite, like my chili cheese Quorn dogs. In any event, it's lovely to have a tiny touch of time off.
Tomorrow, back to the grind. But I am very excited about our campaign in Scranton, Luke is coming back to work after his three weeks of leave with his new baby, and things are going well with contract negotiation prep at the place we just won. And I spent a half hour doing Pilates at home, having decided that I've got to keep up with my workouts no matter how long my work hours get.
Okay, off to attend to the bathroom carpets.
Posted by april at May 28, 2007 2:03 PM