Lately, my family has been asking me what percentage of the cooking Dan does vs. what I do. Um it’s like 98% Dan 2% me. Well, that might be giving me a lot more credit than I need. But Friday night I was cooking more than Dan :)
I am embarrassed to say that I don’t know how to use the food processor. We never had one growing up, and Dan does all the real cooking in our house! It took me a half hour to realize that the top was on backwards! Oops!
I did realize though that streaming NPR through my Droid while I cooked made the time really enjoyable! What did I make you ask? Two recipes that Ashley shared with us at the CO blogger get together. Curry Honey Hummus and Peanut Butter Dough Balls. I made some changes and they both came out great! I am always on the hunt for more real fiber in my diet and so I added more chia seeds and some dried figs. Of course, I totally forgot to add the peanut butter. Oops. I rectified it but the balls were a little crumbly, but a lot delicious. I’ll share the recipe soon!
The hummus was so.easy. Except that I couldn’t find tahini. I read somewhere that peanut butter was a (not awesome, but doable) replacement, so I did that. It turned out great. I may have been caught dipping carrots into the hummus all night.
Yum! This is perfect with carrots. Which totally look like cheetos, so I’m sure I won’t miss the cheetos, right?
Of course Dan did make us dinner. He made the first recipe I ever posted on here. easy roasted shrimp. This is such a delicious recipe.
(note: there is a TON of oil in the ramekin-That is what was left over in the pan after the shrimp was finished. That oil did not all get eaten. I think between the two of us maybe 5 T got eaten out of the ramekin, now we need to figure out how to dispose of it!)
Before all of that, I needed to get a workout in. I didn’t want to run, so I took a walk, first I was just going to do an hour, but then I decided to double the mileage too and I got 4 miles in in one hour. Felt great!
I also ate breakfast and lunch, but I forgot to photograph it because I was so busy in the morning at work. I left early to see the eye doctor and it turns out that the contacts were too big and suffocating my eye. I guess my eyes are more sensitive than most and as I get older I may have to give up contacts all together. For the meantime he is prescribing me a smaller size of contacts(diameter). Hopefully I’ll be able to wear contacts in 7-10 days when the contacts come in!
Do you have dry eyes? What do you do about it? If you use them, what brand of eye drops do you prefer?
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