Wednesday morning I held a brunch for my ukulele group. I had all the right stuff--bagels, cream cheese, lox, coffee and mimosas. Then we spent some time jamming. The morning was the awesome part of my day.
My body actually doesn't like salmon and I know this, but I have eaten it without barfing before and therefore I tend to keep trying. In other words, I'm an idiot. My stomach reminded me that it trumps my taste buds so I spent the evening in bed recuperating. I wasn't ill enough to feel totally awful, just bad enough to skip dinner and wish like hell that we had a TV so I could veg out in front of it.
Having no trashy novels on my bed stand (having read them already) I grabbed one of my magazines and boy after a few minutes I was glad to have a sick day. I spent 6:30 PM on reading by myself in my bedroom while the kids and Keith were playing Taboo in the other room (even the constant buzzer sound wasn't annoying, that's how engrossed I was). This is just my second issue of Uppercase. It's a beautiful magazine in all aspects. If you like fonts, graphics, good design, etc, this mag is for you. The articles are all creative-leaning with a touch of nerd. It's not cheap though, which is my only hiccup over it. But when it arrives it's like opening a present.
After having spent Wednesday night in bed, I was up for making a super healthy dinner Thursday. I have a friend that always posts his dinner creations (you know who you are) and after I made my own version I had to laugh--this is not the dream dinner of many, but it is mine. Lentils, bulghur wheat and wilted kale all drizzled with a tahini-umeboshi dressing. The recipe is from Cooking with the Right Side of the Brain by Vicki Rae Chelf and here it is:
Tahini-Umeboshi Dressing
1/2 c water
3-4 medium umeboshi plums, or 3 Tbs umeboshi paste
1/4 c tahini
whirl in food professor. Server over salad, or in my case, anything.
My body actually doesn't like salmon and I know this, but I have eaten it without barfing before and therefore I tend to keep trying. In other words, I'm an idiot. My stomach reminded me that it trumps my taste buds so I spent the evening in bed recuperating. I wasn't ill enough to feel totally awful, just bad enough to skip dinner and wish like hell that we had a TV so I could veg out in front of it.
Having no trashy novels on my bed stand (having read them already) I grabbed one of my magazines and boy after a few minutes I was glad to have a sick day. I spent 6:30 PM on reading by myself in my bedroom while the kids and Keith were playing Taboo in the other room (even the constant buzzer sound wasn't annoying, that's how engrossed I was). This is just my second issue of Uppercase. It's a beautiful magazine in all aspects. If you like fonts, graphics, good design, etc, this mag is for you. The articles are all creative-leaning with a touch of nerd. It's not cheap though, which is my only hiccup over it. But when it arrives it's like opening a present. |
| "Recovery Dinner" Thursday night |
Tahini-Umeboshi Dressing
1/2 c water
3-4 medium umeboshi plums, or 3 Tbs umeboshi paste
1/4 c tahini
whirl in food professor. Server over salad, or in my case, anything.
4 comments:
Just tried this dressing today, and it is delicious!
Oh good! We basically had this same dinner last night, right down to the dressing. Glad you like it!
Hi Cathy! I found your blog thru ahufford. I sure miss you guys!
Ditto on that!
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