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I think I mentioned somewhere that I spent a fair portion of my weekend cleaning the kitchen. I'm talking wash down the walls and scrub-the-windowsills clean. Anyway, it's all gone to waste now, since I've spent most of today in my kitchen, using it and making it lived-in again. Apparently, my default mode when I'm out of work is "cook all the things".
Yesterday I decided that I wanted to make a smoky split pea soup, since the temperature has suddenly dropped 20 degrees and it actually feels autumn-ly. Of course, smoked tofu is nowhere to be found around here, and even it were, it'd be a waste of money, so I took some leftover tofu, marinated it in tamari, liquid smoke, and a tad of olive oil for a few hours, and am baking it (one day, I'll own a grill so I can truly smoke it). We'll have the split pea soup for supper.
Since I've been in the mood for soups lately, and I'm a bit head over heels for this 7 vegetable and cheese soup, so I made a batch of that, as well, that I've poured into old spaghetti jars and put in my fridge to eating for lunch during the week.
I also put on a batch of pinto beans to simmer, which is not very exciting, but my freezer stock is nearly depleted. And because I had a dream about going running this morning (before it started POURING ALL THE RAINS), I made a batch of these granola bars. These tasty okay, but they did not cut nicely into bars for me, so we have granola chunks. That may be because I was out of peanut butter, and used almond butter, which is less creamy/sticky, in my experience.
In other news, the iPod nano that I ordered (used) came in the mail and appears to be functioning fully (and mostly scratch-free), so I've started loading it with songs for my runs. Also, given the shift in weather, I stepped out this morning to pick up some inexpensive long-sleeved running gear. I figured this is a good investment if it will keep me running, because running helps me to decompress and stay sane right now.
And now I'm going to try to relax for a bit, as I have a limited number of spoons left and several hours until bedtime.
♥
Yesterday I decided that I wanted to make a smoky split pea soup, since the temperature has suddenly dropped 20 degrees and it actually feels autumn-ly. Of course, smoked tofu is nowhere to be found around here, and even it were, it'd be a waste of money, so I took some leftover tofu, marinated it in tamari, liquid smoke, and a tad of olive oil for a few hours, and am baking it (one day, I'll own a grill so I can truly smoke it). We'll have the split pea soup for supper.
Since I've been in the mood for soups lately, and I'm a bit head over heels for this 7 vegetable and cheese soup, so I made a batch of that, as well, that I've poured into old spaghetti jars and put in my fridge to eating for lunch during the week.
I also put on a batch of pinto beans to simmer, which is not very exciting, but my freezer stock is nearly depleted. And because I had a dream about going running this morning (before it started POURING ALL THE RAINS), I made a batch of these granola bars. These tasty okay, but they did not cut nicely into bars for me, so we have granola chunks. That may be because I was out of peanut butter, and used almond butter, which is less creamy/sticky, in my experience.
In other news, the iPod nano that I ordered (used) came in the mail and appears to be functioning fully (and mostly scratch-free), so I've started loading it with songs for my runs. Also, given the shift in weather, I stepped out this morning to pick up some inexpensive long-sleeved running gear. I figured this is a good investment if it will keep me running, because running helps me to decompress and stay sane right now.
And now I'm going to try to relax for a bit, as I have a limited number of spoons left and several hours until bedtime.
♥
