{"id":3786,"date":"2009-02-23T19:59:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T23:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2009-02-24T12:27:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:27:36","slug":"february-23rd-2009-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/02\/february-23rd-2009-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"February 23rd, 2009: Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys!\u00a0 Laundry is done (the clothes at least) but still needs folded.\u00a0 And I’m still going strong.\u00a0 I have some more things to work on and chores to get done which include cutting Scott’s hair and moving the office around.\u00a0 I’m also trying not to be stressed because some drama has popped up and I HATE dealing with drama in my life.\u00a0 It throws things out of whack and makes me want to run away somewhere and hide until it’s over.\u00a0 Preferably that “somewhere” has a hot tub and allows me to have access to wine. Anyway, I’m desperately trying to not let it stress me the hell out.\u00a0 In the middle of doing chores, I took a small snack break.<\/p>\n

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Two prunes and three TrueNorth crack squares.<\/p>\n

Scott and I were talking about (albeit very vaguely but I’m pretending it was serious because that makes me happy) planning out a road trip so we can start exploring some different areas for potential living.\u00a0 I love when we talk about moving because it means getting away from here and possibly finding our “forever” home and setting up shop.\u00a0 I’m ready to put down roots some place and make a “home”.\u00a0 The tricky part with road tripping is Rocks because he goes with us.\u00a0 So that means pet friendly hotels which aren’t always high quality if you get what I’m saying.\u00a0 But like I said, it was just in the “talking” stage but I still squeed a tiny bit inside.<\/p>\n

Moving along, this drama also involves Scott, which means Scott is having a craptastic day.\u00a0 I dislike when Scott has a craptastic day because he’s so easy going and just goes with the flow.\u00a0 If something is bothering him then it’s a pretty big deal and really<\/em> bothering him, if that makes any sense.\u00a0 Usually when this happens, I hit the kitchen (along with other things, but let’s keep this PG folks!) and make him one of his favorite things.\u00a0 Today I just happened to have all of the right ingredients for a spicy and cheesy chicken soup.\u00a0 So that’s what we had!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a very blurry pic of me making the soup.\u00a0 There are so many hilarious things about this picture but I’m pointing out one.\u00a0 Don’t I look gigantor standing there, like I’m towering over Gracie (Gracie is my range)?\u00a0 Gracious!\u00a0 I’m only 5’6″ folks, far from towering over anything.\u00a0 Okay, I’m pointing out another, this is a rare pic of me wearing a long-sleeved shirt while cooking.\u00a0 A sweatshirt no less!\u00a0 For the record I typically cook wearing a tee-shirt because anything else gets in my way and on my nerves.\u00a0 Some of those outrageous outfits that Sandra Lee wears (yes I said it, outrageous) while she cooks usually sends me into fits of yelling at the TV.\u00a0 Because who wears lace doilies on their arms when they cook?\u00a0 Honestly.\u00a0 So I can’t even tell you what’s going on here.\u00a0 Maybe I was cold?\u00a0 Maybe the sweatshirt was staying put?\u00a0 Because you’ll notice I do have it pushed up my arms to help get it out of the way.\u00a0 Apparently my hair was extra flippy today as well.<\/p>\n

But you came to see dinner! ;)<\/p>\n

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I had a small scoop of the soup, maybe 1\/2C, along with a small bit of coleslaw, and a salad.\u00a0 Salad was of the favorite variety with a small twist:<\/p>\n

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  • Romaine<\/li>\n
  • Spinach<\/li>\n
  • Sunflower and pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n
  • Cranberries<\/li>\n
  • Blueberry granola<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 of a banana sliced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Drizzled with fig balsamic and olive oil.\u00a0 This was my first time putting sliced banana in my salad.\u00a0 Scott didn’t eat the other half of my banana this morning with his yogurt and I didn’t want it to go to waste.\u00a0 In the salad it went.\u00a0 It was awesome!\u00a0 Didn’t seem out of place at all and really sort of gave the salad a little creaminess here and there.\u00a0 I was pretty pleased with dinner today.\u00a0 Filling with enough variety to keep me interested.\u00a0 Because I had different things each in their own bowls, it felt a little decadent being able to pick between them, eating a little of this and a little of that. :D<\/p>\n

    Now I must go and finish my chores. *groan*\u00a0 And then it’s jammie time and reading in bed!<\/p>\n

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    Excuse me, but I'm trying to watch mom cook dinner. Somepeople.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hi guys!\u00a0 Laundry is done (the clothes at least) but still needs folded.\u00a0 And I’m still going strong.\u00a0 I have some more things to work on and chores to get done which include cutting Scott’s hair and moving the office around.\u00a0 I’m also trying not to be stressed because some drama has popped up and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-Z4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}