“Oh, look! You’re taking pictures of food again!” Hah, hah, Better Half, very funny. Or not. I’ve been doing all sorts of things I used to do again. Like, oh, say, cooking dinner. And then taking pictures of it. For that to be “normal” is a judge of how far off I’ve been.
As far as dinner goes, this is really a mish-mash, a “holy crap, I need to make room in the fridge for Thanksgiving” kind of dinner. Frozen tuna steaks, thawed and baked in a mayo/lemon zest/lemon juice/black pepper mush (a rip off of some “preserved lemon aioli fish bake” I saw in last month’s Food and Wine, I mean, come on, aioli is mayo), with some TJ’s brown rice/black barley whole grain blend, and some baby spinach tossed in hot olive oil until wilted in a saute pan with a whole mess of chopped parsley, red pepper flakes, and the tail end of a jar of capers.
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I am grateful for the little man who sells hot-popped popcorn at the entrance to the subway station near my work. I don’t always buy it, but it always hits the spot, and at $1.00 a bag and a sweet smile as he scoops it all in, who cares if you finish the bag.
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Overheard on the train today. “Yeah, that’s the problem with child support, man. They’re always after your Lexus.”
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Is it pathetic that instead of just tossing these trouser socks I was wearing today that kept falling down, and wearing my shoes barefoot all day (after all, I wasn’t going to be seeing clients), I actually got out some rubber bands and slipped them over my socks to make them stay up the rest of the day? I made sock garters, internets. It’s either pathetic, or a sign of how badly my work neighborhood needs a drugstore with a hosiery aisle. Maybe both.
glad to have you back!!!!
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Oh. My. God. That brown rice looks amazing. I’m going to have to check my local TJ’s. Also, I’m glad you’re snapping pictures of food again.
Mmm, that food looks so good. Can I come over and have some?
I think I’m hungry.
As for the sock garters, I think MacGyver would be proud. Why buy something when you can rig something up out of office supplies?
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I was wondering what those round things were on the spinach! Looks delish
Glad you’re back, btw. Did you notice yourself on my blog today?
LOL I totally remember using rubber bands to hold up my knee socks … and they hurt!!!
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Happy to see you back to something like normal.
And please, throw those socks out.
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man that looks beautiful, especially that spinach!
yes, aioli is mayoli.
(I have no comment on the rubber bands. I have utilized my own MacGuyver type measures from time to time. I am not one to judge)
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Didn’t the rubber bands hurt your legs? I say, to heck with socks! Of course, if your hometown is as cold as mine right now, I can see why you wouldn’t want to be sans socks lately.
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Damn socks. I just try not to wear them unless it gets super cold.
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Perhaps you can guest post on my blog while I whip my ass back into shape. Time for new meds — hooray! ugh.