Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Day 5: There will be a quiz at the end

Howdy, folks!

I hope everyone had some delicious day 5 tacos...we sure did!  Maybe ya'll could use this recipe some other time.  It was much tastier than you'd think just by looking at the ingredients.  Here's a picture of our Ricotta Spinach Tacos:

 A vegetarian treat, I added mushrooms to the recipe to give it a little more meaty substance.  It's basically spinach, mushrooms, onions and garlic with a dollop of ricotta mixed with cilantro and raw garlic.  Then it's drizzled with salsa verde.  We used soft corn tortillas.  I highly recommend it!

I haven't used my hard shell maker in a few days.  Owning it sort of makes eating soft shells feel like cheating.

We had roasted garlic and rosemary potatoes, recipe courtesy of the Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook.  I know it's nerdy, so back off.  Actually, I almost got 3 copies for Christmas last year.  Bre gave me it first as a secret santa present.  Then Derek and my mom both had to find something to do with the copies they'd bought me.  I think Derek gave his to a friend.  I believe my mom kept hers for herself.  I love it.  I've tried several of the recipes, and mostly they've been super tasty.  This roasted potato recipe has become a go-to side dish at our house.  Last night they ended up a little overcooked, which has never happened before.  Apparently I should look in on them a little more often.

Overdone potatoes notwithstanding, I managed to finish cooking everything all at once.  It was a rare and amazing thing.  Usually most of the meal is ready and then I have to wait 20 minutes for something to come out of the oven. 

Wow, lookit all that stuff I just wrote about food!  I managed to stay on topic for, like, paragraphs

Before I go get ready for work, I'd like to share with you some new vocabulary today.

Pain Shorts:  noun.  Stiff or sore glutes, thighs, and lower abs.  When the muscles where shorts usually cover are all sore. 

I've been wearing pain shorts for a couple of days.  Last nights yoga class was especially difficult at certain points because of them.  I was just thinking this morning that I haven't been completely not stiff anywhere for atleast a couple of weeks.  I'm not especially fond of being sore, but it's not worth it to stop exercising until I feel unstiff again, because it would be so much worse when I started again.

Ok, I'm off.  And now that we've all acknowledged that I have a thing for Harry Potter, lets take a moment to be excited that HP 7.1 comes out on DVD in 9 days!  Yay!!

1 comment:

  1. Imight have to start making tacos, since we now have a nice kitchen and most of our stuff in the new house and Internet! Your recipes are inspiring and so are your workouts. I think you are working out enough for both of us. Thanks! My sympathies on our pain shorts.

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