Happy Birthday to Me!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

So...yesterday was my 48th birthday! Dang - how did I get here?

I've always loved having my birthday at the end of May - I get a three day weekend for a present every year! To celebrate I revisited my youth by going to one of the club shows at the Punk Rock Bowling festival. Ran into some old friends from the California scene that I haven't seen since 1984 or so! It was fun to catch up! Saw a few old school bands - including The Dickies, who were the band I saw at my first punk show ever back in 1980. It kind of felt like everything was coming full circle. It all seems to be making me a little wistful (or maybe that's my raging peri-menopausal hormones - lol).

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Get In My Belly: 05/27 - o6/05/2012

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Whew! As the weather heats up here in Vegas - I start craving crisp, cool salads. I need to get more raw veggies in my diet - but also need to keep an eye on my protein intake, so I thought about making a Nicoise salad of some sort. I seemed to remember that I had seen a veganized tuna salad recipe that used chickpeas as a sub for the tuna, so I did a quick internet search

Found this instead: Tempeh Salad Nicoise from Whole Foods:
www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/217
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Looks pretty good! I've never cooked with tempeh from scratch - so this'll add another ingredient use to my ever expanding arsenal of goodness! There's a cool Wiki on the origins of tempeh - who knew it hailed from the island of Java?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempeh

Food facts are fascinating!

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Get In My Belly: 05/21 - o5/25/2012

Monday, May 21, 2012

Getting back on track despite my hormones not wanting to cooperate - so this week's vegan pre-portioned grab-n-go meal is Tofu Aloo Gobi (Potato and Cauliflower Curry) from the Vegan Express cookbook.

Here tofu stands in for paneer cheese - giving each portion the protein boost I so desperately need. There's 10 grams of protein in them there 177 calorie servings!

The recipe can be found here:
www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/view
s/Tofu-Aloo-Gobi-Cauliflower-and-Potat
o-Curry-368471

I would boost the spices a bit (I like my food bold and spicy) and the dish would benefit from a sprinkle of fresh lemon juice at the end to brighten the flavors. Overall though - decent enough for a no-frills mid-week vegan stick-to-your-ribs meal.

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Ugh. off the rails - trying to climb back on.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Ever since I came back from my trip to MN, I've been having a tough time staying on track. I think I have a major case of burn out on everything - from my job, to my band, to my gallery - and that is effecting my dedication to Spark as well. Hm.

Been feeling overly tired all week - but I suppose it could be hormonal. I've been feel blah all week. Haven't made it to the gym at all, just been wanting to sleep. A lot. And I can't.

I hope next week is better.

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Friday!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Finally! Friday!

Kind of burnt out from doing something after work every night this week: Monday - gym, Tuesday - co-op meeting then trivia, Wednesday - gym, Thursday - band rehearsal, Friday - gym then dinner with the husband to celebrate our 11 year 11 month wedding anniversary.

Saturday will be equally frantic because I'm trying to squeeze in a hair appointment, making a gallery map for the opening reception at the gallery later that night, then a show with my band after the gallery closes. Dang! Can I hire someone to sleep for me?