When I was in Toronto in November, the bff and I went to Fresh, a restaurant originally discovered by our mutual friend Ka. It's a gourmet vegetarian / vegan restaurant, and while I love meat, this was a great change for a night. I ordered the Warrior Bowl and devoured it.
About a month ago I attempted this dish, without instruction (strictly memory and imagination), and it turned out quite nice (keep in mind it's not really a Warrior Bowl, but we'll call it A.Co's version). Tonight I was craving it (especially since I knew I had a fresh blueberry pie waiting for me for dessert!) and wanted something healthy. Here's the how-to:
You will need:
Spinach
Chickpeas (I used kidney beans last time in a pinch)
Brown rice
Peanut Sauce
How to:
1. Cook your rice (I used about 1 cup)
2. When the rice is almost ready, saute the spinach (I used 4 big handfuls) and chickpeas (1 can) in a wok
3. Spoon in 2-3 heaping spoonfuls of peanut sauce into the wok
4. Mix in the rice
5. Add pepper to taste (I also added curry powder - be creative!) & enjoy
I only had about a large spoonful of peanut sauce so I improvised
and added two large spoonfuls of peanut butter - it works!
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Joe Fresh jacket, Stitches top (last seen here), Bongo pants (last seen here), Promise heels (last seen here),
Emily Elizabeth necklace, Swatch watch & Aldo ring
I asked hubs to snap my photo with this outfit (as I've been totally slacking on outfit photos as of late, did you notice? I know you did. And it's not because I don't want to capture my outfits, it's just been bad timing lately) and handed him the camera. The rest of the conversation went like this:
Hubs: Uh oh... change battery pack.
Me: What?!
Hubs: Change battery pack.
Me: No. You're kidding. It doesn't say that.
Hubs: (showing me the camera screen) Yes, it says 'change battery pack'.
Me: Well, we gotta capture this apple-green-ness that's happening here. Let's use your iPhone.
And so we did. Hence the semi-blurry photos, but I'll take 'em (hopefully you will too? Ha, you have no choice I suppose).
On a clothing note, I was told by about 5 people how 'springy' I looked when wearing this jacket and while there is still tons of snow on the ground and spring seems years away, I can dream... and dress for it.
So I'm back home from my weekend away. The party was fun and it was great to see family. Lots of driving though (about 5 hours each way) but fortunately my Dad did all the driving and we hitched a ride. Feels like I barely got a weekend because there was so much traveling! I guess this coming weekend can't come soon enough (look at me, wishing the days away - oops).
I've never...
...been to Europe
...not been into clothes
...been into white wine but am a fan of red
PS - Just wanted to address how I used the word 'retard' in this post.
I know some of you didn't like that very much, and I do feel bad that it was something that made you speak up.
I certainly didn't mean it in a demeaning way, but alas it seems to have come across that way.
I'll be more considerate next time :)
We are out of town this weekend for my Uncle's 60th birthday. We are back at the hotel now and I had to snap some shots of this place. We always stay here and were expecting the usual low-budget digs (aka floral everything) - turns out, they've totally revamped the place and it looks awesome. Super modern and chic, and the rooms are no different.
On our way here, we were ahead of schedule (which was great considering we left at 6:45am) so we were able to stop at (my fave) H&M. I picked up several things (I'll show you those later) but it was a mad dash. I had 45 minutes to shop the massive store, try on (30 items) and pay - it was very rushed, but I'm so grateful I got to go. We then checked into our hotel and headed to the party. Great people, spread and afternoon. After the party today, we went out to eat with the whole fam to Tuckers Marketplace. I ate so much, my jeans are very snug, however, so worth it - what a great meal. Tomorrow we head back home and I'm excited to get home, but we've got a long drive ahead of us.
It's been snowing like crazy here. All day, all night yesterday. Kind of reminds me of this day last year. I got home from work and there at least a foot of snow to shovel. Fortunately, hubs had already started and was a good portion of the way through, but still (and yes, the second picture is of our front lawn, pile about five feet high).
I'm just glad to be home, safe and sound as the driving was terrible today. Not only that, but even people who drive in snow seven months of the year can be retarded. This woman this morning decided to cross over four lanes of traffic at the last minute and totally cut me off, I came super close to sliding into her despite going around 40km/h - what an idiot. With snow, comes idiots... but then again, they say that also when it rains.
Photos taken with iPhone, modified with Instagram
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