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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Cleaning Out The Cabinets, In Pictures

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Breakfast: Sprouted Wheat English Muffins with Fried Eggs (and messy yolk)

Lunch:  Leftover Black & Bleu Salad

Dinner: Leftover Black Bean Salad (sans cheese & avocado)

Dessert:  Leftover Birthday Cake

Holy leftovers!  As the move date gets closer and more boxes get packed, leftovers and simple meals will be as sure as the sun in this kitchen.  Luckily, I am obsessed with salads these days, which will prevent my pantry from being stocked with ingredients that will eventually need to be packed.

Have you written about any good salad combos lately?  Link me up!

My Black & Bleu

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You know, I bought a 20 class yoga card at Yogani on 7/18/2009, just three days after moving back to Tampa from Dallas.  That class card should have been all sorts of used up by say…  August, maybe September, of 2009.  But it wasn’t.  I renewed the card on 1/20/2010 and, embarrassingly, again on 4/19/2011.  I think the lady at the counter felt badly for me at that point and set my new class card to expire on 12/2/2036.

Tonight, I decided to use up the remaining classes (for real this time) before I head back to Texas.  Even though there’s always a chance I’ll end up back in Tampa sometime between now and 2036, let’s not hope for that.

After yoga, I headed to the market to pick up ingredients for my version of a Black & Bleu.

I may or may not have had this song stuck in my head as I cruised through the aisles.

I scooped up the bluest bleu I could find and headed home to sauté portobellos in coconut oil.  I sprinkled garlic salt and crushed red pepper liberally and let them finish cooking.  I topped mixed greens with the heavily seasoned shrooms and cheese and called it a meal.

I intentionally over-seasoned the mushrooms (beware of pepper sneezes!) so there wasn’t a need for dressing.  And with all the umami-ness going on, this was quite possibly the easiest, meat-free, meatiest salad on earth!

Sealing The Deal

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I officially signed a lease for a place in Austin today!!  After a week (that seemed like a month) of potential roommate talk, living alone seemed like the right-est thing to do.  I took a courtesy tour of the apartment complex, knowing I had no other option in my location of choice, and signed my little heart away.

Immediately after signing, the apartment manager handed me a little red keychain and a list of places that offer specials to residents.  For real??  We didn’t waste any time before walking over to TNT (Tacos & Tequila) for wild mushroom queso, jalapeno cocktails, smoky guacamole (made table-side), and lots of tacos.

See you soon 78703!!!