Day 45 Gonna Get My Pesto On

Valentine's Day is upon us and instead of my beautifully planned stuffed mushrooms and macaroni with Gruyere, I had corn chips and salsa. I just didn't have time to be nice to my self today and was too pooped to cook anything, much less something amazing. But, there is a light in the Valentine's vortex of singledom. My co-workers hooked me up today with kitchen swag! First let me preface the gifts with this fun fact, I've had a dented can of garbanzo beans on my desk for about a month. Every day, I look at the can and wish that I had some magical tool to open it, every day,  nothing but empty wishes. Today, one of the girls presented me with a can opener for my can o' beans, to be used solely for work based opening issues. I was elated, but decided that the can looked rusty and could not chance a case of on the job botulism so, am saving the can opener for a cleaner and less fatal lunch. My next gift was a red rubber spatula, a baking scraper, and.....a mortar and pestle! That's right, the blog fairy answered my call, now I can crush things to my heart's content, spices, herbs, garlic, maybe grind some corn, who knows? My first experiment with this lovely tool will be Pesto and I have already found the perfect recipe, Asparagus Pesto with pasta! This, I will add to my original V-day meal, which will now be a post V-day creation, tomorrow night. Today was a great day and I can't wait to share my new pulverized creations with everyone Happy Valentine's Day!

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Day 38 Mangos and Yogurt and String Cheese Oh My

Today, I returned to the world of social working, after 6 long snowy days off. I have never been so happy to see other humans in my life! We all survived the blizzard so I wasn't upset to find the ceiling crumbled on the floor of my office, I didn't cringe at the unexpected arrival of new employees, with eager faces, awaiting instruction. I was ecstatic to spend my lunch sampling cheese at the grocery store, with a co-worker, and I was THRILLED to leisurely enjoy my eclectic snack fest of mangoes, avocados, and yogurt amidst some very entertaining people, back at the ranch. I have to say that I was not entirely happy when one of the newbies pointed to my fleece jacket and asked me what kind of cat I had, referring to the dog hair I happened to be wearing in what I thought was a pretty stylish manner. The tactless pointer outer was also eating McDonald's, in a very greasy and smelly way, needless to say, I was not impressed sir, not impressed at all.
On a happier note, Valentine's day is coming up and I have some pretty great ideas for a V-day menu. I'm thinking, a strawberry spinach salad, baked macaroni with Gruyere cheese, vegetable stuffed portabella mushrooms, and plum sorbet for dessert....ya I'm single, but I am going all out this year, a girl's gotta eat! I may share my leftovers with family, friends, and co-workers, if they are nice to me and/or buy me stuff in honor of this blessed Hallmark holiday.

Plum Sorbet

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