Dinner: It’s What’s For Dinner
September 21st, 2007 @ 13:57 by NormMonkey
We interrupt our tale of exporation to bring you this edition of “Pro at Cooking”:
Veggie Delight
Following The Black Mage’s game, “Pro at Cooking” (see here and here), allow me to present an Awesome Dinner.
Steamed brocolli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, asparagus and carrots, pads of butter melting on top and sprinkled lightly with parmesan cheese. An appetizer of bread with garlic/parmesan dipping oil accompanies.
As it turns out, the bread dip contains capers and thus our little meal here is not 100% vegetarian. Oh well.
Speaking of which, teh HunnyKitty and I are trying something new: we’re on a health diet. We’re being vegetarians for a month and starting up a new set of rules (see below). The vegetarian thing has nothing to do with trying to save cows or any such thing, it’s just a good way to help get into this new diet. We’ll bring meat back in once we’ve gotten used to eating healthier and eating less.
Rules:
- No meat for a month (including fish, but milk and eggs and such non-meaty things as vegans won’t touch are allowed)
Eliminate junk food
Eliminate refined sugars
Cut down on processed foods
Cut down on salt (nooo!)
Everything in moderation (i.e. a half block of cheese is out of the question)
The rules don’t apply with guests - if we’re visiting or being visited, we can get into the rum ‘n’ cokes, beers, chips ‘n’ dip, etc.
I also want to add in other healthy habits, such as going for a walk after dinner - or perhaps just before bed.
That is all from the health department. Now back to our regularly scheduled story of our Canada Day journey to Friendly Manitoba (formerly Sunny Manitoba for a brief four years ‘tween ‘71 to ‘75).
that looks freaking delicious!
I love the health plan. Is there a time limit on the walk or a distance limit?
- codie
We’re going with 1/2 hour for now. Since everybody’s different, my general answer would be:
The walk should at least be long enough to get our blood moving and bring our heart rate up. If we feel it’s taking too much away from other things we need to do, then it’s too long.
One of the great benefits is having some one-on-one talk time. I’m the type of person who always wants to be doing SOMETHING, so finding time to talk is hard. Walking is perfect for this.
The only problem I can forsee for the talking thing is if the walk-talk becomes too routine. For example, always having the same questions with the same answers, the same subjects of discussion, not enough variety.
If a thing becomes too automated then it loses the part where we put our heart into it, where we put something of ourselves into it. That’s what makes the walk-talk special, so we will have to (1) be aware that this might happen, and then (2) refuse to allow it to.
So, since when are capers not vegetarian?
Anyhoot, really interesting… Should try this out.
It’s probably ’cause I can’t spell. The jar of stuff is long gone from our fridge, but I think it had bits of *kipper* in it. Smoked herring type fishy bits, I guess.