Day 15

Overview of Day
Breakfast:  two eggs, two pieces of bacon
Lunch:  Leftover Pot Roast
Dinner:  Taco Salad w/ guac and onions

Well, we didn't have a snow day today so I wasn't able to relax and catch up on my student's culinary adventures.  I guess that will have to wait until this weekend.  I was a little sad we didn't have a snow day because I knew that my 26 mile commute was going to be a rough one - and I was right!  It took me one hour and fifteen minutes to get to work today.  That's not the worst commute I've had but I do look forward to warmer weather, clear roads and sunshine on my commute.
During inclement weather I feel like I drive super cautiously mostly because I'm not interested in having  the air bags in my car deploy - the smell is one I won't forget.

After work, the roads were better so the commute home was normal.  I welcomed this as my friend was coming over to update my resume as soon as I got home.  While we were working, I had the manfriend prep the ingredients for the Carrot Ginger Soup.  Since I tend to make the soup, I completely forgot to tell him how I have modified the recipe.   For this particular recipe I just fry up the butternut squash with the onions and garlic rather than roasting it.  I also use chicken broth instead of water - this time I used 3 cup of chicken broth and 1 cup of water.  He had piles of bright vegetables waiting for me.

I kicked him out of the kitchen because his eyes were watering from the strong onions, finished the soup and started to pull together some guacamole.  I really love this guacamole.  It's super easy and quick to pull together.  It goes well with...pretty much everything!

 The massive amount of vegetables for the soup!

 Delicious avocado with freshly squeezed lime juice

The soup in progress!

After I had the guac together, I needed to use the ground beef in our fridge.  So I made some taco meat.   I love making taco meat because it's one leftover that I actually enjoy eating.  I'm kind of weird about leftovers.  There are some things I love as leftovers but most things I'm just not interested in.  For the most part, I think I just get bored with leftovers.  I absolutely have no interest in reheated chinese food but curry is a different story.  Now that the King and I Thai restaurant closed its door, I really miss green curry.

I was hoping to try a curry recipe this weekend to shake things up.  Time to experiment to find a copy cat recipe...