Reading and Eating
Oof. After a GREAT month of reading in April (I read six books, which is a lot for me!) May has practically ground to a halt. I’m about halfway through A Gentleman in Moscow, which I’m LOVING, but I’m longing for big chunks of reading time, and they’re just not there. At least I know why I had so much extra time to read in April- every single end-of-the-year event was apparently scheduled for the first two weeks of May. Oh well- things will calm down soon. But there is news on the eating front! On Sunday, my daughter had a jazz band concert, but she ended up getting a ride there and back. It was the same pieces they played at the concert last Tuesday, so I didn’t feel bad about missing it. As a matter of fact I was HAPPY to miss it, as it would have taken up my entire afternoon. Instead, I did a little meal prep! Now, after writing about meal prep last week, Lisa forwarded me the latest issue of the Lazy Genius Newsletter, where- gasp- even the Lazy Genius herself admits she struggles with meal prep sometimes: “I don’t need to prep exactly the way the reels tell me to. It doesn’t fit in my life. It doesn’t even make sense. And for what it’s worth, I still go through meal prep crises every few weeks. I so quickly forget that it’s not all or nothing. It can be in part. It can be once. It can be literally anything I need it to be.” So, no- I did not prep every dinner for the upcoming week. I spent about two hours in the kitchen, and made dinner for Sunday night, plus the Smoky Chickpea, Red Lentil, and Vegetable Soup that Elisabeth posted about and has been going around all the cool blogs. And I made a batch of “breakfast tofu” (recipe from No Meat Athlete Cookbook) for breakfasts during the week. Since Sunday was Cinco de Mayo, we had tacos! I made guacamole, mango salsa, tempeh taco “meat,” rice, and opened a can of refried beans. My daughter and husband made theirs into burritos, but I used these taco shells: As I was taking a photo of my dinner I had to laugh. I really made a fun occasion as un-fun looking as possible: I guess some lettuce, black olives, and cilantro would have brightened things up a little! But it did taste delicious. Even the Hop Tea- which I had in place of a beer- tasted good. The soup was also delicious! All this food provided meals for Monday and Tuesday, which made me very happy. Now I just have to get through two more nights (Friday is always takeout.) And now- I’m writing this on Tuesday night- I’m off to a band concert (of course I am!) Did you do any meal prep this weekend? Have you read A Gentleman in Moscow?