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July 28, 2008
Undefined Length of Time Vacation - Day One
So today was the first day of my "undefined length of time vacation"...A.K.A. My first day without a job in years and years and years!
I'd have to say it was a complete success. Energized for new, for the time being, stress free life...I woke up and headed straight to the gym. I am in full fledged "Operation: Work off my Work Fat". I'm no longer allowed to ride outside alone (since I keep falling and hurting myself), so I'm going to the gym every morning for indoor spinning.
After my spin class, I went back home to check on the Peakenator...and then headed out to borders, where I decided to buy a new cookbook to add to the plans for dinner tongiht. The theme for tonight's dinner was: Turkish Food
With a Mixture of my collected recipes and my new cookbook, I made the following dishes for Turkish Dinner night:
-Mercemek Corbasi (Lentil Soup)
-Turkish Cucumber and Tomato Salad
-Kofte (Turkish Meatballs, grilled)
-Manti (Meat dumplings w/ a garlic yogurt sauce, drizzled with other spices)
Apparently, this is an odd combination of foods, but it seemed to go well when we ate it...and everyone liked it...It was also my first time making Manti (again, thanks to the new cookbook)...My next attempt I'm hoping I can perfect the dish.
Tomorrow's Dinner Theme is: Korean/Japanese Food Night
On the menu:
-Edemame
-Sticky Rice
-Kim-chee (if Lee's has it by tomorrow...they didn't today)
-Homemade Gyoza (that's my project for tomorrow)
-Bulgogee (Thinly sliced, sweetly marinated beef)
Wednesday night's dinner theme - Unknown. Will probably switch to scrapbooking instead of cookin' hehehehe!
Posted by beth at July 28, 2008 11:24 PM