Bad Blogger!

I've been a bad blogger lately! Working this week sure took up0 my free time. WTF?? It's going to totally suck going back full time in a week.

At least I get a week at the beach first. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Almost gave in again!

Damn you grilled hotdogs!!!

I'll say it again, the smell of grilling hotdogs is like my friggin' crack!!! I was grilling some Ballpark Angus dogs for the KID for lunch and it was all I could do to resist the siren song of the weiner.

I fought with all my will power. This resistance is not so much a "vegetarian" thing, but more of a "hey-fat-ass-stick-to-your-diet" thing. JUST SAY NO!!!

We leave for the beach in 8 days and all my beachy clothes are a little on the snug side. So I'm on a self imposed slimfast-y diet. I'm not actually buying and drinking their shitty shakes, but I'm making my own healthy protein smoothie for breakfast and lunch, then planning a healthy dinner. This may or may not last because I'm really hungry right now, but I'll try.

For the record? I WILL have grilled hot dogs while camping at the beach. And they will not be tofu dogs. There is nothing like skewering up a hotdog to cook over the open flame. I anticipate the moment when I can grab it with the bun and hear the sizzle as it slides over the hot exposed metal of the cooking stick. Do I smell mustard? mmmmm, really looking forward to camping!

Dontcha love the weiner roasting gizmo pictured above?

Confessions....

OK, so I ate a few pieces of pepperoni tonite. It looked and smelled soooo good! I ordered a mushroom and onion pizza and also a pepperoni pizza for the family. Funny thing was, even though the pepperoni smelled wonderful? It really didn't taste that great. On the other hand, the mushrooms were really good! I blame the pepperoni tasting on the weakened state I was in due to the fabulous Australian Shiraz I was drinking at the time. Booze always makes me easy!

And on a completely unrelated topic, it seems I'm doomed in life to be perpetually behind some idiot with no real urgency to get where they are going. WTF people? WALK!!! It's not that hard to continue on at a steady pace without rubbernecking and wandering all over the place in front of me when I'm trying to get somewhere! Here's a thought, look ahead. Take in all the interesting stuff as you see it ahead so I won't have to slam into the back of you when you come to a halt to look at something to your side! If you see it in advance, you can veer over! Have you ever heard of peripheral vision?

Same goes for driving. Am I the only person on the planet who still uses a turn signal?

Done ranting. Need more wine.

Chipotle's Vegan Black Beans

Lunch at Chipotle yesterday was weird. I figured I'd get a veggie burrito. This all went wrong, but that's ok. Their black beans are vegan - cooked with no animal products. However I wasn't in the mood for black beans so I requested pinto. The staffer there informed me that the pinto beans are cooked with bacon. Um, no wonder they're so good! Well, no worries. I don't mind that my beans have touched bacon. So then they inform me that they're out of the fajita veggies so my veggie burrito is basically, rice, beans (bacon fat), salsa, cheese, & guac. I got so flustered that I requested sour cream to make up for the missing veggies!

I ended up having a small bite of the Kid's carnitas. I love carnitas!

Dinner was pasta salad and a kings hawaiian roll. Man, those are good! So soft and warm.

No accidental ingestion of tofu.

Fried tofu chunks

Made chinese dinner for family last night. Sweet & Chicken, Spicey Garlic Chicken, brown rice, jasmine rice, veggie egg rolls, and Spicey Garlic Tofu Chunks. mmmmmm!

So first I sliced the tofu into slabs about 1/2" thick and let them drain on paper towel. Then I cut those into about 1/2 - 1" chunks and rolled them in some cornstarch and seasoning. That got tossed in a pan with olive oil and was sauteed until crispy. Then the spicey garlic sauce was added with some water chestnuts and bamboo shoots.

Overall? meh, still not a big fan of the replacement meat type products. I didn't mind the tofu. I think part of the issue was I didn't really like the sauce I used. It was store bought and if I had put forth more effort to make something homemade and less sugary it might have been better. I ended up eating 2 chunks of the spicey garlic chicken.

I'll do this again, but I'll make a homemade lemon sauce or spicey orange sauce. I still haven't ventured into the tempeh or seitan territory. And no "not"dogs for me yet!

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

That shit hurt. Really hurt. What shit you ask? Well, my epilator (aka: hair-RIPPER-outer) finally arrived.

After a week of growing out my leg hair and wearing birks, the UPS man cometh and delivered my tool 'o torture. We were on our way out the door to go ice skating, but of course I had to drop everything and tear open the box and try it out without reading any instructions! eeeeeyyyyooouuuccchhhh!!!! sonofabitch!

After ice skating, dinner, and some wine (not enough) I went up to the bathroom to get started. Basically this gizmo has a rotating shaver type head with little clapping tweezer type thingies that grab your hair and pull it out from the roots. I liken it to getting a tattoo. It hurts. A little. Sometimes a lot. Some areas weren't so bad and other haireas (couldn't resist!) were ultra sensitive and made me want to punch someone due to the pain. But I took my time and made it through both legs.

My biggest mistake was leaving the wine in the kitchen! My legs are smooth. Once I realized that the thing itself couldn't really hurt me - the pain was from the hair ripping out - (i admit i was a little afraid that the thingy could tear the skin off my bones!) I got up the nerve to go after my moustachio. Overall I am pleased with the results and will continue with epilating.

I have the Braun 5270 which also has this really cool headlight on it. My old ass eyes would NOT have been able to see all the little hairs without the light.

Living up to my name....

Yesterday I was truly a Grilled Cheese and French Fry Vegetarian! That's what I had for lunch. We went to the movies yesterday and I had waayyyy too much buttered popcorn. After the movies we ended up in Johnny Rockets for lunch and the grilled cheese was pretty much my only option. The salad looked horrible. What a waste of veggies.

I had them add grilled onions to my grilled cheese. I split an order of Fries with Bill. But still, it was a load of fat and grease! However it was pretty damned tastey. I was full for the rest of the day. Finally had a late dinner of salad and toast.

I will save the tofu experiment for another day. Perhaps today?