Tony went to the store the other day to pick up a couple things and picked us up a couple bagels. The last bagels I bought were from Mariano’s and they tasted like ass. Tony’s favorite? The Asiago cheese bagel. Mine, of course is the Everything bagel. Many years ago I worked at a law firm in Chicago that daily provided bagels, milk, orange juice, bread, peanut butter and jelly. I was a young single Mom back then, and I would have a bagel every day for breakfast, and sometimes just bring lunch meat and cheese and have a bagel sandwich for lunch.
Now a bagel is a once in a while treat. Bagel Wednesday always reminds me of Lori! Mine was an egg white, baby spinach and Cabot cheese bagel sammie. So good.
My knee still hurts a bit and my cough isn’t 100% gone, so I took it easy and hit up the pool for a 30 minute swim. It was empty the whole time and the kids didn’t start there lessons until I was ready to get out – nice!
A while back I had pinned a recipe from Half Baked Harvest – her summertime chicken curry coconut basil dish. She made coconut rice with it, which I was just going to have brown rice, but the recipe stated one can of coconut milk, but in the directions it said “add coconut milk to rice and cook” and then in the next step it said “add coconut milk to chicken.” Huh. Do I divide the coconut milk? Do I use two cans. She’s got a super popular blog, and after leaving her an email, a message on Instagram and a comment on her blog asking for clarification, she finally got back to me – turns out it was two cans of coconut milk. But I did have to adapt her recipe – I thought I had Thai curry paste, but all I had was sambal oelek. My basil also got frozen in the back of the fridge, and while she said you could make the dish vegetarian by subbing chick peas for chicken, I decided to add chickpeas with the chicken.
I made this the night before last and Tony came into the kitchen and could smell the curry and said “what the hell is that?!” When I explained that it was for my lunch he said, “Thank God for lunches so I don’t have to eat that crap.”
I shared some with my co-worker. He said the only thing he would have added was cilantro and chopped peanuts, but the flavors were amazingly complex. It’s super spicy too, and I did end up adding a tablespoon of honey to the dish to balance it out. Next time I will make it with the red curry to get the gorgeous color that Tieghan got in her original dish.
My time hop yesterday made me kind of sad. A year ago I had just finished 101 days of Insanity!
Who knew a year ago that today I’d be right back to where I basically started. But then I remembered that it was consistency that got me to where I was. I still had occasional wine, I ate pizza, etc., but I was consistent. Then I saw this on Instagram:
This HAS to be my mantra going forward. I need to hang this up by my desk at work as a reminder. Small daily efforts = success!
I had two things on the menu last night and asked Tony to pick between Beef Stroganoff or Bay Scallop Risotto. He picked the beef stroganoff – one of his favorite dishes his Mom made growing up. I used London broil this time around – beef is getting to be so expensive, but this wasn’t too bad.
It was in the downstairs fridge and slightly frozen, but that was perfect because I was able to slice it super thin. I just seared the outside for about a minute – it was still pretty rare, and then just added it to the sour cream gravy for the last minute – the meat was so tender.
And I had a conjoined mushroom in my bag!
I also added chopped spinach to my dish.
If you have an opportunity, I have a great documentary for you to see. It’s called A Good Job and it’s about New York firefighters. Steve Buscemi produced it – I had no idea that he was a fireman for four years before becoming an actor. They of course had to talk about 9/11. I cannot believe it’s been 13 years ago. The children born that year are in 8th grade and will start high school next year. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was working in Chicago, and once I got to my desk we were only there about 15 minutes when at 9:15 the partners of the law firm said to go home – they thought that there would be terrorist attacks on buildings in Chicago. I finally got home at 1:15 in the afternoon – it was a sea of humanity at the train station that day. It was also the reason I don’t work in Chicago anymore.
Where were you when 9/11 happened? My boss at the time was actually in Manhattan and I couldn’t get a hold of him for two days – he eventually hired a limo to drive him all the way back to Chicago.
Chilly morning this morning – it was 49 degrees when I woke up, and now it’s a balmy 52 at 7:45 this morning. I love this weather though!
Make it a great day!
I had a very rare day off. I had quit one job, and was starting another the next day, ironically at a police department. I remember crying and crying. Then on my first day at my new job there was a lot of really strong emotions going on. I hugged total strangers and sobbed. I get emotional even now remembering.
I’ve installed Timehop too, it’s fun! I hear you on being said about where you were a year ago. You’ve reacted on my post about this so not going to say it here again. But we will get back to that point, just one day at a time!
Even I know where I was on September 11, at work and heard it on the radio news.
I was a the dentist office then I went to workout at my gym. It was so shocking to watch so surreal especially when the towers fell. I couldn’t take watching anymore so I drove home.It was so quiet with no planes in the skies for days. I remember being scared that we could be attacked here in my town, my state our sense of safety gone. One of the worst and most sad days in Americas history I hope it never happens again.
I had recently been elected as the City Clerk for the City of McHenry in 2001. Unbelieveable the telephone calls we were getting at the municipal office that morning. It was an unforgettable, terrible event. Never to be forgotten!
I was at work and pregnant with Colin. It was terrifying.
I live in Northern New Jersey and work in Newark, NJ. My office window looks over to New York (10 miles away) and watched it unfold. One of co-workers on my floor watched knowing her sister was there. She never came home. It was eerily quite those first few days in the area. Every year I will go out to my deck and look at the 9/11 memorial light and reflect on that day and say a prayer. It started out so lovely with white clouds and blue sky. Few days later I watched from the waterfront in Jersey City. Could not believe my eyes.
I watched some documentaries of it the other day and saw video I had never seen before – one of a woman who could see the building from her apartment, and her husband was in there and she was on the phone with her telling her he’d be fine just as soon as the firemen got to his floor. They were on the phone when the first building collapsed and her scream sent chills down my spine. 🙁
Who can forget? No one. I was just relieved that the school system didn’t take it upon themselves to inform our elementary school children of the horror and sadness of that day and we were able to explain to them when they were older what had actually happened. We could barely understand it and to have the kids? We have so many friends, here, that are firefighters and police officers and they were all called to the Pentagon. I was so scared for them, but still…all our friends and family lost people we knew – went to HS or college with,….so no, we will never forget.
And you are the only person I know who can grill a pot roast or barely cook a London Broil [no marinade, nuthin’] and claim the meat is insanely tender… 🙂 Explain to me why I can’t do that? And $6 + change for a London Broil is indeed a deal. I wish. It is one of our favorites.
Just salt and pepper for the stroganoff – I literally cooked the meat a total of about 2 minutes tops. Once it cooks more than that, you need to do the low and slow method. 😀
Hunter was one of those babies – 5 months old. Chris was gone for a month at the time and I couldn’t even talk to him until late that night. I didn’t watch the coverage except when the boys were in bed because Jordan was 2 and knew that his dad flew planes – I didn’t want him watching the scene over and over!!!
Today I’m running to remember at the Patriot’s Run!!!
I lived at the time in Howard Beach, NY where you could literally see the airport from our park. I had walked my daughter to school and went back to take her out when the first plane hit. I remember seeing the fighter jets flying by so low I could almost look in the windows. BTW I worked in Manhattan (for a law firm also) when the first bombing occurred in ’93. My building was attached to the Trade Center and the whole thing shook. Very sad days. Every 9/11 I relive every detail of that day with my kids so that they never forget.
I watched that documentary last night! We too were fascinated by the fact that Steve Buscemi had been a firefighter.
Sounds to me like the recipe you made was supposed to be a Thai-style curry. They are COMPLETELY different from an Indian style curry. I can understand why your coworker wanted to add peanuts and cilantro – both common in Thai dishes.
I think most of us have defining days where we never forget where we were when something happened. 9/11/01 is one of those days for a lot of people.
Yep, I guess I left that part out – I reheated the leftovers for my co-worker today, adding the cilantro and peanuts and he loved it! 😀
We were taking a much needed trip to Cape Cod in our new RV, and were set up at Scusset State Park. My secretary called me and said to run to the TV and turn it on for the end of the world was happening. In mere minutes the coast line was packed with fighters flying up and down constantly for two days. Well we were in shock watching it all unfold though we felt it was not quite the end of the whole world, but our world is now and never will be the same because of it. The whole time of our trip……… it was like terrible mourning happening all over Cape Cod. The full precious freedom we once had is now a thing of the past. Sad in every way for all of Americans.
I was also pregnant with my youngest and that weighed heavy on my mind. In addition to that, I was a 4th grade teacher. I had to try to explain to those kiddos what was happening and reassure them that we would be safe. We got through that day OK, but the next day, after they watched the nonstop news coverage at home, they were much more unsettled and filled with lots of questions.
Hello! So far behind on my comments for you. Congrats on winning the contest and the blog anniversary! You’ll be within an hour of NYC, I hope you get some time to go see it. We lived in Hoboken for 2 years, and I just love that area. I am going back in November and can hardly wait! Hope they have some fun stuff planned, and no doubt you will do great!!
Um, that bagel looks AMAZEBALLS! I’ve been wanting it since I saw it on Instagram, must get myself one this weekend. The soup looks pretty delicious as well. Have a good one, hope you kick this cold ya got.
Thanks for checking in Jacky! We’ll definitely have to hook up sometime soon – either at a field hockey game or on a Sunday since I am a football widow now. 😀
Here’s to ‘never forgetting’ and ‘never again’ for 9/11. I was working in the Milwaukee County courthouse. I remember one of the bosses coming in and actually telling us to look at the internet on our computers ( a BIG no-no) to see what had happened. At the time, it was “just” a plane crash…….. They ended up evacuating the building and wouldn’t let anyone back in – some people had to walk home because they didn’t have car keys, no wallets or purses – nothing. It was chaos, but until I got home and turned on the TV – I really had no idea of what ‘chaos’ meant. I’m still sorry for what people went through that day and continue to suffer to this day. Peace to everyone today!
I was pregnant with my older daughter, and I remember rubbing my belly all day and wondering what kind of world I was bringing her into! 🙁