Day 51: A Very Busy Day

I've been going non-stop all day.  Of course, much of that time was spent on my butt while working on the computer, but it is still work, nonetheless.

I started the day when the dull grey light came in my window at 6:15 this morning.  That is the one benefit of Daylight Savings Time: early light. I got up, fed the dogs, fed myself (cereal) and started the dreaded Monday morning job hunt.  Two hours later, I was a bit discouraged as there was not much out there that I was interested in.  Tomorrow is another day.

We had a bunch of bananas that were perfect for banana bread, so I made some chocolate/chocolate chip banana bread.  I threw out the gross pumpkin bread from last week.  It needed something in it that wasn't there.  Perhaps some clove or something else with a bit of kick to it. Who knows.  It is gone now.

While the bread was cooking, I washed and trimmed some kale.  Once the bread was done, I made kale chips. While the kale chips were cooking, I made salad with roasted vegetables for lunch.  After lunch, I cleaned up the whole kitchen which was a bit of a mess from all of the cooking and food prep. Then, a quick trip to Trader Joe's for more cereal, more bananas, some hummus and a couple of other things. By the time we got home, the dogs were climbing the walls because they hadn't had a walk yet, so we took them for a 3+ mile walk around the neighborhood. After drying the rather damp dogs, I popped into the kitchen to make a pizza for dinner, then called my mom while that was cooking.  I fed the dogs, fed us, then collapsed on the couch to continue working on my novel for National Novel Writing Month (by the way, I had worked on it for an hour and a half earlier in the day - I forgot to mention it).  Now, I've done all I want to do on that for the day and I'm updating the blog, then watching a movie. BUSY!!!

The pizza deserves some mention.  It was half pesto and half marinara.  The pesto half had cherry tomatoes, corn, onions, sweet peppers and kale.  The marinara half had everything but the tomatoes.  I put about 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese on top of everything and tossed it in the oven for 15 minutes at 450 degrees.  It was delicious and nutritious.  Since we each had a slice of each flavor, I kept going back and forth because I couldn't decide which one I liked most.  It was all good.  

Ooh, I forgot to mention the dessert I made for dinner tonight.  I melted down some extra dark chocolate chips and put a spoonful in the bottom of a small cupcake paper cup.  I then put about 1/4 teaspoon of pecan butter on top of that, then covered the pecan butter with another spoonful of chocolate, then popped them into the fridge to set.  The result: amazingly delicious pecan butter cups.  I'd recommend these to anyone.  We got the pecan butter at the farmers market a couple of weeks ago. Sally, you were with us that day and you may recognize the recipe.

So that is about it for today.   Oh, we had hummus and chips before taking the dogs for a walk.  Wow, I'm badly out of order tonight.  Oh well. 

Be happy and healthy!