Beet it

Another non-stop day at work today - was offered and accepted a small cup of chili for lunch, especially appreciated because I didn't even have time to run into the kitchen to microwave some oatmeal. Also was treated to a tall chai latte mid afternoon - just what I needed! 

My Breville Compact Juicer came today and I couldn't wait to give it a spin. I got to the store just before closing and loaded up on fresh veg--- golden beets, red beets, celery, cucumber, fennel, kale, parsley, swiss chard.  Maybe a few more things - I already had apples and pears. I don't want to get hooked on sweet fruit juices, but rather want to create tasty green drinks. So I went to work and assembled the machine, washed a few carrots, a golden beet, some parsley and a hunk of fresh ginger. Into the chute they went.  Well, lets just say a little ginger goes a long way. And I went a little too far with this drink. I managed to down the whole thing but I will use a lot less next time!

I was on my own for dinner tonight but had a craving for some curry - this was before I had the ginger explosion - so I sauteed a few chicken thighs with shallots and garlic until a little browned, then added a teaspoon (maybe more) of hot curry from Penzey's let it cook up a bit and dumped in the half a can of coconut milk I had in the fridge. Covered and let it simmer while I threw some swiss chard in a pan with oil and garlic until it was nicely coated then splashed on some water, lots of salt and covered it until it and the chicken and chard were done.

Two glasses of white wine.  Maybe a taste of the tiramisu before I check out.

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