Hello on the 12th day of the Vegan
Month of Food! Today I have a fun recipe as well as a story about
losing power yesterday. (Vegan candles save the day!)
Herb Dijon Chick'n with Wild Rice
Ingredients:
(rice)
--(slightly less than) 1 cup water
(chick'n)
(broccoli)
Bring water and rice to boil, cover,
and turn heat to low, allowing to simmer for 45 minutes to an hour
(until majority of water is absorbed). Remove from heat, add several
pieces of broccoli atop the rice, and cover to steam for 10 minutes.
While broccoli and rice are steaming, sauté the Gardein chick'n "breast" over medium heat, flipping until golden-brown on both
sides. Turn heat to low, pour the herb Dijon sauce over the chick'n,
and allow to simmer briefly before turning off the burner. Stir rice and broccoli; serve**. Add the
chick'n and sauce atop the rice; enjoy!
*this makes 2 servings of rice
**so I set aside half the rice as
leftovers
My fun yesterday involved the power
shutting off around five different times while I was trying to cook
dinner. Each time, the power came back on quickly, but it did get
frustrating, as I was trying to multi-task by typing out the cooking
instructions for this meal as well as planning for my Parks and Rec
week of Vegan MoFo, so thank goodness for document recovery!
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| I decided to add a ring of baby carrots :) |
I did eventually get around to having
my dinner, though, and it was pretty good. I'm generally not that
interested in meat analogs (other than Boca chik'n patties, which I
love!), but I wanted to try something new, and this was a pretty nice
meal, so it might be something I make every now and then.
After dinner, I checked out some more
Vegan MoFo blogs, and then while
I was watching TV, the power went off. (By this point, it's dark
outside and I've closed the shades, so it is literally pitch black in
the apartment.) I decided to close my eyes and just stay on the
couch, figuring that the power would come back on quickly like it had
earlier. Well, I was wrong. After a couple minutes, I knew it was
going to be out for some time, and I got up to find my cell phone,
which I used as a flashlight to navigate my way to the shades and
open them. The entire apartment complex was dark, completely out of
power, so I just left the shades open to get a tiny bit of light (at
least the sky was brighter than the inside of the apartment, so it
was better than nothing). Then I made my way to the bedroom, where I
gathered up all my decorative battery-powered tea light candles,
switching them on and arranging them in the living room. It
looked so cool with all the candles going (they have a pretty
realistic candle "flicker"), and I wanted to take a picture, but
I knew it wouldn't turn out right, so I just took a picture of them all together today.
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| here's all my decorative little
candles (unlit) |
I called Zach to give him a heads-up
(he was already on his way back from work), and when he got back, we
searched for my vegan candles (when we found them, we decided to light
the rosemary mint one that I'd ordered from Vegan Essentials).
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| rosemary mint candle, after being
lit last night |
By this point, Mystery had woken up
from sleeping on the bed; she came out to see what was going on. (She
was likely confused as to why we weren't in bed if all the lights
were off.) So the three of us had a cuddle pile on the couch, and
about an hour after the power had gone out, it was back on. I had fun
with all the candles in the dark, but I'm glad the power came back on
because it had started to get warm without the air conditioner and it
was muggy outside (a senior cat, Mystery does not do well in
the heat). So, once the power came back on, we were able to cool off
and carry on with our night.
Mystery decided to put on her grumpy
face for the camera today.
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| cute little feet |
Peace. :)
