I am a busy gal. Make that a really, really BUSY gal. I work, what most weeks feels like, full-and- a-half-time. I seem to have a never-ending list of job training tasks to accomplish. I try to fit in as much running and yoga as I can handle. I just began a long-distance relationship. And I'll soon add online student and part-time farming apprentice to my weekly titles. Busy is often an understatement.
So while the foodie in me would love to spend whole afternoons mak
ing every (and many) entree, side dish, baked good, sauce, juice, and cappuccino myself, I more often than not have to surrender to my overly packed schedule and whip up
something quick and simple and hopefully, and most i
mportantly, healthy. The solution? My common choices are fresh fruit for breakfast, a lot of lunch salads, and quickly steamed veggies/beans for
dinner. Honestly and thankfully, those choices rarely get
old. They're easy to switch up. And the easy prep time keeps my sanity inline so I can make it through another jam-packed day.
Here's a couple of this past week's specific variations:
Romaine-Spinach Salad w/ red onion, pecans, diced seckel pear, and fresh pomegranate.
Steamed green pepper, sliced portabella, and carrots w/ a soy-dijon mustard sauce.
Simmer black beans, brown rice and sliced tomato.
