I almost burned the house down!

OMG!  I seriously just had WAY too close a call with an oven disaster…

Enough said?  Those are brussels, since you probably can’t tell. 

I was at the gym and I suddenly remembered holy $*&%!! I left Brussels sprouts in the oven.  I’ve never sprinted back to my apartment faster.  No joke.  I EFFING booked it.  When I turned onto my road I was at least happy that there were no fire trucks, and we DO have a doorman, so I figured they’d recognize if smoke was consuming the hallway…but when I opened the door to my apartment, sure enough, a wall of smoke greeted me. 

Eek!  That was a close one.  Fortunately, everything was still in tact.  Unfortunately, the apartment (and the rest of the building) now smells like brussels and our apartment is zero degrees (I had to open the windows to get the smoke out)…

So, looks like I had to make a change in dinner plans. 

For those of you who don’t have superman vision, the ingreds are: texturized vegetable protein, carrots, celery, kale, onion, lemon grass, and tamari (all organic), tangerine leaf, salt, and sesame oil.

I heated it up in a bowl, then added some plain greek yogurt.  It’s good on its own, but I LOVE making it “creamy.”  Karen Sisters products are great, especially when you are lazy.  They can be entrees on their own, but you can also make other dishes with them very easily with minimal effort. 

Tonight’s dinner was the “creamy veggie turkey” on a bed of lettuce and broccoli slaw with carrots, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.

It was so good I had to have a round TWO (of the exact same plate). 

Nom nom.

 

Dessert fruit platter.  I also had a couple of (camera shy) dates.

Since I haven’t posted on a green topic in a while…

If your fragile skin is taking a beating from the harsh winter, like mine, I would recommend Caribbean Sol products.  I’ve mentioned them before, because I’m obsessed with their sunscreen.  I use it every day.  But lately my skin has been SO dry, so I’ve been covering my entire body with their onyx oil right after I get out of the shower.  It has Squalene, a rare virgin olive oil from Sicily, which repairs and re-nourishes your skin (direct from the website).  Plus, you can even put a few drops in your bath water or rub a small amount around your eyes before bed.  I love it because it’s not the uber greasy kind of oil that you can’t get off your hands, it keeps your skin healthy but not oily (you know how some other products leave your hands all slippery and you can’t answer the phone or touch anything for a while).  Well, this one doesn’t – I totally love it.

AND, like all their other products, it’s biodegradable (and thus, hippie approved).  You know how I heart green!