Testing Can Be Fun!

NOT!   I have been administering EOC exams all day and no matter how prepared I am it's still miserable!  I have also had the "privilege" of doing it 9 times in my short 5 years of teaching.  The students are whiny, I am tired because the students are whiny, the testing period is from Thurs- Tues (don't get me started on how much that annoys me!), the whole thing is just awful!  Get excited though because that is not what this blog is about!  Just had to air out my frustration!

Really, I wanted to discuss my favorite recipe of late!  It is on our menu almost weekly so I thought I would share!  Fiery Chicken Thighs with Persian Rice is the bomb!  Now, you can make the recipe as is and it's amazing...sadly we eat mostly Paleo these days so greek yogurt and rice are not on our menu, or in our kitchen! Instead I use a head of cauliflower and coconut milk (which can be used to replace SO many things! I love the coconut!)

Subbing the cauliflower for the rice is VERY easy!  Just get a head of cauliflower (the bigger, the better), cut it in chunks, and toss it in the food processor.  Voila, rice.  I like to double the spices that the recipe calls for in the rice...apparently I like turmeric. I use a 1:1 ratio of coconut milk to yogurt.  The only other change to the recipe is that the cauliflower only needs 20 TOTAL minutes to cook on the stove.  No need to pre-cook it: chop it, mix it, and cook it!

Another little change I like to make is using 2 tbls of Sambal Oelek and garlic instead of the prescribed 1 tbls...we like things to be very FIERY!  This is an easy weeknight recipe you really can't go wrong with unless you just aren't unto spicy things!  ...oh and yes we use the butter (grass fed), I said MOSTLY Paleo!

Consistency is Key

 The recipe for doing anything well is to be consistent.  As you can see from this blog, the last few years I have been INconsistent.  Who knows why I went from posting all the time to a grand total of a post a year?  Me either.  I do know that I had a nice little following and that my dearest friend misses my goings on!  So due to that inspiration, and the fact that I always (ALWAYS) have a lot to say: I AM BACK!

A lot has happened since my last post!  We moved!  We live in the "White House" now!  We moved from the suburbs of Memphis into the heart of Midtown!  Now we can acutally call ourselves "Memphians."  Along with the White House came a corner lot (I HAVE to do yard work now, that will make for interesting stories.), a fabulous patio, and lots of Midtown adventures!  Here is a preview!

 

I will add a Springtime picture in a blog to come!!  I will also add some pictures of the AWFUL cleaning we had to do when we moved in due to the smokers who previously owned the house...if I was a smoker that would have made me quit!

Another big change in our world is the addition of the ever debated, everyone thinks it's a cult: CrossFit!  I already broke the #1 rule of CrossFit which is: Talk about nothing before you mention CrossFit!  People can say what they will, but I could probably take down any and all of my friends now I am so strong (yes friends, that IS a challenge!).  I am in the process of becoming a Level1 Trainer and I am so excited!  So look forward to more...muahahaha!

I am still, begrudgingly some days, teaching, and rocking my MK side business!  My students are as eventful as ever and I am sure I will be sharing a story or two. 

So expect these topics from this good 'ol blog in the future: Midtown Adventures, Expeditions in Yard Work, You aren't fit until you are CrossFit, and Students...SMH.  

Consistency is key, even in blogging!