I'm not the religious type, so this holiday holds no particular meaning for me, except memories of being forced to awaken at 4:00 am every Easter Sunday in order to get ready to go to the annual Sunrise Service in our most formal Sunday Best. The full morning from before breakfast til nearly lunch was a bit much.
If you're religious, go you. You do you. I do me. We're all happy in our collective bubbles. This is NOT about religion.
I suck at holidaying. I could make different choices, but I don't. I do what I do to get through uncomfortable or sad situations and THEN I move forward. Plus, the one or two times a year that I get to partake of my sister-in-law-ish's homemade mac'n'cheese is not something I'm readily willing or able to give up. Nope.
It was a really good weekend. Relaxing. Not a lot of stress or anxiety. Just being. We started watching Frasier again, from the beginning, so it's been nice to watch something that brings joy rather than misery.
There's not a lot to talk about, except maybe preparation is going to be the key. I did about half the food prep I needed to do yesterday before we left to go to my brother's. I threw some chicken in the slow cooker the night before for my salads, so I shredded that up. I parboiled some broccoli for broccoli salad and to add to vegetables for roasting. I washed and cleaned berries (straw, black and rasp varietals) for my yogurt. Today, I've got to make salad (I put baby spinach, artisan red and curly lettuces, romain, red cabbage and carrot shreds.
Pro tip: Always, always, ALWAYS wash your greens. ALL of them. I don't care if they say they've been washed already or not, WASH them again! Trust me. Just wash them.
I also need to roast the vegetations, make a new batch of salad dressing, and maybe THIS WEEK, boil some eggs for making deviled eggs, or just adding more protein to the salad. Though, a chicken and egg salad does NOT sound that appetizing, so probably not.
I'm going for cleaner eating this week.
I had Halo Top the other night because I just did, and the results were less than spectacular. It doesn't make me feel good. It's full of bullshitty chemicals that just are not necessary for the human body to function, and it just doesn't taste GOOD enough to warrant all that BS. At least it wasn't a Reese's Fast Break candybar, though, so that's a bonus ... Maybe.
I just want less chemical and more whole food. My dump ranch dressing is fairly unprocessed (olive oil, apple cider vinegar, an egg, some coconut cream, almond milk, and an assortment of herbs/spices). Salad, also full of whole foods. The chicken is my take on a birria recipe that I saw on YouTube. I think it was this one:
- Roast vegetables
- Cut/clean salad
- Finish broccoli salad
- Make Caprese salad
- Make dressing
- Boil eggs
- Make cheese recipe
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