Grape-nuts have 90% of you daily iron and that is a great way to start the day. The lunch leftovers were from a dinner I made this weekend: Costa Rican Style Spinach, Potato, and Black Beans. It’s a go-to quick dinner where you sauté 1c chopped onion and a couple cloves of minced garlic for a few minutes in vegetable broth and then start opening cans. Dump in a can of diced tomatoes with green chilis, a can of sliced potatoes (drained), and a can of black beans (drained and rinsed). Add in a tsp of cumin, a TBSP tomato paste and 1/2 cup water. Boil or simmer for 10 minutes until thickened then throw in 4-6c spinach leaves and 1/4c chopped cilantro and some hot sauce for 3-4 more minutes. Viola! Serve over rice or with crusty whole grain bread. I just put the leftovers onto some greens and added some corn for lunch today.
After lunch it wasn’t the best nutrition today because what is not pictured is the Oreos and Coke Zero. And while these are vegan they are not “whole food”. These are my coping vice because this weekend the news cycle had me despondent. It wasn’t the events per se, but rather knowing we had planted zucchini seeds all over. and then watching the looks and words of disbelief when zucchini sprouted up and grew. The disconnect made me feel like maybe the world has gone slightly mad. When you plant zucchini, you pretty dependably grow zucchini. And if this is not a vegetable you like, then yes, I suppose it is tragic, but not surprising at all. Sad that it was not realized to be the wrong seed in the first place, perhaps. Sad beyond words.
For dinner comfort food was still top of mind so Mexican was our jam. I like to look at the “sides” on a menu and see what I can do. Tacos sounded good so I asked for the 3 tacos with black beans instead of meat. They were delicious.
During that dinner I finally found words to talk about my great sadness. It must have been the tacos. And then we took a walk outside.
Probably I should have tried tacos, talking, and nature before Oreos, but some days you sail smooth, being the change you want to see, and some days you just hold on during the choppy ride while waving an Oreo wildly in one hand.
