i didn't even tell you about taco tuesday,
and now i've got a whole other 'nother day of doings to discuss on TOP of that.
now,
i got one or two winks tuesday night.
that's less than the twenty i usually get,
and half as much as the forty winks u'all seem to think you need.
so, last night, after operating all day at an even greater deficit
of recuperative and regenerative sleep than usual,
i fell asleep so flippin' hard and i have absolutely NO recollection
of when i actually landed in slumberland-
in fact, the last thing i remember was turning on the guest-room lights.
...and then i guess it was a bright bright bright light's out KO for y'boi.
ha!
on the ones,
i rarely get a long, restful span of sleep....
but i crushed almost seven hours of rechargeable relaxation,
which i'm going to have to assume was very necessary, since the autonomic autopilot
override my normal self-destruct programming.
oof.
however, i'm wide awake,
it's a drenched, doused, and deluge-diluted delusional morning,
and i'd like to tell you more about all the radical vegan boomfire foodstuff fiestas i've been
feasting on before i fell asleep.
aight?
word.
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TACO BOWLS, bruh.
yep.
no tortillas.
i don't know if it actually counts, but it feels like it's a thing,
and i also ate it with my actual face, eventually, and that was pretty tight.
take a lil peek at what i'm talking about:
all the feelings i can feel are all packed right in there.
two bowls?
yeah.
dylan was over for dinner, man.
i like to share meals with the kid.
he's always down to get into some good-A* grub.
and that's the mark of a good friend by my measurements, for sure.
-
quick pickled mixed vegetables were ON the menu.
slightly sweet, sorta sour, semi-salty, somewhat spicy-
that's the MOVE, neighbors.
i've told you twenty times how to make 'em,
but i'm 21 savage today, so, here it is again:
1 carrot,peeled, and sliced on a bias (don't make ugly food, dudes);
2 cloves garlic, sliced thin;
1 large radish, sliced;
1/4 red onion, chopped;
jalapeno rings, >1/4" thick.
toss all of that in a little pot,
barely cover the contents with apple cider vinegar,
and add a pinch of salt AND one of sugar-
then boil the whole batch until the peppers turn olive.
that's how you know it's ready.
let it all cool, and then get busy with that big business.
you'll be glad you did, because that lil bowlful of burliness is expert af.
truth.
-
rainbow fiesta guacamole?
*ahem*
RAINBOW FIESTA GUACAMOLE, DUDES!!!
yeah!!
everybody has their own version of the perfect guac.
i respect that.
y'all haven't had any that has all the power and glory until you've had mine,
but, still, you're trying and that counts for something.
here's how to win over the whole world with the raw splendor of avocados and vegetables
in just a few easy steps:
3 avocados (save the pits);
1/4 poblano pepper, diced;
1 each, mini sweet baby red, yellow, and orange bell peppers;
1/4 minced red onion;
2 cloves crushed garlic (or more if you think you're ready for that much flavor);
one punch form the bunch of cilantro, chopped;
2 T scallion greens, minced;
1/2 jalapeno, diced;
1/2 tsp ea. GPOP;
black pepper, pink salt, lemon AND lime juice by the BIG squeeze apiece.
yes.
yes yes yes.
heck yes.
when you mash those avo-F*ING-cados into all that exxtra hottness,
something magical happens.
like, something that you are gonna wanna eat all of before you even make the rest of the stuff.
in fact,
forget about all the other stuff.
just have chips and guac.
it's a lot, and it's enough, and it's worth it.
*
SIKE.
y'gotta go hard, or you're gonna have to go away.
rules is rules.
what else is poppin' in these bowls?
check it:
pico de gallo!!
jalapeno, tomato, cilantro, red onion, and lime juice.
BOOM.
simple? kinda.
TILTY as F*? so much!
neat.
-
there's sweet potato hash, too.
that's a tablespoon of onion, and two tablespoons of bell pepper,
and another tablespoon of hot chili, a dash of crushed cilantro stems,
and a quarter of a sweet potato cubed up into lil baby squares,
a glug of olive oil, a few shakes of GPOP,
and a whole helluva lotta ho'sauce.
what's the process?
saute it until it's soft, and don;t let that ho' burn to the bottom.
that's literally the whole of it.
and it tastes like you actually tried hard,
so that's a greater reward than the investment, man.
-
cauliflower is dope.
black beans? also dope.
sweet corn? eh. it's ok.
but, when you put all three together?
and then add chipotle, smoked paprika, GPOP, oregano, basil, and cilantro,
douse it all in lime, and over it so it steams a little??
c'mon.
that's the big action, and the big action is always invited.
real talk.
whole foods and good spices are all you need.
with a scoople of lime-laced long-grain rice, and letttuce and peppers and pea shoots,
and a little ribbon of purple cabbage all contributing to a perfect bite, together.
i like that.
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ok.
i'm a truth-teller.
i confess i had about four bites at dinner.
i had other things and more pressing matters on my mind.
but,
i dominated all of it, and all the remainders in the pan,.
at 3am, like a starving stormswept insatiable savage.
that's real.
also, it was still delicious.
also, i knew i was in BIG trouble, because 3am is bad news
when your dog doesn't care if you slept at all,
when he's all fired up by 5am no matter what.
yikes.
i find myself in situations where the world is in flux,
but the requirements are constant.
that calls for the creative navigation of time.
in turn, my body decided to undermine my best-laid plans,
and pass the F* out last night as hard as it ever has.
nothing like approaching the day handicapped by forced-leisure.
here we are, however- and here we go again;
never quiet, never soft.....
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