Cooking is like running. When I don't do it for awhile, I get really lazy and forget I actually like it. I dog-ear recipes in magazines all the time that I never make and sabotage my training (and budget) by eating junk. Since blogging about running has helped my running, I'm going to try to blog about cooking to encourage me to do it more often. (PS - don't tell my mom that we eat out
a lot and mainly use the oven for frozen pizza.)
So on to Installment One in our new series with tonight's offering: Shepherd's Pie with Buttermilk-Chive Mashed Potato Crust (except I forgot to buy buttermilk and chives and had to use skim milk and rosemary) from the January/February 2010 issue of
Clean Eating. On a scale of 1 to 10, Jimmy # 1 gave it a 5 (but easily finished it) and Jimmy # 2 gave it a 2 (he claims not to like mashed potatoes... seriously? and ate as much of it as he eats of anything [
i.e., not much]). I liked it, but then I'm a big fan of Irish comfort food (less a fan of eating cute animals like lamb... luckily, turkeys aren't known for their cuteness). The cute husband has not yet weighed in as he's still refereeing. There are carrots and peas (a.k.a. vegetables) in it though, so he might "forget" to try it. Anyway, there are 160 calories per serving, 4 grams of fat, and 20 grams of protein. Not bad! And the house smells yummy, so yay. (Oh, and cost per serving: $1.33.)
Postscript:
Tony Randall gives it a 10. (In the interest of full disclosure, Tony Randall gives all people food a 10.)
Black Forest: Forge your way through uncharted forest.
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Workout update: 3.7 miles yesterday morning (when it was warm... ah, that was the good ole half-day) and Iron Yoga DVD tonight (scheduling didn't work out for Hot Yoga). Looking forward to 9 miles Saturday in the cold rain, oh yeah!
Anyway, the run was good. I saw a big running group at one point and briefly thought about checking into that... it might have been The Chattahoochee Road Runners Club. I like running alone though. Especially since I do long runs listening to my favorite podcast. (Obviously I haven't been doing many long runs lately because I'm still listening to July podcasts... it's weird hearing about warm weather in Oxford, Massachusetts when I'm running in snow.) I did have some mild discomforts during the run... I remembered the Bodyglide but didn't apply it liberally enough. The back of my left knee felt a little tight, and I could feel some potential blistering on my left big toe and right instep. No big deal since I was only running 8 miles, but I may need to Bodyglide and/or Band-Aid there next week. I did an 8:1 run:walk ratio, which was probably a good idea. I'm not sure about the back-of-the-knee tightness; it doesn't sound like a Baker's cyst or pulled hamstring like these people are talking about. I probably just need to stretch more (and by stretch more, I mean stretch at all).
