Today’s post may be all over the place. It’s ok. Just bear with me and try to follow along.
I had my first interview since moving to Virginia yesterday. I am probably a little too excited about it. I have learned long ago I really shouldn’t get my hopes up about these things.
I should hear sometime mid-next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me because we REALLY need this. The job isn’t my ideal job but it gets me into the field I want to be in. I am more than willing to work my way up, so a foot in the door is a great start!
That was a great start to the morning. Instead of getting up super early and having to shower before heading to my interview I opted to push my run back. I only had a little over 5 miles on the agenda for the day.
Pushing my run back also meant I would be running on the treadmill. It was 97 degrees and almost 80% humidity when I got home. No thank you! There are some days I will brave it, today was not one of those days.
I ended up doing 5.5 miles finishing it off with 6 strides. Overall a good run. I did some lower body and ab strength training before calling it a day.
Fast forward to dinner. I was trying not to open a new packet of chicken since we are leaving tomorrow, and all I had was some frozen shrimp and a few bags of frozen vegetables. Sounds like a stir fry kind of night!
It’s always a little tricky cooking the day before a vacation. I try to use up everything we have so we don’t have to waste anything.
The stir fry wasn’t fancy just shrimp, green beans, and broccoli. I stir fried it in soy sauce, olive oil and some red pepper flakes. Wes threw in some cayenne pepper before I finished hoping to add some spice. I served it over brown rice.
The verdict? It was OK. It was good but it was really missing some flavor. Next time I am going to try to thicken the sauce up a bit.
We ended up adding some of this Hickory Farms Sweet Hot Mustard we bought at the store a few weeks ago. It definitely added a little something extra to the meal.
Even in the 97 degree heat, there is nothing better than a nice dinner out on the back porch.
I have a workout this morning and then we are getting on the road to head down to the beach. Hopefully Arthur will stay away and won’t bring too much rain.
What are your plans for July 4th?
Have you ever had a dinner fail?
Im jealous! Have fun at the beach, I hope it stays clear and safe!
Best of luck with your interview!! I find that when I stir fry stuff in sesame oil and then add soy sauce it gives great flavor! Have a great 4th! 🙂
I agree sesame oil is good stuff!
Recipe fails are a big part of cooking! Without the fails you’d never put the effort in to figure out how to make things better. That being said I HATE the feeling of a failed recipe, it’s total cooking heartbreak and it just overall really sucks. But I don’t regret any of my past fails because they’ve all helped me learn how to create things that taste awesome.
Have a great trip!
Totally agree Michele – Lisa and I were laughing about it the other night, thinking back on some of the stuff we cooked back in our first apartment, how much we’ve learned through the years … but unless there is something that has gone bad, we always eat what we cook 🙂
I’m pretty stubborn about that too – if I’ve cooked it, I’m eating it no matter what!
Haha, I always end up with the funkiest dinner combos when we are about to leave town, it’s like an everything casserole with a side of anything that could expire soon.
Try whisking together 1/4 c broth, 2 tbls soy sauce, 1 tsp honey, 2 tsp corn starch, garlic and ginger and simmering till thick. This is my go to healthy stir fry sauce. Great w red pepper flakes for kick! My recipe fails are all baking, I just can’t get it!
Good luck with the interview ! Hope it goes your way!
Lisa has to work on the 4th, so the boys and I will likely be busy getting things ready before we leave for vacation.
We also try to leave with an empty refrigerator … so we’ll likely have some weird meals this weekend! 🙂 Oh well – it also means … we’re leaving for vacation! That mitigates any weirdness in the meals!
Good luck! I hope your interview works out. 🙂