Today’s Project
With my Valentine around 2,000 miles away, today’s true task was to avoid thinking about how much I’d rather be somewhere else. For those of you that know me, it’s probably obvious that a task like that would involve food. And as I was running errands, I saw a Middle Eastern restaurant and began craving hummus.
But the whole “rich attorney” thing hasn’t kicked in yet, so I couldn’t justify a stop there, even to assuage the pain of 2,000 miles of space. Plus, the idea of paying $10 for a plate of garbanzo beans seems weird. And when I realized that, today’s project became apparent.
Since I already knew the basic structure of hummus, a quick trip to Google was all I needed to figure out proportions, and I was off to the store.
I generally tend to avoid meatless meals whenever possible. To that end, it strikes me as weird that I enjoy Middle Eastern food so much - it tends to be low on the meat side (though when they add meat, it is superb). But Middle Eastern food is delicious and rich and satisfying even without meat.
And in spite of guessing at a variety of things, today’s project was not a disappointment…
Later on, for the record, I fully intend to make up for a meatless lunch by making chorizo/bacon/monterey jack quesadillas.
In other news, don’t use cheap forks to juice limes.
