Hethyr: Jon and I sort
of have our own little language. There
are probably a few other nerds (or cable-less folks) out there who would
understand it, but most people would think we're nuts if they heard us talking
to each other much of the time. Several
years ago - for many reasons - we decided to get rid of cable television. While less TV proved to be awesome, the
silence in the house while either of us was home alone proved to be not so great sometimes, so we got in the habit of having a movie on in the background for
noise. We only own so many DVDs and for
a long time, we didn't have a way of watching streamed movies on anything other
than one of our laptops. So, we got to
know a select number of scripts INCREDIBLY WELL. Now we speak movie to each other most of the
time. Lame? Maybe.
But it would be REALLY lame if only one of us did it. At least we're both dorks, I guess.
With that being said, I saw this card while looking for
something for Valentine's Day for him...
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After getting sick with a fever and cough earlier this week,
I wasn't up for dinner out on Valentine's Day (not that we would have ever
thought to make reservations early enough anyway!), so I decided that as a
treat for Jon (and, of course, for myself!), I'd make some gluten-,
dairy-, and refined sugar-free pudding.
I found a couple of good recipes here and here at the Gluten Free Fix
blog. Only after deciding to make these
did I realize the chocolate pudding reference in my card, so it was only
fitting that I should make Chinese-ish food to go with it. In the morning, I gave Jon the card (which he
loved, of course!) and later, I sent him a text to let him know that we were,
in fact, having Chinese food and chocolate pudding for dinner and dessert. He responded by asking if he should bring
home some peanut butter and ladies... or cocaine and waffles. Oh, my!
Anyway, I do realize that our last post was a recipe for a noodle bowl, but this one is quite different, fairly easy, and every bit as delicious. I hope you enjoy it, too!
Anyway, I do realize that our last post was a recipe for a noodle bowl, but this one is quite different, fairly easy, and every bit as delicious. I hope you enjoy it, too!
Now You See Me, Now You Don't Chinese Bowlful o' Love (Gluten- and
Dairy-Free)
Serves 2 (plus 2 servings of leftovers of the shrimp and
veggies for lunch the next day so sick wifey doesn't have to cook!)
1-inch knob of ginger, peeled and minced
2 green onions, sliced
2 large garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1 small to medium head of broccoli, cut into florets
1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded, ribbed and sliced
2 large carrots, sliced
1 small bunch of bok choy, chopped
2 cups sugar snap peas or snow peas
1 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cut into bite-size
pieces
3 tablespoons tamari (gluten-free soy sauce)
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons sweet chili sauce (I realize this isn't
refined-sugar free but on a rare occasion, I've got to splurge a wee bit)
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 ounces brown rice Pad Thai noodles
1. Prep all
vegetables (ginger through peas) and shrimp.
2. In a small bowl, stir
together soy sauce, honey and sweet chili sauce; set aside.
3. Cook rice noodles
according to package directions; portion into bowls and keep warm, reserving a
little of the cooking water.
4. In a large skillet
or wok, heat oil and sesame oil over medium-high to high heat. Add ginger, green onions and garlic and stir-fry
for approximately 30 seconds or until fragrant - be careful not to burn.
5. Add veggies to
skillet and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add shrimp and stir-fry for another 2-3 minutes or until shrimp is just
cooked through and veggies are cooked but still crisp. Remove from skillet and toss with sauce.
6. To each noodle
bowl, add plenty of veggies, shrimp, sauce, and a little bit of cooking water
to reach your desired consistency of soupiness.
Add chopsticks to make it more Chinese and serve with chocolate
pudding for dessert! :)
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Jon: Hethyr, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying
news story. I need you to stop what
you're doing and listen...
I wanna say something. I'm gonna put it out there. If you like it, you can take it, if you don't, send it right back. I want to be on you. You have an absolutely breath-taking... heiney. I mean, that thing's good. I wanna be friends with it. Mmmm. That sounds good. I'll have that.
You see, a pimp's love is very different from that of a
square. We are like friends who ride
majestic, translucent steeds, shooting flaming arrows across the bridge of
Hemdale. I would follow you into the mists
of Avalon, if that's what you mean. No
one knows what it means, but it's provocative.
Really, if we went to a Halloween party dressed as Batman
and Robin, I'd go as Robin. That's how
much you mean to me. And we will dance
till the sun rises. And then our
children will form a family band. And we
will tour the countryside and you
won't be invited.
Little ham 'n eggs comin' at ya. What do you say we go out on a date? Have some chicken, maybe some sex... you know, see what happens. Me without you is Rice without Montana. Ali without Frasier. Han Solo without Chewbacca.
Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than
being really, really, ridiculously good looking? We have so much in common, we both love soup
and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not
talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.
Great Odin's raven!
Holy Santa Claus shit! Mind-bottling,
isn't it? You know, when things are so
crazy it gets your thoughts all trapped, like in a bottle? I'm in a glass case of emotion. It's more that comfortability. I fuckin' love you. And you got those. I like those on a woman.
I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful. Let's capture the dream.
POW!
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