Hello again, Friends! In that I am still unemployed, at the
moment, and I have plenty of free time I felt it was a good time to start up
this little blog again.
Since, my last post a lot has happened. Most importantly,
Mark & I got married on the 23rd of July! A few pics are below. I still haven't received the pro pictures yet. Secondly, we have
moved to and from Singleton and are currently living in the lovely costal
suburb of Merewether. We live a tiny, one-bedroom apartment just a few blocks
from the beach. It is small but I love it!
Now, that you’ve got the basics, this is the here-and-now
goings on in our lives. Mark has found a job and I haven’t yet so I’m trying to
keep busy and feel productive. I’m really feeling the creative bug so I am
trying out some new ideas. Before the wedding, I was going to the gym, doing
spin class, at least 4 times a week and walking other days. I am struggling to
get active again after the long break. I have also gone back to the Paleo diet
to start eating cleaner, healthier food. So, in upcoming posts you will hear
all about our life in Merewether, my struggle with getting fit and eating
right, Paleo recipes I’ve tried and liked and disliked and new ideas I’m trying
out.
Paleo Diet:
I’ll go ahead and move forward to share a dish I tried last
night: Paleo beef in mushroom gravy over mashed cauliflower. Number one,
whoever said mashed cauliflower tastes just as good as mashed potatoes (even
with sour cream and garlic), has never eaten mashed potatoes! Mashed
cauliflower is disgusting! It tastes
yucky, it has a weird texture and smells like farts. Eww! Threw it in the bin
and I’m never attempting to consume it again. I have tried cauliflower “rice”
before and it is the same. Now that’s out of the way, the beef and mushroom
gravy was pretty good. I will attached the recipe that I found on www.preppypaleo.com.
I added some capsicum (red bell pepper) in when you add the shallots and I
didn’t use coconut aminos because I don’t know what they are. Overall, I liked
the dish, minus the cauliflower, and will probably make it again. Although it
will probably be a while before I do as my tiny kitchen looked like a tornado
came through it after I was done cooking. It took me three rounds of dish
washing to get through it all.
Here’s the recipe:
Paleo Steak Tips in Mushroom Gravy
Cleaning the Casa:
Today I was putting the clean sheets back on the bed. I had
just cleaned the house, vacuumed and emptied the vacuum cleaner. On an
infomercial the other day, they were vacuuming a mattress. I had never heard of
that before but it made sense. So, while the sheets were off the bed I decided
to try it. I thought, it wouldn’t really do anything since we have a mattress
cover on our bed. What I saw when I went to empty the vacuum was disgusting! I
was so surprised at how much dust and dander was in there! I will now vacuum my
mattress regularly. Have you heard of this before? Do you vacuum your mattress?
I think I might be behind on the times here!
Peace out,
May
