recipe: spicy carrot smoothie (and exposure reset to day zero)
2020-Mar-20, Friday 09:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerMy coworker went into the office today to help people pick up keyboards, mice, monitors, and other material that they forgot to acquire on Monday. It was a short window of opportunity for people on Friday, since the office has been restricted only to essential personnel since Tuesday. I'm one of 5 people of about 80? who would normally be able to enter our office unrestricted.
I didn't have to go in for that activity, so instead I reset my coronavirus timer by going shopping. I realized that I needed much more of TastyBite's Vindaloo if I was going to enjoy my restricted meals for a month. I seriously enjoy that stuff. The packaging shows that it's rated as "hot", and it is, even by my spicy standards. It really is delicious with some cooked rice. I don't even add any more spices to it. Just rice and package meal, yum!
Lots of sections at the grocery store were completely out of supply: paper goods, Hot Pockets, frozen vegetables (except spinach), and even fresh ginger root. Baby carrots were hard to find. I ended up buying the pricey organic version. I prefer the baby carrots over full-grown carrots, because they last longer as I slowly use them up in my Soylent smoothies. My recipe is this:
On my way back from a distant Cub grocery store (I go there because my local one stopped stocking those TastyBite packages), I realized that I bought the frozen spinach and sour cream for my other favorite recipe, but I totally forgot the junk food: corn chips! So I stopped at the HyVee store as I passed it. Strangely, they had lots of baby carrots in stock, but the lady in line in front of me was stocking up on Hot Pockets.
I also took a trip farther away to get more food and litter for the cat. Next door was a liquor store, so I decided to get some whiskey. I've been out for a month or two, but I find it good for relaxing when I'm all worked up over news/work/politics. Let's call it medicinal for that purpose. The wait at that store was surprising. They had 3 of 4 cashiers open, and it was still a 10-minute wait because lots of people were stocking up.
After putting away my groceries, I went upstairs, took a warm shower to decontaminate, and changed to different clothes. This is the new normal.
While online today, I also filled out my 2020 Census form. I can't be counted as gay unless I'm married to a same-sex partner. Ugh! And I moved 2/3 of my debit card funds over to my otherwise-unconnected savings account. If things turn bad here at home and somebody steals my debit card, at least they won't be able to empty my bank accounts now.
This isn't the apocalypse, but it does require some preparation nevertheless.
I didn't have to go in for that activity, so instead I reset my coronavirus timer by going shopping. I realized that I needed much more of TastyBite's Vindaloo if I was going to enjoy my restricted meals for a month. I seriously enjoy that stuff. The packaging shows that it's rated as "hot", and it is, even by my spicy standards. It really is delicious with some cooked rice. I don't even add any more spices to it. Just rice and package meal, yum!
Lots of sections at the grocery store were completely out of supply: paper goods, Hot Pockets, frozen vegetables (except spinach), and even fresh ginger root. Baby carrots were hard to find. I ended up buying the pricey organic version. I prefer the baby carrots over full-grown carrots, because they last longer as I slowly use them up in my Soylent smoothies. My recipe is this:
- 1/2 frozen banana
- some ice cubes
- a handful of baby carrots
- half-fill with rice milk or oat milk
- 2 scoops of Soylent (about 200 calories per scoop)
- add 1 teaspoon turmeric (root or powder)
- add 1/2 teaspoon ginger (root or powder)
- add 2 or 3 dashes of cinnamon
- top with tap water then blend in the NutriBullet
On my way back from a distant Cub grocery store (I go there because my local one stopped stocking those TastyBite packages), I realized that I bought the frozen spinach and sour cream for my other favorite recipe, but I totally forgot the junk food: corn chips! So I stopped at the HyVee store as I passed it. Strangely, they had lots of baby carrots in stock, but the lady in line in front of me was stocking up on Hot Pockets.
I also took a trip farther away to get more food and litter for the cat. Next door was a liquor store, so I decided to get some whiskey. I've been out for a month or two, but I find it good for relaxing when I'm all worked up over news/work/politics. Let's call it medicinal for that purpose. The wait at that store was surprising. They had 3 of 4 cashiers open, and it was still a 10-minute wait because lots of people were stocking up.
After putting away my groceries, I went upstairs, took a warm shower to decontaminate, and changed to different clothes. This is the new normal.
While online today, I also filled out my 2020 Census form. I can't be counted as gay unless I'm married to a same-sex partner. Ugh! And I moved 2/3 of my debit card funds over to my otherwise-unconnected savings account. If things turn bad here at home and somebody steals my debit card, at least they won't be able to empty my bank accounts now.
This isn't the apocalypse, but it does require some preparation nevertheless.