Flying Solo. | The Front Burner

July 20, 2010

I left work a little early this afternoon because I was feeling like 10% human, 90% zombie after last night’s late night wall-scratching party. When I got home, the dogs went nuts in the backyard, so naturally I grabbed my camera to document whatever was setting them off. Look (closely) at what I found…

There were THREE big beautiful deer hanging out back there – giant antlers and all! Good hunting dogs. :) So I took a long glorious nap and got all geared up to make a NEW delicious version of the favorite veggie burgers, and I was going to have them waiting when Casey got in from the airport.

An hour before I was supposed to pick him up, he texted me to stay that his first flight flew aaaaaall the way to Cincinnati, and then turned around and landed back in Indianapolis. What? Apparently there were too many planes trying to land all at once in Cincy, and his poor little plane didn’t have enough fuel to keep circling around and around. So he ended up back where he started, with no more available flights out for the night.

I’ll be picking him up in the morning, but for now that leaves me all alone here in Charlotte for one more night, boooooo. I scrapped my plans for veggie burgers and did what any girl in my situation would have done – I ate an entire block of tofu by myself.

I used my basic crispy tofu method, as outlined in one of my favorite old posts – How To: A Tofu Tutorial. I am telling you, if you’ve never tried tofu before, OR if you have tried it and you thought it was mushy and weird – give it one more shot. I assure you this method is foolproof and delicious!

A dinner cooked 100% on emotion and cravings.

Entire block of tofu – all 64 pieces, just for me. And some delicious grilled peppers heated with an edamame and corn mixture.

I cut up the bell peppers first and just let them brown in the pan – flipping them over a few times to avoid burning. I added the frozen edamame mixture and heated it all through with a little coconut oil, salt and pepper.

Just as the tofu finished crisping, I drizzled it in some sweet and sour sauce from Trader Joe’s. Sweet and spicy – two of my favorites.

The beauty of Lite tofu, is being able to eat the whole block myself and not feel one bit guilty.

Yummy vegetables, which I doused in soy sauce half way through eating. Everything is better with soy sauce.

Party for one!

While I ate my dinner, I drowned my sorrows in a pretty pink spritzer drink – sparkling water with a splash of POM!

I just received a whole case of this yummy blueberry pomegranate POM juice. It is potent and TASTY! A little goes a long way.

Something to take the edge off. :)

Dinner for one is just NOT as fun. :(

The dogs were expecting Casey to come home too, so I had to explain to them that we were the three amigos once again. Huey was beside himself when he heard the news.

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I tried to console him, but he was too depressed to talk about it.

Eventually, he flung his body to the other side of the couch (seriously), and laid like that the rest of the night. He couldn’t even be bothered to curl up.