Well played, husband... well played...

Today proved to be quite an eventful day despite an impending cold (sniff, sniff).  We had a particularly thrilling trip to Ikea.  More on that when my camera is up and running...

Tonight was Night One of the soon-to-be-legendary Salad Wars.  I really think my Caprese salad of last night should count...

I mean, it's basically the prettiest Caprese salad ever!  But I digress...

We're doing the Salad Wars in an attempt to get healthier around here, and we're trying to cut back on our meat consumption.  Not entirely, mind you, but salads are a great opportunity to load up on the veggie part and use the meat sparingly.  Pasta salads are allowable under the rules, but only if there are TONS of veggies - we're talking 1/2 veggies, 1/2 pasta.  It's tough to lose weight in a city full of pierogis and Primanti's sandwiches, or where a cheeseburger omelet is a valid menu option, but we're determined to do it.

So far, my major annoyance is how goshdarn expensive produce is.  For years, every time I've done my weekly grocery run, I've always thought to myself that it's no wonder we're so overweight in this country.  It would be cheaper to buy your own house with a large backyard so you can start a garden than to pay these exorbitant produce prices.  Possibly more frustrating is how much more expensive the local, organic, ethical choices are.  More on this another day...

Tonight, my darling husband put together a remarkably delicious Burmese-style salad:

Sorry about the quality of today's photos; I'll charge my phone tomorrow so I can post better photos for the rest of the Salad Wars.  In any case, he used chopped cabbage, shredded carrots, bean sprouts, chicken, tofu, sesame seeds and little garlic crunchies, as well as the tomato, basil and lime you see on the side there.  The dressing involved oil that had had some garlic and onion cooked in it and then removed, tahini, lime, salt, pepper, and perhaps one or two other things, as well as some fish oil in his dressing.  Delicious!  Even better, he made me a gin and tonic to go with it!  And while I didn't really drink much of it (tomorrow's a work day, after all), it definitely won him extra points!

So tomorrow I'm really going to have to bring my A game...