Think of the best thing that could happen to you during a cross country move and then flush it down a toilet.
We arrived safely to North Carolina on schedule.
Our things, on the other hand, did not.
It was super duper. We slept in a Hampton Inn for a couple of nights (exceptional oatmeal, if I do say so myself) and then on an air mattress in our empty home for a few more. We had no couch so Topanga was forced to nap on the carpet like a plebeian and is still giving us the side eye for disrupting her routine so much. It was also neat to not have a washer/dryer and watch the dirty clothes piles reach new heights. I called the moving company every hour on the hour for days. I think they might be filing a restraining order on me, however my persistence is one of my top 18 qualities.
I also can’t find my coin collection and I am highly suspicious of the moving company who wants me dead.
Time: 30 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 3-4 salads
Ingredients:
- 6 cups of spinach
- 1 package of tempeh, cubed
- 1/2 cup of quinoa, cooked
- 1 bunch of asparagus, ends trimmed
- 1 pint of heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 ear of corn, shucked
- 5-6 radishes, sliced thin
- 2 tbsp. of hemp hearts
- 3 tbsp. of garlic, minced
- 1 avocado
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 2 tbsp. of olive oil
- S+P, to taste
How to:
- Bring a salted pot of water to a boil
- Add asparagus, cook 3 minutes, plunge in an ice bath, drain
- Add asparagus + tomatoes + corn + radishes to a bowl with S+P and 1 tbsp. of lemon juice
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat
- Add 1 tbsp. of garlic, cook 1 minute
- Add tempeh + S+P, cook 5-6 minutes or until crisp to your desire, set aside
- To a food processor, combine avocado + remaining garlic + remaining lemon juice + remaining olive oil + S+P + 1/4 cup of water, process until smooth
- To serve, place some spinach on a plate + top with quinoa + tempeh + veggies + hemp hearts + dressing
- Spread leftover avocado dressing on flip flop + enjoy dessert
Emerging Adult Eats 
Whoa…hope your stuff shows up!! In the meantime – take it easy and enjoy that avocado covered flip-flop! 🙂
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Everything FINALLY arrived! It’s nice having a real bed again 🙂
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Yay!!!!
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So THAT’S where you ended up!!
NC!!
Where in NC are you? There’s some great cities there!!
And at least you can still cook and blog. Goodness!! If my shit wasn’t where I needed it to be, blogging would be the absolute LAST thing on my mind.
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Yes ma’am!! East coast, beast coast…..??? We’re not far from Raleigh-Durham! We’re enjoying it so far despite the wicked heat. Sweating my behind off. & we were so bored, cooking up a bunch of ish seemed the only distraction 😀
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Only hourly? I’d up the ante … b’stards! On the upside ….. ummmmm 😐
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Right, the upside was pretty high up there. However, our thing arrived, we have a bed, we have towels, we have pots and pans. But they DID steal my coin collection!
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That is SO low! When I moved to France they stole a terrible portrait of a naked woman with her thighs wrapped round what I always hoped was a cello because other possibilities gave me nightmares. Even though I actively hated it I was still beyond miffed and hold the grudge to this day ….. of course, this is where Karma steps in. Those coins will bring bad things to those people. Oh yes, they will. Ommmmmmm.
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What you hope was a cello – HAHAHAHAHA I am cackling.
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The avocado dressing really takes it to a new level of tasty!
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Agreed! New go-to salad dressing!
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What a terrible experience with the move but this salad sounds amazing.
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Thank you! The move is over and we made it out alive!
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mmmm this looks delish!
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Don’t you hate moves, the movers tell you one thing, then proceed to do another quite contrary thing? I’m so sorry you are having these problems.
On the plus side, this recipe looks delicious!
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You are hilarious 🙂
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