This is probably going to be my last post.

Because my husband has spent all of our money and we cannot afford to pay the internet bill anymore.

Like, I throw the man a bone and he wants the whole steak. (This is a metaphor I just made up, I hope it makes sense.)

The human I married has been pestering me for actual years about investing in equipment for a home gym. I’m not talking a treadmill in the den, people. I’m talking, take everything out of the garage and fill it with barbells and bikes and rowing machines and something called a squat rack, I don’t even know. I’ve been incredibly against this for a couple of valid reasons: 1) the expense is thousands of dollars – mama likes to have nice things, too. 2) I don’t think parking in my own garage is really too much to ask 3) the sound of a barbell dropping on concrete sends me into full-blown panic & I convince myself the foundation is cracking & we are going to get sucked into a sink hole.

I caved after he looked at me all lovingly and whispered, “If I have a home gym, I get to be home with you more, babe……….”

Time: 1 hour (prep + cooking) | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

• 1 pineapple, cut in chunks
• 1 red bell pepper, cut in chunks
• 1 yellow bell pepper, cut in chunks
• 1 orange bell pepper, cut in chunks
• 1 tbsp. of ketchup
• 1 tbsp. of soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. of rice vinegar
• 4 tbsp. of agave
• 2 tsp. of cornstarch
• 2 tbsp. of olive oil
• 1/2 cup of raw cashews, toasted
• Brown rice for serving,
• 2 green onions, diced
• 1/4 cup of cilantro, chopped
• S+P, to taste

How to:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Arrange pineapple + peppers on a lined baking sheet
• Drizzle with olive oil + S+P
• Bake for 15 minutes, toss, bake another 15 minutes
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine ketchup + soy sauce + rice vinegar + agave
• Combine 1/3 cup of water + cornstarch, stir until cornstarch dissolves
• Add cornstarchy water to ketchup mix
• Add to saucepan, bring to a boil, turn down + simmer for 6-8 minutes or until thick + sticky, but drippy
• In a bowl, combine sauce + roasted peppers + pineapple
• Serve over brown rice with green onions + cilantro
• With hands, scoop mix + throw at blank wall, finger paint to create art

Sauce from here!