Callaloo, cocktails, and conversation

vervain13 came over for dinner last night. Sweetie that he is, he brought flowers. Aww. I'd planned on making him a basil-rose martini, but somehow neglected to buy basil. I was also out of olives for a dirty martini. I racked my brains for another idea, and came up with what eventually became a blueberry-thyme martini. I mashed fresh blueberries, sugar, and dried thyme (though I'd have preferred fresh), added 2 jiggers of Hendricks and one of Noilly Pratt, stirred, and strained into the martini glass. It came out a delicate lavender colour, and vervain13 loved it, so I felt quite good about that little success. I will have to have one myself, sometime.

The callaloo recipe I had didn't seem great. It didn't provide enough liquid (I ended up adding two more cups), and it was a bit bland. I added allspice because it seemed West Indian-appropriate, and that made it pretty darn good. The stuff only ended up being 9 points for a full HALF the recipe, so I was actually stuffed after about 7 points worth. Sweet. That meant that even with dessert, I had 3 points left at the end of the day, which is frankly pretty necessary, considering how badly I ate on Wednesday.

vervain13 and I had some good conversation about stuff going on in our lives. I think we both needed it. It felt good both to vent and to wax ecstatic. :) Friends with whom you can share all your hopes and fears as easily and plainly as if you were talking to yourself in the mirror are a wonderful thing indeed.

Turning negatives to positives

Negative: Wednesday's foodfest made me put on a little weight.

Positive: I'm STILL only a few pounds from goal, and my pants are too big. These ones used to be tight.

Negative: All the pairs of shorts I tried on at EMS looked really goofy and ugly on me.

Positive: The pairs that fit me were size 4. Oh yeah.

Negative: I won't be seeing dahveed76 until about 8pm tonight.

Positive: I will be seeing dahveed76 tonight!

Negative: Another hour and twenty minutes here (unless EVERYONE else leaves before that).

Positive: Even leaving at 5:30, I'll have time to go to the Garment District if I want before heading to the grocery store and home. Maybe I'll find some new capris or skirts.

Negative: I'm already hungry, but won't be eating dinner until dahveed76 gets here.

Positive: I have carrots in the fridge that I can go eat now.

Oops.

Crap. I forgot this is the week of my Boston Organics delivery. ONCE AGAIN I neglected to leave my box out. Crud. I don't mind being charged another $15 for another box, since it will be refunded to me when I return the box, but the fact that this means I'll have three boxes sitting around my kitchen for the next two weeks is a pain. Meh.

It also means that my fridge will yet again be filled with veggies. I haven't used much of the last box, unfortunately. These two weeks will likely involve a good deal more cooking, though, so I should be ok this time. I may be forced to have something I don't really want very much for dinner just to use up some veggies. We'll see. Looks like I'll be going straight home instead of going to the Garment District. Then I'll put the produce away, go through my fridge, make dinner plans, and hit the store. I think I'll put yellow squash on my "DO NOT WANT!!" list. It has never thrilled me, and I'm getting tired of getting it in the box.