Easy does it...

Howdy strangers. Sorry for being MIA...I've been a bad food photographer all week and I really hate posting without pictures :( Plus, gotta put in some QT with Jamie!

I really only cooked once since my last post and honestly, that seems so long ago and I can't remember what I put in it! Oops!!
I do know it was Pork Stirfry and I marinated the pork tenderloin in a splash of Maggi Seasoning, soy sauce, maple syrup and garlic. I also used asparagus, radishes, green pepper, shiitake mushrooms, shallots and celery. The sauce is a little fuzzier...I think I used some oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil and maybe some chili garlic sauce? Yeah, that sounds about right ;)

We had a pretty full weekend after that...

• Saturday was a running fail. New kicks were good, achilles not so much. About 10 minutes into our run, I decided it just wasn't happening. It wasn't super painful or anything, but I knew it wasn't right so I stopped. I also decided that the Army Ten Miler wasn't going to happen either. Super bummed. :(
  
• Dinner at Fogo de Chao - if you haven't been, it's basically all the meat you can possibly eat...served on swords. I think we've been there way too many times to mention :[
  
• Engagement party at McFadden's where I totally got the shifty eye from random, barely 21 year old girls in the bathroom - pardon me for wearing flats and barely there makeup. Psh. I also saw what might be the GROSSEST thing ever - some girl in the stall next to me put her BARE FEET on the bathroom floor...UM, no. Never. Ever.
• Since I was too broken to run the ATM, Jamie agreed to fill in. I'm a big nerd so I went out to cheer...unfortunately he's too fast and I never saw him on the course haha. On the way back, we ran into a coworker of mine who suggested I check out this Achilles Tendon Support
  Did a little jog and walk around the store and was sold. It basically provides compression and stability for your achilles tendon and also raises your heel a bit to reduce stress on the tendon. God, I'm such a sucker for doodads.
  
• Dinner at Jaleo in Crystal City - I think we've now been to all the Jaleo locations in the DC metro area. We got two really good tapas that I had never tried before - Papas Arrugas (Canary Island-style wrinkled baby potatoes served with mojo verde - cilantro, cumin, garlic, sherry vinegar and olive oil sauce)
  This is what they looked like...sort of. This picture kinda looks like powdered Munchkins haha. Anyway, they were DELICIOUS - just the right amount of salt, warm and soft in the inside!
  
  The other new dish we tried was the Rossejat (traditional fried pasta, paella style, with shrimp cooked in a seafood broth).
  The flavor was nice and briny and the pasta was perfectly crisp on the top and full of seafood-y goodness!
  

After all that, we definitely needed a detox dinner. On Monday's dinner menu - Pre-packaged Mania:
Dole Southwest Salad Kit (it was the only kit the Giant had and it was a kit sort of day), to which I added a few handfuls of Arugula Salad from another bag and some
O yes...Purdue Short Cuts Oven Roasted Turkey. I really hate these things, mostly b/c they smell weird and the texture is just not right. BUT, I did require a meat product in Monday's salad and in a pinch, these will do.

Overall, it wasn't exactly the detox I was looking for. The salad dressing was a creamy ranch/salsa thing and there was a lot of iceberg lettuce...I'm not an iceberg girl. Ah well, you win some, you lose some. Are you picky about salad greens?

I also stopped to pick up one of these:
Just for my buddy Mr. Achilles! So far it's been treating me well. I like that it straps on. Totally wore it at my desk today ;)

I was feeling good so I decided to take the Achilles support for a test run. What I didn't know was that a work emergency would have me literally running up and down Connecticut Avenue trying to find an office supply store that sold 11"x17" plastic sheet covers for a submission due tomorrow morning. WTF? So I probably did about 2 miles with lots of stops and starts. I also learned that these sheets DO NOT EXIST IN STORES! UGH. I stopped at like 3 stores with no success! I ended up at my office and working without them.

Once I got home, Jamie had dinner all ready and it smelled amazing. What was on the menu?
Hyderabadi Biryani courtesy of
It was actually pretty good for a box mix! Spicy, slightly sweet from the lemon curd - delish! Definitely buying this box again! Jamie also grabbed a package of naan because well, naan makes everything more fun :p

Ok, time to ice and rest the leg before tomorrow's bootcamp class - I've missed about half the classes since this is a shortened session so I feel like I HAVE to make it to the next three...or else it's a waste.