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Our wedding was a tad fancier than a courthouse nuptial. We were married in the judge’s house (which is also my advisor’s house – because they are married). I didn’t have flowers and I was actually adamant about that. But today I realized that if I could go back in time, I might have changed one thing…

i might have held a bouquet of beautiful broccolini

…and we could have dipped them in some nice herb vinaigrette after our vows and passed them around as snacks!

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Who says leftovers are boring? Hogwash. I was feeling lazy this evening and figured we could just eat some of our leftover pot roast, or chicken, or… OR I could play at plating which is always fun. I grabbed a baked russet and mashed it up with some butter, plain yogurt, chives, and seasonings to taste. I sautéed the ever-reliable standby: spinach with garlic. Next I heated some of the pot roast and made a gravy from the juices.

first i built it this way

then i tried a more free form style

They tasted the same since all of the components were the same. A nice twist on a traditional meal. Oh, and it was good the way all comfort food is on a cold and windy day.

I will start keeping food posts separate so I don’t have to lock them away. Perhaps one day I will perform the messy job of separating and unlocking that content from my old posts… but don’t count on it anytime soon.

One good thing about trying to buy organic meat is that I tend to buy less of it (because it costs as much as my house) and hence, we eat less meat. I think that’s good. I’ve cut down our red meat consumption and I generally limit myself to one 3-ounce serving of meat a day. Fish is another story. I could eat a 140-pound tuna in one sitting, raw.

crock pot roast beef with veggies

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