So my friend made this stuff called "Cowboy Caviar" a month or so ago and gave me some and it was ridiculously good. I'm sure you can google it and find the recipe (and several variations). I think I probably will re-create it some day but it includes stuff like red wine vinegar and avocados, which I just *never* have on hand. I'm getting better at having balsamic vinegar and regular vinegar, as well as extra virgin olive oil, on hand, but that's about it. Anyway, I've still been trying to eat lower carb dinners and last night was no exception. I went home and really wanted to try throwing some canned veggies together, some black beans, and then using Italian dressing as a marinade. Well, I'm out of black beans. And I'm out of canned corn. But I had five cans of chick peas (I sometimes make my own hummus), a can of green beans, and a can of diced tomatoes. I made a delicious salad of some sort that I ate the majority of for dinner.
Cold Chickpea and Veggie Salad
1 15 oz can of chick peas, drained and rinsed
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 can green beans, drained
Italian dressing (you only need about 1/3rd of a 16 oz bottle)
Salt to taste (optional)
Pepper to taste (optional)
Garlic powder to taste (optional)
Combine chick peas, diced tomatoes, and green beans in a container. Add 1/4 to 1/3 of a 16-oz bottle of Italian dressing. Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste and toss. I add the spices a little at a time, mix everything up, and sample a bit until I like the flavor. You can leave all of the spices out and the Italian dressing adds plenty of flavor, as well. Allow to chill in the refrigerator, covered, for at least one hour (overnight marinating is probably even better!). Enjoy!
I am not a big cook. Physically, I'm big. But I'm not big on cooking. If I'm going to cook, it needs to be easy and not have a ton of bizarre or expensive ingredients, and it needs to be relatively hassle-free. Hence the canned ingredients. I found a couple of articles on google to justify to myself that canned veggies are just fine nutritionally. And seriously, it's still gotta be better than fast food so that's my ultimate justification.
I may stop at Aldi, after myself and Little Chick go to the dentist this afternoon, to get some more cans of veggies so I can make more of that salad!
So the frustration mostly comes from a co-worker who is perpetually driving me nuts. I know, I know, she doesn't have control over me and my emotions but I listen to her day in, day out, yak yak yak about gross things, stupid things, how much she hates everything... it wears on me. This week especially. She told me a story about buying her phone case and how she "Jewed him down" to a price she liked. Hate that term. How is it that people can know saying the n-word is offensive but "Jewed him down" isn't? Yesterday she challenged my use of the word "specificity." Really? Two days ago you called a 'median' a 'medium.' Now you want to challenge my grasp of vocabulary? Today, she shoved a picture in my face of the kidney stone her son had just passed. While I was eating my lunch.
Off to go bang my head against something...
Poor Chick
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