Last nights dinner was really yummy, and when asked Gary said he wouldn't mind if I made it again.
It has a coconut milk base and also contains halibut (I substituted cod, because they didn't have any halibut at my grocery store), shrimp, yellow pepper, scallions, and tomatoes. One of the best parts of this soup though are all of the great "Caribbean" spices; fresh ginger, allspice, curry, cilantro, lime juice, and a little cayenne.
The things I would have changed about how I made this soup is that I would have had everything cut up and ready to go before I started. It is a little involved and you have to move quickly through the steps with lots of stirring, so no time to prep in between steps. For example, the first step involves sauteing the scallions, yellow peppers, and ginger over high heat. I just dumped them all in the pot together and stirred them occasionally while I cut up the other ingredients and the ginger seemed to burn a little and stick to the bottom of the pan. It didn't taste burnt, but I would have liked to cook it over medium heat and pay closer attention to it.
The other thing I would have changed was I would have either used fresh shrimp or put my pre-cooked shrimp in for the last two minutes instead of the last six. It was a little tough.
Not bad for a first try though. And I thought it was super good. We will definitely be adding this to the repertoire.
My Chalean workout did get accomplished yesterday. Apparently Thursdays are the toughest because you have a long, 45 minute, Interval workout followed by a 10 minute ab workout. The Interval workout was KILLER! I am considering carb-loading next Wednesday in order to accomplish it. By the time I was 30 minutes into it I was pretty spent. I admit I definitely started slacking off and not pushing myself very hard. I feel kind of bad that I didn't give it my all and have committed to working a lot harder next week. Cozy gave me a bit of encouragement here, telling me that I will only get better at it. Thanks Coz!
The ab workout was hard, but I think mostly because I was already exhausted. I have heard that Cozy splits this day up and does part in the morning and part when she gets home from work. I think I will try this next week too.
I am playing with the idea of holding off in the running until after I complete Chalean. This will mean postponing Ragnar until next year. I don't feel like I am giving into the lame-ness though because Chalean is super intense and I feel like I am really gaining some real success by working on this. Besides, if I hold off until I complete Chalean then I will begin my running career weighing less (better on my joints), stronger, and later in the year (longer days, more sunlight, more opportunities to run). I'm not feeling too bad about this. However, in order to keep me moving forward I am going to work on finding myself a "running-buddy" and a 5 or 10K to work towards.
So we are supposed to go see Graceland, my friend's Elvis Tribute band, tonight. There is a small chance this might not happen because my past life's lame-ness is still trying to wield it's power over me. See this is the usual scenario: I find something interesting to do on the weekend and then my inner voice starts telling me that I don't really want to drive that far, or I won't be able to find a babysitter, or I don't want to have to deal with Riley having a possible melt-down, or possibly it won't be worth the money spent. All of these excuses are, of course, LAME but I used to let them hold sway. NOT ANY MORE! I will call around to see if I can get a babysitter, even though they will have to be on-duty until 11:30, it is possible that someone really won't mind that much. We shall see! I will at least try, and if no babysitter can be found then at least I didn't fail without even trying, right!
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