Sunday, March 20, 2011

Day 12: Limitless

     Its unreal to me how fast weekends go by. I feel like it takes two weeks to get through one work week, and then about 5 hours to get through a weekend, its really not fair. Whoever invented the 5 five work week must have either had the best job ever, or was just crazy. 

     We saw Limitless this afternoon and both really enjoyed it. Plot summary is a guy who is kind of a procrastinating wannabe writer runs into an old friend who introduces him to a new drug that enables you to use 100% of your brain, as opposed to the 20% we are said to really only use. It was very entertaining and thought provoking, and it didn't hurt that Bradley Cooper was the lead either. He is one of my favs, and its not for his acting skills. 

     Breakfasts are definitely my favorite part of weekends. They are always so hearty and delicious, and we usually eat with friends at least one of the two days. This weekend I was fortunate to have breakfast both days with friends. Today there was even a precious little one year old involved! : ) We ate at Cafe Brazil on Berry, located where the Los Vaqueros used to be. J didn't particulary like his meal, but I really enjoyed my vegetarian chiliquilles. I also liked the the restaurant was very vegetarian friendly, which is a rarity in the ol Fort. I totally cleaned my plate, again, and immediately regreted it, again, but it was totally worth it. We were going to go practice our shooting skills since the shooting poriton of our CHL class is Tuesday night, but the range was closed so instead we say Limitless. 

     For dinner tonight, to help make up for both of us being pigs for brunch, we made Spring Rolls. They are so fun to make and even more fun to eat. You can make them however you want as well, there is really no set recipe. You just need to buy the rice paper (which looks like big contacts) and then whatever veggies and protein you would like. We usually just eat them with veggies, but I have made them with shrimp before. Just julienne (cut into sticks) the veggies you choose and place a bowl or pot of warm water out. You soak the rice paper for about 20 seconds, turning ever so often, into the warm water until it becomes very soft and pliable. Then you place the veggies of your choice at one end of the wrap, and slowly roll them up, tucking in the ends if you haven' t filled them up too much. Tonight we used carrots, cucumber, mung bean sprouts, avocado, cilantro, mint, and green bell pepper. I made a quick and easy Peanut Butter dipping sauce (1/4 C peanut butter with hot water added slowly to make silky/creamy, then a couple splashes of soy sauce and 1 splash of hot sauce). Here are a couple of pics from the last time we made them.









     I will post two recipes for tomorrow because I am not going to post one tonight. Its not like any of you are going to be making anything tonight at this time anyways, because it is 926, which means...My Bedtime! 545am is going to come quick! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and Happy First Day of Spring!!  XX

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