(Blogs are so self-indulgent. Please know I know this, as now I’m going to tell you about how I eat. This is the shit I’ll want to read in like, 10 years, when I’m trying to remember grad school.)
So, every week I make about one meal and then spread it out for the rest of the week. I know this sounds nuts, but this is grad school. I also warm up pizzas on other nights, eat cereal for breakfast, usually, with blueberries. I come home and eat crackers and peanut butter or crackers with brie, or carrots with hummus. But cooking I only do about once a week because I have no tiempo para nada.
(I’m also writing to you after I’ve returned home from my Spanish lesson. That last sentence may or may not be correct. I have no idea.)
So, this week I made rice and beans. That’s right! You thought I was going to say I made something elaborate for my 1 meal per week. Get real, I’m in grad school. All my time goes into school and Facebook.
So, this week I made rice and beans. This is such good food for people in grad school, because you can make a whole tub of it (like I did), and then eat microwaved portions of it whenever. Really, I just started this post to tell you that, in heating up my last portion, I had this wild idea to stick pineapples in it.
Now, those of you who have been to the tropics know that in non-tropical climates, we don’t really have pineapple. We have something like pineapple, something the same color, texture and with a hint of pineapple flavor, but it’s not quite pineapple. This is the stuff I’m talking about that I put in my rice and beans.
And it was so good! I cut it into bits, threw them on top of my beans and rice, and the (hint of) pineapple flavor soaked over the rice, making a really nice sweet and sour rice dish. And spicy for me, because I dump dried chilis on my food and then squirt it over with Sriracha sauce. But you get the picture.
When I left for America, my Thai friend P’G asked what I’d eat when I got here. He said, “Will you eat steak?” like that’s all Americans eat.
Steak! Like I have time to make steak.
“All my time goes into school and Facebook”
555- wonderful comic timing.
I love these kinds of posts. I understand the move to make them, too– it’s these little life details that are so fun to stumble across later. I enjoy these kinds of glimpses into friends’ lives, too.
I’ve been eating yogurt (Vanilla, from a big tub– not the little individual servings) with frozen raspberries (let them thaw in the yogurt for a bit) and grape-nuts. Three food groups, tastes like dessert (well almost) and super-filling.
I eat lots of beans and rice, too– do you use a recipe? Maybe over the summer (or on Facebook now!) we should exchange recipes