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I could have sent this one.

Lately I've been talking to a "long lost" friend from high school.  Sometimes it's funny how 30 some odd years ago you spend so much time with people that now you realize you truly didn't know anything about them (or them you).  ...then again it does make 'catching up' a little more interesting.

Postsecret 2/14/19 - 5.fatgirl

2016 New Year's Resolutions

So here I am in day 10 of the new year & I'm still working on those goals. (Yay me!) Today's "adventure" was the first of 3 of the Blue Apron mealsBeckey gifted me so I could see if it was something I'd be interested in. I decided to try the hardest (I'll explain why later) of the three first (if I can prepare & eat it then the rest will be easier).

Tonight's meal: Seared Cod & Date Vinaigrette.

I'm not the best fish cooker (unless it's fried; thanks Dad) & cod has always been beer battered and fried w/ chips in my world. If that wasn't intimidating enough, it comes with a 1/2 cup of read quinoa (what is quinoa and why is it red), a watermelon radish (very neat looking but still tastes like a radish to me) and dates I was supposed to finely chop (have you tried chopping raisins?). It took me longer than the 35 minute cooking time mostly because "Heat a medium pot of salted water to to boiling on high. Once boiling, add the quinoa" is not specific enough for this non-cook. How much water? How much salt? (Did I mention I don't know what quinoa is or why it's red?) I won't go how long my paranoid self cooked the fish, I can hear you laughing at me from here.

 
My favorite step was the 6th and last one: "Divide the finished salad and cooked cod fillets between two plates." In case no one tells you quinoa GROWS. 

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There's maybe 1/3 of the salad on my plate (a regular sized dinner plate). I ate what's on my plate. I may not know what it was supposed to taste like, but it wasn't inedible and that's a plus. All in all I say meal 1 was a success.