Get Out of My Sign

Really? I got an email today titled: Western Auto Sign Climbing - Not Allowed. 

This is why we can't have nice things because some idiot is literally IN the sign at the condo I own. 

Question

Is it okay to be almost 30 and have marshmallows, peanuts and Coors Light for dinner? 

... it was after our championship kickball game... 

How Is That Something That Happens?

As you may be aware by now, cooking and meal planning is not my strongest suit. So one Wednesday afternoon, I was rummaging through the work fridge, trying to make some sort of concoction for lunch out of rogue items I had brought in over the past few days. 

After quite a bit of work, I was able to scrounge up edamame, carrots, spinach, cheese, a tomato & some salad dressing (leftover from a client meeting) and things were looking pretty good. 

I put my plate on the edge of the counter as I was cleaning up the knife and other supplies and chatting with Kattie and another coworker, when a third co-worker came by. He reached his hand out - and I am not making this up - grabbed a handful of my dressed salad off my plate!

My jaw dropped in disbelief "What? What are you doing?" I cried, as Kattie and my co-worker burst into laughter.

Did that just happen? 

"What?" Coworker asked between bites, is this not just leftovers from the meeting? 

"No! That's my lunch!" I sighed. 

"Oh, sorry," he mumbled. "I'll bring you a tomato tomorrow." 

That is not even the point. Who eats dressed salad with their bare hands, when it's not even theirs!

And for some reason this is not the first time something like this has happened to me. Last year at the Chiefs game there were 2 different people who took french fries out of my order of fries as I was walking back to my seat. 

2 people I didn't even know. 

How is this something that happens? 

And BTW - the next day my co-worker brought me a tomato. 

Sorry

Just realized how long it's been since my last post. 

One might think that my lack of posts means that I've adjusted well & managed to stay out of random debacles. Unfortunately that's not really the case. I've just been busy. 

Sorry, I will get back on the posting bandwagon this week. Please accept my apologies.  

Earlier This Week...

... I got jazz fingered by my coworker and roommate. At work. Stepping on the elevator with a bunch of my coworkers. 

It was awkward. 

#youneverknow

Edamame Brought to You By the VML Chicago Office

What can you make with edamame? Juan asked after Day 3 of eating edamame for lunch. I gave a few suggestions and then tried to investigate. Well it turns out that you can almost make this recipe using stuff we have in our Chicago office! 

I’ve annotated it to demonstrate. Will check back if it actually comes to fruition. Or perhaps try it out at your office and report back. 

Rainbow Peanut Noodles

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: About 4-6 servings

Ingredients

Rainbow Pasta Ingredients:

• 12 ounces whole-wheat pasta (I used DeLallo whole-wheat linguine) - You could use the Ramen noodles instead
• 1 Tbsp. peanut oil (or olive oil)
• 1 red bell pepper, cored and julienned (thinly sliced)
• 1 yellow bell pepper, cored and julienned – you might have to bring your own peppers, can’t help you there. 
• 1 large carrot, peeled and julienned – I saw some carrots in the second drawer
• 1 cup shredded red cabbage
• 1 cup shelled edamame – well obvi you have this 
• topping: thinly-sliced scallions (green onions), toasted sesame seeds (sesame seeds you can dust off some sesame seeds from the frozen bagels from breakfast a few weeks ago) and chopped peanuts (I think there were a few peanuts left in the cupboard from the Peapod order)

Peanut Sauce Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter – we should have this if Cloud didn’t eat it all 
• 1/4 cup soy sauce - I think a saw a soy sauce packet mixed in with the taco bell sauces on the counter 
• 3 Tbsp. water – just don’t use the bottle water in the drink fridge 
• 2 Tbsp. honey – I think I saw some of that yesterday 
• 2 Tbsp. rice vinegar 
• 1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger
• 2 tsp. sesame oil
• 1 clove garlic, peeled - ?? 
• (optional) 1 tsp. sriracha hot chili sauce, or more to taste – got it 

Damn I Hope So...