Showing posts with label RITA/GH. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RITA/GH. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

March Doldrums (and some pasta)

So, it's the middle of March, and I'm in a March funk.

Lots of reasons, none of them matter, but the big thing is this weather.

Mother Nature...

She teases.

This photo was taken a month ago in the middle of February!



She taunts.



And then she delivers this whack!

I hate March winds!!!!!


This is the construction site across from my school. The wind rippling the protective barrier reminds me of waves. #thinkpositive



And if you live in a city, it turns black and nasty very soon.


At least it's melting!


























One bright spot - these flowers survived being buried in heaps of snow. I spied them on my way to the subway.






So not much cooking is going on - between report cards and conferences and state test prep.

I'm SO grateful for the extra hour of daylight. I may be the only person who loves Daylight Savings Time, but it means the sun is still out when I get home from work.  #happiness

So, all this weather weariness is leading to carb overload. Too much soda bread. Too much chocolate cake from hubby's birthday.

I needed something comforting and quick, but I wanted - no craved - something green. To go with the pasta. More carbs. :(

I happened to discover, quite by accident, that when you cook kale in tomato sauce, it makes the kale taste sweeter.

So I simmered some canned tomatoes, added my kale and garlic and herbs. And I had some color and some healthy greens.



Good thing, because that was the side to this deliciousness - white rotelli with ricotta and mozzarella.  See how desperately I need spring to really arrive!






So what are you doing to combat weather woes?



PS:  Please come say hi.
I have to admit, yesterday when the RITA GH calls went out, I was shocked. I think my real life has kept me too isolated from my writing buddies. I had no idea - probably for the first time in 30 years - that it was GH/RITA day.  So that's probably part of the March funk. No writing time available. Nada. Zilch. Sad me.
Soon. After next week, I can breathe again (I hope).

PPS:

I saw this sign while out walking Fenway. It made me smile. Hope it makes you smile too.