Kyle had to leave early Tuesday morning so I decided to go to stroller strides rather than squeeze in some form of exercise with both kids before breakfast.
Which meant I had time to make pancakes for the whole week.
V and I played at the park and then we ran over to the library story time after stroller strides despite my feet being soaking wet (it’s that time of the year, I guess, when running and doing drills on grass leaves you a little soggy). P was sad that he missed picking out his own library books, but was definitely happy not to miss another day of school. He’s not entirely better, but hopefully he will be soon.
I had a pre-made TJs salad for lunch because I didn’t get them down for naps until so late I was staaaaaarving.
I added avo and then snacked on baby carrots and the rest of these Siete chips.
For dinner I decided to make a veggie and quinoa stir fry to serve with the leftover curry pork from last week.
First time making quinoa in the instant pot.
I set it for 8 minutes and the weirdest thing happened. As soon as it got to pressure the valve started releasing steam. Even though it was on the sealing setting. Hmmmm. It stopped after a while but kinda left me confused. In the end the quinoa turned out fine though so I just forgot about it.
**FORESHADOWING**
I fried the quinoa in ghee and then added tamari and a bunch of broccoli and cauliflower. Then the kids woke up.
In the interest of expending energy over the next few cold months, I signed both kids up for gymnastics. I’d been waiting for times that overlapped or at least matched up back to back for both of their age groups. It took a while, but we finally sorted it out. V is in a 3 year old class, so I was nervous she wouldn’t quite be ready (developmentally, not physically) but she did great. It certainly helped that Pattycakes’ class was first, so she watched the whole time…getting the itch to get her own chance. And she gets to wear her “camp outfit” so, you know, that helped.
Check out that strut. Hands behind the back, following her coach like she’s a step away from the Olympic team. Ha.
Last time I (re)used this broth I chipped off the massive fat chunk before I added it to the pork, but this time I just warmed it and let the fat melt in. There wasn’t as much so I wanted to make sure I didn’t take away anything that would reduce the flavor. Obvs I’m not fat phobic, but the first time I made it was with short ribs, which are really fatty, so you can strain off a decent amount without affecting the dish. The pork, however, was a leaner cut.
Anyway, I served the pork over the quinoa, broccoli, and cauliflower.
The quinoa was great. Too great, in fact, because we all finished it off and the kids wanted more but there wasn’t any. Oops. Sometimes it is so hard to estimate amounts.
Luckily we had plenty of pork still though, which we all had seconds of, and yet, there was STILL more leftover.
This curry is the gift that keeps on giving.
I had kombucha that night and went to bed feeling perfect. Finally back on track. 🙂
