Mmm, the warm, buttery smell of roasting pecans is filling my kitchen. It’s a good thing, too, because I polished off my last Pepsi with lunch. It’s my intention to not purchase any more soda for home consumption. I need to cut back pretty drastically on my sugar consumption, and soda is the best place to start. I never really meant to start that bad, addicting habit again anyway.

I started out early this morning by setting 8 chicken breasts to soak in an orange juice/lemon juice/fresh garlic/fresh ginger marinade. For dinner I  poured off and reduced the marinade while the breasts cooked and served it all with steamed fresh broccoli. The rice I soaked yesterday cooked, covered at the lowest possible heat for about 45 minutes during lunch. To two cups of it, I added a chopped red and green pepper, some chopped green onion and raisins, tossed in half of the fresh (and very, very not local) pineapple on the counter, and mixed it all up with some evoo and apple cider vinegar to serve next to the chicken.  It won’t take long to make or create a lot of dirty dishes, which is good news because on Fridays we go dancing!

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