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a disturbing lack of fiber

Posted on | April 23, 2010 | 14 Comments

Yes, this blog has been sorely lacking in fiber lately.  Exercising a couple times a day and food prep for eating healthily takes a toll on the amount of time I have for fiber fun, but it’s worth it – I’ve lost 6 lbs in two weeks!

Last weekend, I was in the mood to spin.  I had two coordinating 60% merino, 40% bamboo rovings from Miss Babs in the stash, and decided to spin one bobbin of each and ply them together.

I like it!  I need to spin up the remaining fiber and then I’ll do a yardage count.

On a totally random note – have you ever had French Green Lentils?

One of my favorite foodie blogs is Herbivoracious.  I have 27 posts bookmarked for future meals, crazy.  When he posted his recipe for Spanish Lentils and Mushrooms, well, I had to try it.  I’m a sucker for mushrooms; I could eat them every day.  We went to Whole Foods to search for pappardelle noodles (they had them!) and I stocked up on fresh fruit and veg, and also French Green Lentils (which I’d never seen or tried before).  They’re awesome!

Michael’s recipe was fab too (and his picture is much better than mine)!  I subbed red wine vinegar for sherry vinegar and baby bellas for crimini mushrooms, and I doubled the quantity of mushrooms (because I’m truly an addict) and it was yummy and very easy for a weeknight dinner.  The tomato basil vinegarette salad was incredible.   I can’t wait to make this with tomatoes from the garden.

Thanks for coming by – and thanks for your patience with the lack of knitting/spinning!  I’ll have six hours of car knitting this weekend, as we’re driving a fair distance to hike a new-to-us trail, and plan to start a sleeve (or two).

Have a great weekend!

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