A Day Off

Well what would you do with a day off? I sat around the house and was largely unproductive for most of mine. I blame part of that on the fact that I was so insanely productive yesterday. See, I also had a day off yesterday, and I got all my various errands done then, so I haven't had any pressing issues to worry about.
I woke up late. Not terribly late though. I used to sleep in until noon, but somehow since I moved to my new apartment I haven't really been able to. The latest that I've "slept in" has been closer to 0830. I know, that's not really considered sleeping in to some of your fortunate late risers, but to me who is used to getting up at 0600 on the dot (okay, maybe not on the dot, I utilize my snooze button a lot)... Anyway, it is sleeping in to me, even though its nothing like the nooners I used to pull.
I did however plan (and I use that word "plan" very loosely; I'll explain why) how to arrange the pictures in my living room of my new apartment. Not really sure why, when, or how I got started on this interior decorating kick, but I really love it. I've had several people tell me that I should have gone into it full time. And if I'm very honest with myself, that's honestly what I would have done if I hadn't met this amazing person named Jesus. Anyway, I put together a few loose sketches of what I think would be cool on the walls, but my roommates all get veto power, so we'll see what actually ends up being displayed.
I also got in a recipe kick. Initially I was just trying to find something to cook for supper, after telling my roommate I would have something ready for her when she got home. I had a few ideas, but they would have to involve the still very frozen chicken from our fridge. So I started looking up recipes for some of the more interesting contents of our refrigerator.
My roommates are all amazing and great girls, and I love them... but lets just say our grocery shopping is a little disjointed. There was a bunch of kale, blueberries, apples, spinach, tortillas, coconut milk, a little bit of hamburger, hashbrowns, and lemons. Now maybe you immediately see a menu in there, but I was having trouble. The freezer was not much help either. The chicken was frozen and there were dinosaur chicken nuggets (see, I said it was eclectic! What are we 9?), and a few frozen veggies, tilapia, and icy pops (again, 9?). Really the cupboards weren't that much better. Canned chicken and tuna (maybe this is terrible of me, but I've never cooked with canned chicken and it kinda creeps me out!), quinoa, brown rice, mac n' cheese, and few cereals.
Well of course the obvious menu would be chicken nuggets with mac n' cheese and an icy pop, but this seemed juvenile and frankly, since I had told her that I would actually cook, seemed like a bit of a cop out. So I dutifully took to the internet looking up what I could make with kale, spinach, and quinoa.
Yes, of course, you my smart blogger saw what I did there! I just took the healthiest things out of that pantry and used them to make my dinner! Actually in the end, I didn't end up using the kale, but I did find a whole bunch of recipes for kale and spinach that I really want to use in the very near future! One of those times that you thank God for Pintrest, so you can save those recipe links for later without cluttering up your bookmark tab on your browser.
So all that to say that I found a recipe for a quinoa spinach quiche that you bake in a muffin tin. Right up my alley! It turned out a little dry cause I tried to keep it warm until my roommate got home, but generally its pretty good, and it feels good to eat things that you know are good for you. Granted I might have made biscuits to go along with it, but I coupled that with some peaches and clementines for a simply lovely meal topped off by a large glass of water!