If You Like Carne Asada, Gettin Caught in the Rain

Day 9 (Monday)

Breakfast: Blackberry chia seed pudding

Lunch: Leftover chicken soup

Dinner: Carne asada and quinoa lettuce wraps

I ran out of one color of quinoa, so I had to combine some red and some regular quinoa to get (almost) a full cup total. It seems to me that if the directions tell you to make a cup at a time, the package would contain full cups of quinoa. I guess that’s how they force you to buy more. Sssstupid.  

Anyway, I made a pot of quinoa and my husband marinated some steak (recipe below). We skewered and grilled the steak and I put a little quinoa, some cheddar, salsa, and sliced avocado on leaves of butter lettuce instead of tortillas. Pretty solid meal. I suppose I could have made some kind of Mexican quinoa, but I plan on using the rest of it on Wednesday and I need it to be plain. I think the salsa gave it enough seasoning.

Steak Marinade:

3/4 c Orange Juice
1/2 c lime juice
1/3 c lemon juice
1/2 c soy sauce
4 cloves minced garlic
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp paprika
1 tsp dry oregano
cilantro
honey
ground pepper

Lessons for the day:

1. I should always let my husband marinate steak.

2. Lettuce wraps are good, but I think I need to lay in a supply of those cauliflower tortillas, or at least figure out how to make them out of some kind of whole grain. They come in very handy.

3. Warm weather sucks all motivation to exercise from me. I just want to go find a patio somewhere and have a daiquiri.