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Music, National Blog Posting Month

Eleven songs for a gray and rainsome day

NaBloPoMo!

  1. Poor Boy, David Byrne and Brian Eno. This entire album is good for rainy days.
  2. Daddy Went Walkin’, Neil Young. Poppy asked to listen to “Old King” three times in a row in the car this morning. This one reminds me of that one. Probably because they both feature dogs.
  3. Blue Bayou, Linda Ronstadt. I love to sing along to this song. I am, however, surprised that I don’t hear howling dogs and screeching cats when I attempt that final note.
  4. Goodbye, So Long, Farewell, Music Together.
  5. That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas), Lyle Lovett. But Texas wants you anyway.
  6. Wonderful, Sam Cooke. I originally typed “cookie.” One-track mind.
  7. Night Sight, Air. I once saw Air filed as “Air, French Band” in a record store. Now I can’t think of the band as just “Air.”
  8. Zousan (Little Elephant), Elizabeth Mitchell. My iPod loves this song. It plays it at least once a day.
  9. You Don’t Know How It Feels, Tom Petty
  10. Be My Covering, Bebo Normal
  11. Yogurt Stand, Poppy. What, you’ve never heard “Yogurt Stand”? It’s the dance sensation that’s sweepin’ the nation. Not on my iPod (yet) but still awesome and heard frequently in my kitchen.

Yogurt stand
I really want to spin around
and it’s fun if I want to
and I love playing with “Another celebrated dancing bear”
and I love it so much
that I feel like spinning right now
‘Cmon and spin with me
wooo wooo woooo
If you wanna spin around
just ask a grown up
Alright!
Falling down, cha cha cha!

Music, National Blog Posting Month

Ten songs for cleaning the kitchen

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These don’t really have anything to do with cleaning the kitchen, except that the iPod played them while I was cleaning. NaBloPoMo!

  1. Soma, The Strokes
  2. Wigwam, Bob Dylan
  3. Y Control, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  4. Islands, Cat Power
  5. You’re in My Heart, Rod Stewart
  6. Zousan (Little Elephant), Elizabeth Mitchell
  7. This Little Light of Mine, Elizabeth Mitchell
  8. The Maker, Daniel Lanois
  9. Round and Round, Neil Young
  10. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens

Also: I took a spinning class last night, and now it hurts to sit down.

Update: Now the iPod is playing “Keep on Loving You” by REO Speedwagon, which would have been a perfect kitchen-cleaning song because you can sing it like this: “I’m gonna keep on scrubbin’ yoooooooooouuuuuu, ’cause it’s the only thing I wanna dooooooo,” and so on. Which isn’t true but is fun.

menu plan Monday, National Blog Posting Month

I don’t dig on lamb

NaBloPoMo!Amy and I are both trying to eat healthier these days, so we’ve both joined Weight Watchers. So our Recipe Roulette picks should be a little better for us from here on out!

Our dish for this week was based on a lamb kheema from Gina’s WW Recipes. I didn’t really want to use lamb, though, so I used ground turkey instead. I also didn’t have any cumin, so I left that out. I used lettuce leaves to make little kheema lettuce wraps.

I was a bit leery of this one at first. One of the things I don’t love about ground turkey is its color, but the spices in the kheema made the meat a rich, dark brown. The dish had a really lovely, deep and spicy flavor. I liked this so much, in fact, that we’re going to have it again this week!

Menu Plan Monday
Monday: Spaghetti
Tuesday: Quesadillas
Wednesday: Crabby Patties
Thursday: Turkey kheema
Friday: Pizza

Lamb Kheema with Peas
from Gina’s Weight Watcher Recipes
1 large onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ginger, chopped (Note: I just realized I forgot to add this!)
1 tablespoon butter or ghee
1 pound lean ground lamb shoulder (Note: I used ground turkey)
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup frozen peas
1 chili pepper, minced (or more to taste) (I omitted this altogether, because I was being lazy)
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1 bay leaf
salt and fresh pepper

In a large saute pan, heat ghee or butter and onions on medium heat. Cook about 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook another 2 minutes.

Add ground meat to pan and brown. Season with salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, cayenne, chili powder, turmeric, garam masala and cinnamon. Stir well. Add chopped chili pepper, cilantro, bay leaf, tomato sauce and 1/2 cup of water. Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer about 15 minutes. Add frozen peas and simmer covered another 5-10 minutes.