Where's the Beach?

Sunday was rainy and cold for most of the day (cold all day, rainy half the day). I decided to take advantage of being holed up in the house and prepped my lunch for Monday and Tuesday. I also made some homemade ciabatta bread to have with soups for dinner. I love zucchini, and I love using them in lieu of pasta sheets. I thought I'd try something new, so I came up with a Zucchini, Tomato Tofu Bake . I just used half a block of tofu, so this made two portions. I probably should have just used the whole block for four lunches, but wasn't sure how it was going to turn out. Saving the other half for later. Zucchini, Tomato, Tofu Bake Ingredients: 1 large zucchini, cut in half then thin slices lengthwise 4-5 garlic cloves, minced Approximately 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, thin sliced 2-3 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes 3-4 artichoke hearts, small dice (not in oil) To taste: parsley, salt 1/2 block tofu (thin sliced for 4 slices), pressed then pan seared Directions: Prehea...

Being Thankful I don't know how many of you read about the deadly storms that rolled through (again) last night. But sadly, 10 lives were lost. I count myself so lucky. My family is all safe, and none of us had any damage to our homes or vehicles last night. We have another round of severe weather heading our way again tonight. The ground is saturated at this point (flooding in lower lying areas). So it's highly likely to see even more large trees topple. On my way to work this morning, I saw two trees down and tons of debris strewn everywhere. We weren't even hit hard compared to many areas. Seeing some of the photos of the destruction definitely made me so very thankful that the most damage we've had so far is hail damage on our vehicles. So minor in comparison. Here are a couple of awesome photos I saw (definitely not taken by me, my butt was inside). Wall cloud photo from KARK ( source) Funnel cloud in my hometown close to Jason's parent's home ...