Dry Eyes!

So, in light of my last post... I would like to share with you a victory I experienced today (whilst making my very first casserole!!... much to be improved on.. but it was alright). making this casserole involved chopping up an onion. I was DREADING it... but I knew the dish would not be the same without it. I learned a trick from a customer at the coffee shop I work at. Despite how skeptical I was... I remained tear free!!! With NO saranawrap!! How? I bet your just dying to know. I even considered not even telling you just to keep this all to myself... but that would be rather selfish of me i suppose...so I will tell you.
First you cut off the ends. Then you look at the ends, and the end that looks like it has a white sort of core thing in it...take a knife to it there and core out the white chunky thing in the middle. Apparently that is the part that holds most of the gas that makes your eyes feel like they are on fire. Then, take the onion and soak it in really cold water. Voila... your now onion is now anti tear-inducing.

Don't you feel like your life is changed? I do.

So what. Onions make me cry.

And I mean a lot. Its like they crawl right up into my eye sockets and start scrubbing my eyeballs with acid. I've been desperate for a solution. I rinse with cold water. I chew on something. I try cutting out the core part that apparently emits the gas. I've TRIED and I've CRIED. And out of desperation a couple nights ago, when my meal just wouldn't have been the same without some fried onion... I came up with this...



please laugh. you're allowed. really. i understand the ridiculousness of it.

but guess what? I didn't shed a SINGLE TEAR.

and I came out with this beauty of a creation.



Veggie and Chickpea stuffed Acorn Squash. (Still lovin the squash, though I can say I am making it less frequently as my new vegetable loves are brussel sprouts and asparagus)

everything seems a little fuzzy

ever make a decision for yourself to happen in the future? and then stumble upon that future date sooner than anticipated... and then all the sudden you have more than one option than the original planned decision... and your left at a crossroads with wonderful options no matter which way you look?

that's where I am at. though these things are really not going to happen until aug/september, the decision needs to be made this month.... BAH...