Last night I was looking for something fast, healthy, and flavorful. I think pretty happy with the results of trying this Sweet Orange Salmon from Cooking Light. It really only required buying the fish & an orange since I had all the spices. It took longer to cook than the recipe said...I broiled for 11 minutes, then switched to bake (at 425, & moved the pan to the middle rack) for about another 3-4 minutes so that the exterior wouldn't get burned all to hell. My guess is that perhaps the salmon was thicker than the recipe intended, but I'm not totally sure.
On the plus side, the fish didn't burst into flames which is my general fear about using the broiler. Bonus!
Happy weekend, y'all!
So a lot of my research is about the adoption of innovations (I'll spare y'all the details), but with the regard to the iPhone, I suppose I qualify as a late adopter but hopefully not totally a laggard. Between the travel thing & the 82 hours it takes for my laptop takes to boot-up so I can check my freakin' calendar, I had to admit my life was getting slightly out of control.
Also: Yay! for new toys. I foresee many games of sudoku in my future. Also possibly Twitter, since I'm so far behind that I had to hear some lady that works for NIH tell me (well, us) that we, as scientists, should be getting on the Twitter. And the Facebook. And Wikis. I'm not exactly clear when we're supposed to do our actual science, but oh well.
My other reaction thus far, is why do people still use the Blackberry?
In other news, in no particular order:
1. I dug Caprica, which my honey picked up at Target the other day. Bummed to have to wait til 2010 for it to really start, but I liked the pilot.
2. I'm in the midst of trying to refinance my house, which makes my stomach quesy like all the time. God, I hope it works.
3. Had a really quick trip to Athens last week for the Boy Ball festivities. Will hopefully post pictures soon. This week I'm mostly just trying to detox...
4. The weather is supposed to be gorgeous this weekend, so I'm going to try to plant my garden. A couple of weeks ago, there were a bunch of folks selling plants at the Farmer's Market, so I'm headed there tomorrow to see what I can track down. Definitely tomatoes and bell peppers. I'd love to find a pattypan squash plant, but I dunno. Potentially a cucumber plant.
5. Also, just need to say: Farmer's Market, whooooooooooooooo!!!! I'm so glad that spring is finally here. In just a few weeks, I get my first CSA box for the year. Yip yip!
I haven't updated in forever, which doesn't have any real reason behind it, just the usual too busy, blah, blah, blah...
Today is a gloomy sort of day. Rainy & gusty in the Bluegrass. And then my mom called to tell me that my godmother's son died earlier this week. Sigh. And then I read that Andy Hallett--Lorne from Angel--died in the past week too. Heart condition. He was my age. Again, sigh.
On to happier things.....work has been really, really busy but maybe it's going to let up soon. I got some big stuff off my plate this week, including mailing out 925 project reports, submitting a new paper, finishing a IRB application for a new pilot study I want to do, and doing feedback on all my med students' portfolios. Feeling highly productive for a change....I'd been getting so frustrated that nothing seemed to actually be reaching completion, so that part of my world is looking better.
And I'm teaching a new class this semester and it rocks my socks. My students are just awesome--totally willing to talk and be engaged during class which makes life so much easier. I did about 95% of the design for this course, and they seem to really like how I organized it. YAY!
And in non-work things, let's just say that things are going well there too. :-) The sun is supposed to be out tomorrow, so there should be some time spent outside. And hopefully I'll make it to the Lexington Home & Garden Show, which makes me a total dork, but I want to do some bathroom remodeling and this seems like one way to maybe get some info.
No new recipes to share today though. I baked salmon last night (for too long, so they dried out) with chopped garlic & rosemary from the garden. Hopefully there will be some real cooking soon. :-)
