The RDA method

8 pm Eastern on CNN! It's called "Chasing Life."

Or... mostly.

Last night we invited my new staff member Lisa over for dinner. I made an easy favorite: tilapia. I cooked it in a very dry rose and lemon juice. As a side, I made a new dish: carrots simmered in a mixture of rose, balsamic vinegar, water, and lots of cinnamon. I topped the carrots with a teaspoon of hazelnut oil after removing from heat. It was a sweet, tasty addition to the tilapia meal.

One of my reasons for wanting to live a long time is to finally truly understand, on a very personal level, every pop song I've ever heard.

For instance:

I never really understood "Brandy" by Looking Glass until the brief moment when I thought that MR really was so dedicated to CR and SENS that he just wasn't interested in a partner. "My life, my love and my lady..." Anyhow, it turned out that he just hadn't read my email and all was fine. But I still get the song in a way I didn't before.

Or, what to make when you can't find the tahini.

I thought that I'd make a nice hummus to dip veggies and low carb tortilla chips in at our little party yesterday. So I bought some chickpeas and pulled out the Cuisinart and set about making the hummus. Opened the chickpea can (canned chickpeas make the best hummus), played a rousing game of "Chase the Chickpea" with Kieffer -- he loves for me to throw a chickpea across the room, then he'll chase, "kill" and eat it. Put the chickpeas in the Cuisinart, went searching in the fridge for MR's tahini.

Wasn't there.

MR was in the middle of his meditation session, so I didn't want to disturb him.

I went to plan B.

Well well well, ladies and gentlemen, we've finally got a blog that's not pink!