A Pinch of This...A Chunk of That...

So...as of Wednesday morning I still had absolutely no clue as to when the packers and movers would arrive.

In my head it was playing out like this...packers would arrive mid next week and the moving truck would be right behind...Friday. We would arrive to Maryland with our belongings not too far behind us. Truth be told, I really didn't care when the stuff arrived, as long as it was loaded and en route all would be fine!


Back to Wednesday morning...I let the Darling Doctor Pips voicemail have it (pretty early) and somewhere around noonish, he managed to plunge the "blockage" from the corporate commode. Packers to arrive Tuesday...truck to arrive Thursday. I can just about pinpoint the seconds I have left to look at all the "stuff" piled around the house, ready to be boxed.


I hear you...why is it all piled around if the packers have to do everything?


CONTROL.


No one can possibly do the job as well as I can, so I simplified it.


The china that will go in the dining room cabinet (which has up until this point been stored in its original packaging) is on the dining room table...deliver it all to the same room. How can they possibly screw that up?


A gazillion cookbooks are neatly stacked in piles around the living room organized alphabetically by ethnicity...they will go in the boxes as they are laid out so I will not have to reorganize them once they reach our destination.


NOW...back to "a pinch of this"...


With all said "stuff" eagerly awaiting the packers (not capitalized...not the football team)...I realized one of my prized tools has been sitting collecting dust for quite some time...Ze' Wok!!!


While I am in possession of all aforementioned cookbooks, I LOATHE all the turning back and forth to a page to read:


1/4 cup of this

1/5 tsp of that

Blah

Blah

Blah


My version of the something scrumptious above goes like this:


2 good sized handfuls of boneless, skinless tenders cut in bite sized chunks

A scoop of minced garlic

A chunk of fresh ginger

A few stalks of celery

A bunch of green onions

2 cans of mushrooms (the fresh ones at the market this morning looked like the shit they were grown in)

2 heads of romaine hearts sliced in very thin strips ( I choose very thin strips because it is the fastest and easiest for me!)

And finally...

A few shakes of Tamari...I prefer Tamari because it WAAAYYY lower in carbs.


I heat the wok on the stove at a medium high heat...


Toss everything in EXCEPT the romaine and flip it around in between helping Cricket with her homework and yelling at Bubba about how he is draining the battery on my iPad playing Games. Poof...by that time...it's been tossed twice...the chicken has the most wonderful golden brown color and I'm ready to throw in the romaine. Toss for just a few, then plate it up and enjoy!!!!


Now see...who needs some cookbook to make an incredible weeknight meal (trust me...I did't get this way licking lettuce!)


Stay tuned peeps...I can hardly wait to land in Maryland and show you my new arsenal of tools to obliterate the bulge!!!!!


Cheers~


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