Showing posts with label non-recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label non-recipes. Show all posts

Friday, May 19, 2017

Hello, It’s Me Again!

Hello again! Sorry I stopped posting right in the middle of the home organization series.

It’s quite ironic – here I am trying to motivate you, my readers, to organize your kitchen and I lost my own motivation! I wasn’t feeling the topic anymore. I sustained an injury, which triggered an existing chronic injury and boom! I was in a ton of pain! Writing about organizing was the last thing I wanted to do. I physically couldn’t move stuff around and photograph it. Even without pictures, all I needed to do was to fine-tune the posts which were pretty much done. But, of course, I stubbornly wanted nothing to do with it!

I will post them eventually though, just for the sake of closure.

I haven’t cooked anything creative in a while since it’s easier to make basic staples when you are not feeling your best. My awesome husband helped me by food shopping and aided me in making our dinners while I was in pain. I was eventually able to do more things by myself again and I finally made something more involved for dinner last night – ground turkey kima with pasta.

Something I have been considering for a while is cooking with ingredients that decrease inflammation. I throw them in occasionally (like the turmeric roasted squash the other night). That’s what’s going on in my life right now, so I really want to write about it. As an accountant and not a health or nutrition professional, I will just be talking about what I'm trying for myself. It will help keep me accountable. Hopefully, you, my readers, will have some great tips for me, as well.

As for the CPA Exam, I want to re-take it, but it just changed again. I will wait to see what people think about it. I am not sure I'm ready for it. I have been trying to stay current with accounting changes by attending webinars, but am not ready for intensive studying. Not yet, anyway.

That’s it for now; I just wanted to post a quick update. I hope you have all been well! 

Friday, June 10, 2011

It’s Been a Long Time

It’s been a long time…
I shouldn’t have left you
Without a strong post to read through


Okay, okay. I’m not Eric B & Rakim but that song (“I Know you Got Soul”) immediately came to mind while I was typing the title of this post.

As you know, I took a break from this blog several months ago.

What you don’t know are the reasons why.

You might have considered that my absence was due to failing BEC and as a result losing FAR. That alone is not the reason I stopped writing. I still had credit for Regulation and Audit so I took some time off and then continued to take the exam. I ended up taking BEC again in August which I failed with a 69, and then again in October which I also failed but with a 74 (bangs head against brick wall).

At that time, a few non-CPA Exam-related things took place in my life. Work hours became crazy (and I mean more so than usual), then a series of bad events transpired which I will not get into here, followed by my sustaining an injury which made mobility difficult. I concentrated on work, the people in my life and my health.

Things seem to have settled down for now and to summarize where I am today CPA Exam-wise: I lost my FAR and AUD credits, I can’t pass BEC for anything (seriously I’ve taken it half a dozen times), but at least I retain my REG credit until this fall.

I still have a number of draft posts I wrote while/after taking my BEC exams but did not get a chance to post. I plan to post them to share my test-taking experiences with you.

I have also signed up to re-take FAR in July. So that means some studying this month which I will have to write about.

As for new meals, my injury prevented me from standing for long periods of time. However, I have been able to start cooking again and now have more time to rediscover my love of cooking. This summer I want to make some more creative and healthy meals which I hope you will like.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Non-Recipes: The Result of Studying and Working Late

The lack of recipes I have posted in recent weeks is a direct result of working late hours and trying to squeeze in studying for the CPA Exam. I don't have time to make anything that takes more than a half hour – total. So that rules out most recipes.

We don't really like eating takeout or fast food, so I have been making “non-recipe” dinners. These meals are basically ideas I want to share in case there are any other CPA EXAM candidates, students or anyone who doesn't have the time to cook but craves something better than a frozen entree (although, I have to admit, some frozen entrees are OK).

I had a craving for seafood one night last week and decided to make something with the frozen shrimp I had on hand. I sautéed the shrimp in sesame oil with garlic salt and frozen sugar snap peas. Served over Uncle Ben's Fried Rice, it was delicious.

Last night, I made my version of the sausage and peppers that they sell at Mets games. I grilled Premio Sweet Italian Sausages on my George Foreman Grill. When they were almost done, I started sautéing half an onion and some frozen sliced bell peppers with salt and pepper. I served the sausages in hot dog buns (hoagie rolls would be better) and topped them with the peppers. They tasted similar to the ones at the game.

What is your favorite “non-recipe” dinner?