Rants, Recipes, and Running

One of the 1st weekends we lived in Tucson, 6 years ago (!!!!), we decided to head downtown one Saturday morning to "check out the city". We had visions of walking around shops, and having lunch at one of the bistros. When we got downtown, our expectations and reality were very diverse. Everything was closed. Garbage layed in the streets. No cars were around. No people were to be seen. We walked a few blocks down, thinking, "Up ahead is where the action must be". All we found was a homeless man sleeping on a bus bench. Well, 6 years later, things have changed drastically. Over the past 2 years, there has been a huge push to make downtown Tucson cool again. And it has worked! Now you go downtown, and it bustling with new restaurants, coffee shops, yoga studios, apartments, new construction everywhere, and a street car that takes you from the University of Arizona, to 4th Avenue (an arts district), to downtown . In the evenings, you will find live...

I don't know if you've noticed my absence of recipes, but my abandoned kitchen tools have. It's just not fun to cook for yourself. It is so much easier to just heat up some boring black beans and eat it with a salad when you have no one to cook for. Now that Ryan is home, and we are adjusting to "married life" under the same roof again - I am rekindling my love of the kitchen! I made a recipe on Sunday afternoon, that I just had to share! Green Lentil Curry . I bought a bunch of bulk lentils from Sprouts last week, and had the thought to make them ahead of time for lunches during the week. And I found the perfect recipe for this! And it was so easy ! I found the recipe on Pinterest, made a few little changes. It is so good!!! 2 cups green lentils (dry) 1 14 oz can coconut milk (I used the lite version) 8 oz tomato paste 3 cups water 1/2 large onion, chopped finely 6 garlic cloves 1 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp coriander, ground 1 tsp curry powder 1 ...