Smol Life Diary

April 2022

I'm decided to track my progress across various sectors on the "boring" parts of my life like cooking, cleaning, exercise, etc.

Cooking:

I've been incorporating more greens with a bit of variety. I have green juice and applesauce as back up. Kale, spinach and romaine this coming week. I'm putting the kale in a stew/soup kind of dish with rice, mushrooms and cream of mushroom. The spinach I want to fry up with some mushrooms and swiss cheese and put into tortilla to toast. Or maybe I'll make fancy quesadilla.
Boiling eggs and making no added salt bone broth. It was cheaper making from bones than getting premade. However with chicken broth its the opposite.
I am getting snacks but am watching the nutrition more, especially less salt. I've managed to get some decent ones.
I've been sprouting mung beans for two weeks straight!

Future cooking goals:

Cleaning:

I cleaned up the area near my bed (usually a disaster area). I think I'm about halfway done which is 50% more than the past few years.
My work desk is pretty clean. I just need to dust it.

Future goals:

Exercising:

I keep missing the 10 minute workout goal. The five minute one is depending on how much I clean (I move things around a lot).

My end goal is to do 40 minutes of exercise consistently. I've got a long way to go, but at least I'm trying!

I made some chicken thighs in a pressure cooker with some basic spices (italian seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper). Super shreddable. I am planning to put it on wraps with a quickly dwindling green salad. Feeling kind of healthy. :)
I am doing small things consistently like small cleaning or 5 squats and push ups. Finch is such an amazing app and I wouldn't be making these gains without it. It also pushes me to learn 1 new thing daily. I do that anyway buts its good to realize its something I do.

I tried to make a savory pancake. Simliar to scallion pancake. But using a lot of the mung beans that I recently sprouted. The first attempt seems like something my mom would like so I saved it. The second thing the batter did not properly cook so I tossed it. Then I ate yogurt and granola.
I think I need to fry the mung beans and scallions first. I might also get some sort of protein to put in there to balance things out like fake crab meat.
The tip of having snacks to eat so that if cooking experimentation goes wrong has been life changing. Its easier to cook knowing even if I mess it up I will still eat.

I walked to the closest Little Free Library. I even put in a few books that look nicer and newer than the current selection so they will probably go in about 6 months. XD
I did not find anything I wanted, but I really enjoyed the walk.
However after I felt really depressed and napped. I don't know why. :(

I made a black bean soup kind of thing. It was really good with tortilla chips. I need to really knock the salt down and maybe add some more veggies like corn, tomatoes and peppers but its a really solid base for a basic, filling meal. I have a bunch of tortialla too so I wonder if I could put it in a wrap if I'm not feeling soupish?