This is the food that has made me want to start doing some strength-training. Please do not laugh at me while I share with you the following story. Oh, go ahead an laugh, actually. It was rather ridiculous.
This recipe calls for two zucchinis and one carrot, all grated. Well, my mushy arms are used to grating things effortlessly using my food processor, but I wanted to do it manually for the blog to see how it would turn out because I know there are people who will need to do it with a manual grater. By the time I finished grating my first zucchini, my left triceps was already cramping up and burning. I still had another zucchini and a carrot to go! I started to question how bad I wanted that carrot, which was starting to look about as massive as a baseball bat, but I persevered and pushed through the pain. I did it! I felt like I'd just won a wrestling match! I proceeded to gleefully transfer the grated vegetables to the frying pan. As I was stirring the zucchini and carrot shreds with a wooden spoon, my arm suddenly seized up on me and did a sort of jerk upwards while I was holding that spoon which was loaded with my freshly grated veg. The contents of the spoon flew over my head and across the kitchen leaving a trail of vegetable carnage on the freshly mopped kitchen floor.
Well, that went well.
Strength-training starts today! Or maybe I'll just have a piece of cake instead. We'll see.
And now for the cute. What is going on here? It's synchronized grooming! Interrupted by me, of course. Poor geese. Why do they even hang out here? Don't they know I'm always there harassing them with my camera? It's their fault, really.
This recipe calls for two zucchinis and one carrot, all grated. Well, my mushy arms are used to grating things effortlessly using my food processor, but I wanted to do it manually for the blog to see how it would turn out because I know there are people who will need to do it with a manual grater. By the time I finished grating my first zucchini, my left triceps was already cramping up and burning. I still had another zucchini and a carrot to go! I started to question how bad I wanted that carrot, which was starting to look about as massive as a baseball bat, but I persevered and pushed through the pain. I did it! I felt like I'd just won a wrestling match! I proceeded to gleefully transfer the grated vegetables to the frying pan. As I was stirring the zucchini and carrot shreds with a wooden spoon, my arm suddenly seized up on me and did a sort of jerk upwards while I was holding that spoon which was loaded with my freshly grated veg. The contents of the spoon flew over my head and across the kitchen leaving a trail of vegetable carnage on the freshly mopped kitchen floor.
Well, that went well.
Strength-training starts today! Or maybe I'll just have a piece of cake instead. We'll see.
Individual Zucchini Casseroles
Cuisine: Vegan, Gluten Free
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And now for the cute. What is going on here? It's synchronized grooming! Interrupted by me, of course. Poor geese. Why do they even hang out here? Don't they know I'm always there harassing them with my camera? It's their fault, really.
Work those muscles! Haha. You're a trooper for grating all those veggies - not an easy task, for sure! Love these casseroles.
ReplyDeleteI will never take my little food processor for granted again! :D
ReplyDeleteI would suggest a strenuous exercise plan of lifting huge and heavy slices of chocolate cake up to your mouth. That will help build those muscles. ;)
ReplyDeleteI see you trying to sneak my nemesis in there. A 'pop of colour'? I think not. ;)
Shoveling cake into my mouth is an exercise plan I can actually do! Where do I sign up?
ReplyDeleteI actually thought of you and chuckled when I was putting the pepper slices on there! :D
What are you talking about? That is strenght training! Do that every day and you'll be super strong. And then have cake. I always prefer a hand grater. It makes the texture so much better. But I haven't used one in forever because I am lazy. I did start strenght training recently though, so we'll see. T
ReplyDeleteThat does sound like a solid plan. Grate vegetables, then eat cake. I like it! Only I'll eat the cake with the non-grating hand, just in case my arm betrays me again and I end up flinging cake across the kitchen! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is that goose doing? Did you disturb a goose yoga class? Is she doing "backwards facing goose"?
ReplyDeleteWhatever they are doing, it's very cute! :)
That is a very difficult yoga pose! Advanced level, for sure. I don't think I could rotate my head exorcist-style like that, let alone dislocate my shoulder! :D
ReplyDeleteHmmmm... you chuckled? Evil capsicum overlord. :P
ReplyDeleteMwahaha! Fear the evil capsipepper overlord! Overlady?
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