Edamame

I have # 1, a job, #2, a husband, #3, a home and #4, a dog. All take up a good part of my daily life. This "project" I have started is number 5 on my list and sometimes, numbers 1 thru 4 are going to get in the way of my 365! But if I set up a good system and have a few contingency plans in place, I can keep checking vegetables off my list. This was the case today. Our dinner plans were sidetracked by a call from my husband on his way to the emergency room. He had taken a nasty slice to his finger and was definitely going to need stitches. Almost instantly, one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes played in my head. Elaine, rushing out of a movie theater to go to the ER to meet her hurt boyfriend, stops at the concession stand and picks up some Jujyfruits before catching a cab to be by his side. Would it be so wrong to meet my husband at the hospital with a Whole Foods bag in tow? Then for some reason, those damn red beets came to mind! Ah Ha! I still have some yummy edamame beans at home that I did not eat the other night because of the beets on my salad. I had decided to count them as my veggie of the day and finally check off the dreaded red beet from my list! Finally, something good has come of those stupid beets (Sorry to all my beet loving fans). Off to the ER I went, with no "Jujyfruits" in hand. By the time he was stitched up and discharged, neither of us felt like cooking and it was definitely a Chinese take out night. Of course, there were numerous veggies in my dinner that I could have counted as my veggie of the day, snow peas, enoki mushrooms, broccoli. I stuck with with my edamame later on when the Chinese food "wore off"! It really is a great snack and fills that craving for something salty without opening up a bag of chips or something even worse. Portable and much better for you, this is one vegetable that I don't think about enough and after today's events, came in so handy! I will definitely be picking up more to have on hand when I'm looking for something to snack on.