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I’m all by my lonesome right now, but oddly enough I actually cooked for myself. I hate cooking if it’s just me. Strangely enough not only was it yummy, it was quick. I made eggplant tuna patties with ginger and garlic. I then made a tomato sauce with celery, garlic, and ginger. I served it over a bit of basmati rice and presto….

I really wish more people didn’t over cook rice. A simple fool proof recipe for brown rice and most long grain rice…

1 c rice
1 1/2 c water
dash of salt

Bring the water to a boil, add the rice and salt and cover.  Turn the stove down to medium and walk away from the rice and whatever you do, don’t STIR. Let the rice cook for 15-20 minutes (depending on your stove) and then come back and give the rice a quick stir. I really do mean quick. There might be a bit of water left in the pot but it’s okay, return the pot to the stove and turn the stove off. Make sure to put the cover back on the pot because it’s really important for the rice to have that last 2/3 minutes of steam. I promise you’ll have rice that you’ll love.

The sauce:

2 large tomatoes
2 long pieces of celery
1 1″ piece of fresh ginger
4-5 cloves of garlic
1 red bell pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 small onion
1 tbsp butter or olive oil

Throw everything in the food processor and blend until smooth.
Chop up the onion in small cubes and brown in a saucepan with the olive oil or butter.
Add the tomato puree once the onions have browned.
Set aside.

Patties:

1 small eggplant
1 can of tuna
3-4 cloves of garlic
1 1″ piece of fresh ginger
1 green chilli
1 egg

Throw everything in the food processor and process until just the ingredients are coarsely chopped.
Pour ingredients into a mixing bowl and add one egg, lightly beaten.
Once all that’s done, take out a cookie sheet and line with wax paper and pre heat the oven to 350 F.
Form rounds with the mixture and pat down so they’re about 1/4″ – 1/2″ thick.
Bake for approximately 15 minutes. They’re a bit tender to the touch so you’ll have to be careful when it’s time to remove the patties from the cookie sheet. If you find that your mixture is too wet, try adding a tbsp. of oatmeal  (quick oats) at a time until you have a mixture that’s a bit more dry.

Hope you guys enjoy, Lord knows I loved making them. It seems like cooking is keeping me sane. I don’t know why but it’s like every time I go into the kitchen, I’m instantly happy. S thinks I should seriously consider going to school to be a chef but the only problem with that is my left hand. It refuses to co-operate with me most days. I tried using my left hand to brush my teeth this morning, I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say that I won’t do it again unless I have a lot of time to spare in the morning.

Did I mention that I got a sexy new Ipod today? My old one kept crapping out on me. I had the extended waranty on it and I’ve taken it back to Future Shop more than 4 times. Today, well today they finally did a straight exchange for me. Thankfully it was pretty hassle-free and the girl that I was dealing with didn’t keep me long. Usually I get so much trouble when I try to return things to Future Shop, I was definitely shocked today. But, hey, stranger things have happened – right?

I kind of got an upgrade because I bought my Ipod 4 years ago and they don’t make that model anymore. I had a black 8G Nano but they only had the 16G Nanos… I wasn’t going to argue. I got one in orange (as you can see from the picture).

It’s late, but I’ve got way too many things going on right now to not be posting about them.  So this entry may not be the most polished, but, for posterity’s sake, here’s a quick update:

One of the biggest worries I had about moving was church.  I’ve attended the same church at home since I was three years old, so I was really worried about trying to find and get plugged in to a new church in 5 months.  When I arrived in Orlando, I did a little online research, downloaded some podcasts, and today I finally attended one of the churches in person.  I went to Celebrate Church, and I really liked it.  The atmosphere was laid back and the preaching and worship were very good.  Overall, I definitely liked it.  My only concern is that it may be a little too big to really get plugged into in 5 months, but I’m sure I’ll get some great teaching there.  Plus, they have several a group that meets on Saturday nights, so that gives me four chances each week to get to church.  Hopefully at least one of those times will work for me each week.  I may continue to look around, but I think Celebrate is going to be my home while I’m here.  I  really, really liked it.

The news at work is less positive: I’m only scheduled to work 32 hours this week, almost the minimum.  Even worse, we got our schedules for the week of September 6th, and I’ve only got 24 hours that week.  I talked to one of the people in charge of the schedule though, and she said she would get me signed up for the other required 6 hours.  *sigh*.  I’m definitely going to try to pick up some shifts off the Hub over the next couple of weeks.

After a straight seven days of work, I finally have two days off!  Woohoo!  Tomorrow, I have to take my iPod into the Apple store because the stupid thing won’t charge. I’m sure they’ll tell me the battery needs to be replaced, which is going to cost $70.  It’s cheaper than a new iPod, but still very frustrating.  I’ll pay it, though–I need my technology! After I’m done there, I have a couple more errands to run, and then Emily and I are hanging out either tomorrow evening or Tuesday.  Other than that, I have no plans.  A free weekend: Oh, the possibilities!