This Girl Likes to Eat

So...four weeks in and I'm still going strong! I even made sure to make a meal tonight so I would have something to write about. I was *this* close to just having popcorn.

Tonight's meal is based off of the back of a bag of frozen tuna. Because sometimes, you just want baked tuna, am I right? I am sitting in the living room watching the Cardinals/Cubs Game 3. I don't really care who wins this because my team has been out for over a week. Thanks Twins... And I'm telling you this because I am also drinking a glass of wine and can't be bothered to go to the kitchen to actually grab the recipe from the back of the tuna packaging, so this is by memory. Also, I totally cook by throwing stuff in a bowl, which is what happened tonight too because the recipe is for three tuna steaks, and I only made one. I want to say the recipe is called Hawaiian Tuna, but I'm going to call it Vermonter Tuna because of a substitution. And also because this is America and I can do what I want.

Vermonter Tuna
Ingredients:
3-4 Tuna Steaks, thawed
1/2 c GF soy sauce
1/4 c 100% maple syrup*
3/4 tsp ground ginger

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Mix the marinade and then marinate at least 20 minutes.
3. Bake for 14-16 minutes

*the maple syrup is a substitution and the basis for the name change to Vermonter Tuna. The original recipe calls for honey, which I can't have.

I served the tuna with brown rice and carrots.

Four ingredients=easy and delicious quick dinner

Make sure you have colorful veggies if your food is all the same
color. My Fiestaware is still in storage, otherwise I would eat
this on a dark blue or purple plate :)

But Kim, are those organic carrots? No, they're not. Guess what, I was at a meeting tonight and marinated the tuna while I was gone, and when I got home, I was hungry, so I just pulled the vegetables available in my freezer. And I'm alive. And my eyesight is probably .002% better because I had carrots tonight.

I have been compiling some awesome pictures for my sister's birthday party that is coming up, and I pulled some of me when I was little too... This Girl Likes to Eat. And it's not a new phenomenon.

I also love that I'm eyeing that butter like I'm about to pounce.

I'm going to try to prep some good tailgate recipes for this weekend and post. We're playing TCU, so the game is probably going to be...brutal...but that's why you bring fun cocktails to the tailgate! Drown your sorrows! OR...be lubricated enough that by the time the game starts, you're having a great time and the final score doesn't matter!

Go Cyclones!