Um, so I am sick again. I am feeling better today, but I have been disastrously sick.
It is not like last month where I prayed for the sweet and merciful end, but there is lots of coughing. Also, a good deal of sneezing taking place. The sniffles? Yeah, they are making a guest appearance. My head is a painin’.
I fell asleep at 9 pm last night. I don’t think I have done that…ever.
Who did I piss off? I have been eating my veggies, working out, trying to be a good girl. Then it occurred to me. In a particularly lovely piece of hate mail yesterday, some “stud” (his words, not mine) reminded me that I am a “Saigon Hooker”. Now, first, let me say, I prefer “lady of the night”…also, I am French, not Vietnamese. Yet, I think he is on to something. It is all the sailors…I caught some sort of whore disease. Apparently a tranny whore disease because I am also “GAY”. Good sir, a few experimental nights in college does not a lesbian make.
So… how does one cure a whore disease? CVS was out of Valtrex so I settled on something a little more old fashioned. Do you know that blueberries are the most packed with vitamins and minerals of any fruit or vegetable? They are! I am here to teach you. This salad is chock full of nutrients and lots of really good stuff and still manages to taste great as well. I love the crunch of the nuts along with the creaminess of the goat cheese. This is one of the better salad dressings I have managed to pull together; it was tart and tangy without being overpowering.
Hopefully it will cure anything that ails ya.
Pomegranate Blueberry Salad
For Dressing
3/4 cup Pomegranate-Blueberry Juice
1 small shallot, finely minced
1 splash (about a tablespoon) of white wine vinegar (you could use champagne vinegar as well)
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon tarragon
2 tablespoons olive oil
Bring juice to a low boil and reduce the liquid unti about a 1/4 cup is left. Let cool for about 10 minutes. Add shallot, vinegar, salt, pepper and tarragon. Whisk in oil and set aside.
For salad
Arugula Mix
Toasted Walnuts
Crumbled Goat Cheese
Blueberries
Toss salad together and add dressing. Mix until well coated.
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Yum yum indeed–this may be going in my detox diet rotation.
It is a winner, I will say that.
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A sick Lemmonex
Stained with blueberry guilt
Such a pretty sight
Might I suggest an infusion of twinkies and other equally unhealthy comfort foods. Nothing natural, ie bacteria and viruses, can live for long amidst such artificiality. And you can consume guilt free because you are doing it for “medicinal purposes”.
Feel better and may the fat no longer be with you.
A girl can dream, eh? Twinkies don’t really appeal to me. If I am gonna do junk food like that I am all about the Funny Bone.
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“I never woulda thought that it could taste this gooooooood”
Thank God for the man who put it in my hoooooood
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I had blueberries in my yogurt every morning this week and in my oatmeal all weekend. Does that mean I will stay healthy? Or did I have to pair them with goat cheese for it to work?! Feel better soon.
No, I think you are safe!
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This almost makes me want to get sick so I can self-medicate myself with blueberries and goat cheese.
That is some crazy talk right there.
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We don’t call them “whores” any more. Now we say, “the differently chaste.”
That is it…differently chaste.
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I prefer “Working Girl.” I mean, a job’s a job, right?
A gal has got to earn a living….
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haters can suck it.
i like blueberries. and wish i had some right now. i just ate a clementine that was a little… off. ick. it’s always a gamble.
Oh…was it kinda dry? That is the worst.
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This salad makes me long for summer. Long I say, long. Hope the berries work and you’re back in top shape soon.
It was a nice little reminder of summer. Thanks, Kevin.
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Oh that salad looks so good. I love goat cheese and blueberries, but I don’t think I’ve ever paired them. Thanks for the tip.
Salads don’t have to be totally boring…no problem.
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Flinstone Vitamin’s. Take ‘em. Centrum’s prolly better, but the Flinstones are gummy… like quality gummy bears. They are cheap, fun to eat and no matter how many sloots I french before last call at Brass Monkey, I havent even gotten a cold since I started this habit.
Welcome, Matt. And you said “french”.
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Second Kevin’s longing for summer. The one good thing I WAS doing for myself lately was walking to work… but 19 degrees? I think below 20 is my cut-off for “braving it”.
Yeah, you would be insane to walk that far in this weather.
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They sell this stuff at Whole Foods and Target called Green Tea Jasmine Iced Tea. It has 110% Vitamin C per serving. I’ve been chugging that for days now hoping to fight off a cold.
Maybe Vitamin C is the cure to this whore-itis
Whore-itis! You should copyright that.
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“some “stud” (his words, not mine) reminded me that I am a “Saigon Hooker”. ”
Really? Can we finally open “hunting season” on stupid with no bag limit?
I will have to teach you how to start your own IV and get some fluids on board. I miss having access to therapeutic drugs. Though I have no need for Valtrex, I can hook you up.
I am not afraid of needles, but inserting my own IV may be a bit too much.
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Feel better. And this made me want the blueberry couscous I had at Cafe Saint Ex.
Ya know, I always find the food at St Ex just ok…but I haven’t been in a while. I should try it again.
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So …. what’s this about the “few experimental nights” in college?
Peter
Kidding, kidding.
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A) That salad looks wicked awesome.
B) We all know you are a whore bucket. Moving on.
C) I received not one, but two (2!) pieces of hate mail yesterday. One was particularly vicious and delivered via Juicy Campus.
Welcome to collegiate life in 2009.
Zackly–tell me something we DON’T know.
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I love it when people throw down with totally timely and relevant insults. Saigon Hooker is so four wars ago.
I cried myself to sleep, lemme tell ya.
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See, now that’s really good to know. My mom is SUPER duper sick right now so I made her chicken noodle soup from scratch… with just about every leafy green possible (including brussels sprouts).
man. now I want blueberries.
I am here to teach.
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Every time I go to Saint Ex it’s a little more expensive and a little less satisfying than the time before. I think they may be trying to keep riff-raff like me and my progeny away.
The place is a let down…not a huge fan. Also, tar and feather me, but I do not like homemade catsup.
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Pomegranate Blueberry juice? Where do you find such things? And what would you suggest to substitute for walnuts? This whore doesn’t like them.
With the other pomegranate juices…it is made by POM Wonderful.
I would use pecans if you don’t like walnuts, you whore.
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Fruit on salads is a must for me—blueberries, cranberries, pears, apples, grapes… Love ‘em all. What a great recipe for a case of the sniffles!
Also, do you drink coconut water? I swear by it. Natural rehydrant and has a good dose of vitamin c if you buy the flavored kind.
I recently started receiving a bit of hate on my blog as well. Which, I must say, I don’t quite get—it’s a YOGA blog, for pete’s sake. They say there’s an association for everything in DC. I guess there’s a hater for every blog, too. Good thing we balance them out with lots of love, right?!
I agree–the love balances it.
Also, I would rather drink battery acid than anything related to coconut.
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Whore-itis! Is that what a sorostitute suffers from?
Yes, yes it is.
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I did love the musical Miss Saigon. They were lovely ladies might I add. I should hope deviant behaviour wouldn’t make you sick. Wait, is that a tickle in my throat I feel?
Curing a whore disease would be tough. What does Padma Lakshmi take so she can sleep at night?
Blueberries make me think of cartoons. I have no idea why.
Oh, snap! Hating on Padma. I hear she likes blueberries as well.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, sorry you’re sick and all, but what about these experimental college nights?
Pervs, all of you.
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@Oxen Cox…take that back about Padma or I’ll, I’ll…damn internet anonminity!
Lemmonex, same goes for “stud”, but of course, I have no clue who he is either.
Blueberries are my favorite fruit to eat by themselves. I have issues with them in salads. Look at how they “bleed” on the greens. I prefer my greens dry from the salad spinner.
They didn’t bleed–it is the dressing.
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Do men not understand about the experimental nights in college? It happens. Let it go.
What happens in college, stays in college.
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i havent gotten any hate mail…today… but i have gotten several calls on my cell phone from an “internet pharmacy” with a crazy asian lady trying to sell me meds for my back pain…when i told her my back was good she tried to sell me ambien or pain meds for toothy-aches—
get well soon!
xoxo
I am feeling much better today, thanks. Now can you send me some of that Ambien?
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Actually, with the easy of freezing blueberries and hothouse grown greens, you can enjoy this summer like treat in near peak freshness year around.
And I thought I saw you hanging out down by Navy Yard Good for you.
That’s me…all gussied up for my callers!
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Anonymous blogfly’s don’t have to contend with hate mail, only the occasional flare up from the herp….so I am told.
Oh yes, you would not know about this at all.
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Hope you feel better soon!
I am on my way…thanks.
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I was going to be witty with “tart and tangy without being overpowering,” but I am too blown away by “differently chaste.” That there’s a keeper.
The goat cheese is the perfect addition for this salad.
Stop with the being sick thing. It’s bad for you, dontcha know.
I know–I think my immune system is just shot to hell after I had the SARS in December.
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This sounds super yummy! I plan to eat it even when I’m not sick.
Do you think maybe you caught something from a dentist who can’t cover his mouth when he coughs?
Oh, good call. That could be it.
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That looks wonderful! My nutritionist friend says the reason so many people come down with flu in the winter is a lack of Vitamin D and sleep. So if you are getting more sleep you are half-way through her solution.
Hope you feel better soon.
I never sleep enough, but I am trying!
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Please, everyone knows where get whore disease from. It’s after you read your Whore-scoppe and eat your Whore d’oeuvres.
It’s on webmd.
You can never have too many Luda references.
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Boo, you whore.
Wat up with all the haters? For those who don’t believe Lemm, I can vouch that she didn’t experiment in that way in college. Her roomie took care of that for the both of them.
oh SNAP. That was awesome. That roomie helped me prove I can keep a freaking secret.
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Oh, I’m so sorry you’re sick again! Nooo! As for the salad, looks so delicious. And all those antioxidants should make you feel better soon.
Thanks, Lisa…here is to hoping.
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Pffft, whore diseases are the new black. Sounds like dude needs to renew his subscription to Men’s Vogue.
If you DON’T have a whore disease, you are not nearly cool enough to be hanging out with us.
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…and then there’s the whole bright yellow pee thing with blueberries.
I’d say something about getting better soon, but it’s been said many times over. So yeah… I hope you don’t need Valtrax or any other whore drugs.
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“They didn’t bleed–it is the dressing.”
I need to train my brain to actually remember what I read in the past five minutes. Knowledge apparently escapes from my head with ease and makes me look stupid, like here.
It is ok, easy enough mistake.
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You and your love of pomegranates! I want you to know that since starting to read this blog, I now see them everywhere. I even had a mini pomegranate custard tart today. You would have liked it.
Feel better!
Oh, that sounds great. I think I would have, I agree. Thanks–doing much better.
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