{"id":10901,"date":"2013-06-14T15:40:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=10901"},"modified":"2018-06-20T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:57:57","slug":"cherry-arugula-salad-vegan-tacos-eating-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/cherry-arugula-salad-vegan-tacos-eating-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner for One: Cherry Arugula Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cherry<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, it’s been eight days since I\u2019ve seen my husband.\u00a0 I\u2019ve eaten five dinners on my own, if granola and snack mix on the plane home from Austin count as \u201cdinner.\u201d Cooking what I like, only for myself, usually that\u2019s totally liberating. I get to eat all the things I<\/em> like and he<\/em> doesn\u2019t. I see myself leaning against the stove in a crisp white shirt (mmm, very practical), sleeves rolled up, stirring a pot with one hand, contemplating my day while leisurely sipping a glass of red wine.\u00a0 Like in a movie.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been nearly that romantic.<\/p>\n

\"lentil<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve made simple stuff. In yoga pants with my hair in a wild ponytail. Everything I made, I ate twice. Even at lunch. Monday it was lentil and cauliflower tacos<\/a> with avocado, Tuesday it was pizza. Wednesday it was tacos again, Thursday it was pizza again (I\u2019m experimenting with a crust recipe that was doing its thing in the fridge). It\u2019s confirmed, I could live off of tacos and pizza indefinitely.<\/p>\n

\"seeded<\/a><\/p>\n

What made this week of solo meals notable wasn\u2019t the food itself.<\/p>\n

I sat at the table. It was only the kitchen table. You’ve seen it before, I shoot photos on it. A lot. So this wasn\u2019t about making a special meal for myself and sitting at a big dining table with a cloth napkin. But it made me realize that with our busy schedules, most nights, we eat as close to 7 pm as we can, at the counter, faces turned to the TV (even without cable or satellite).<\/p>\n

With new TV over for awhile, there\u2019s no reason to keep doing that. I\u2019ll admit, I should have been reading rather than staring at my computer, (I\u2019ve recently rediscovered the library, but that\u2019s a whole other post). But sitting at the table, it\u2019s a step in the right direction. Gathering at a table, even if it\u2019s only two of you, is important. Without kids, we give ourselves a pass on it most of the time.<\/p>\n

With 5 dinners on my own and his 5 dinners on the road, sitting at our table tonight, eating something made at home, will be important. We have a lot to catch up on. And yeah, it’s gonna be pizza, plus this Cherry Arugula Salad. Again.<\/p>\n\t\r\n\t

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