I took my car to get the two new tires I needed before we hit the road on Wednesday and was feeling a bit relieved/frazzled/all-over-the-place as I had just turned the keys in to my apartment. My feelings were made apparent to the guys at the auto place when I couldn't get the door open to get inside the building only to realize, I wasn't pushing down the lever to release the lock.
Once inside, the guy behind the counter asked me for details about the car and then about myself, which would normally be fine. Except, when he asked for my address, I just stared blankly at him.
My address. I thought to myself, I've turned in my keys, so my apartment isn't my address. I almost gave him my parents, since that was technically where I was living for five days, but that felt rather odd. I had a brief passing moment of panic as I felt slightly without a home. The poor guy looked utterly confused as time passed on a question people would normally know by heart. I finally spit out my California address.
As he continued to fill out the paperwork, he asked me what was in California. I have my repertoire of answers I normally give to that question but I responded with the only answer I had at the time: home. Home is in California.
I'm deeming this week the week of salads on the site. I've been preparing for the road trip by whipping up large batches of salads to use what was left in my parents' house before they left as well. This salad is actually another "take two" recipe where I make up a large batch of one part of a meal and use it across two. While it's normally a sauce, this salad is a continuation of the curried cauliflower topping I made for the pizza I shared last week. The cauliflower makes for the perfect cold salad topping and is just lovely with the quinoa.
This recipe was used in conjunction with the Curried Cauliflower Pizza
Mmmm!! I love curried cauliflower and quinoa! This looks perfect!
So simple and tasty looking! Lovely!
How exciting that your road trip is almost here! I'll be thinking of you as you make the move. Curried cauliflower is one of my favorites, and I love the idea of mixing it in a salad with quinoa.
This looks like a great dinner choice!
Home. How very, very exciting. I get chills just thinking about your adventure!
I love the idea of combining curried cauliflower with crunchy quinoa! Such a perfect lunch. 🙂
this looks wonderful and hope all is well now with the car etc
Yum! Such great texture in those images.
Love the wonderful and delicious textures! Hope all is well with the car now 🙂
We had a bit too much fun food-wise this weekend. This is exactly what I want right now. For breakfast.
Also, when I was moving away from Toronto back to my home region a few years ago, I had a lot of similar moments--ones that felt like a weird existential confrontation. I always answered those simple questions like I had something to prove. So funny now when I look back on it.
C'est trop bon !!!!!
Thank you for such a delicious recipe.
Wow, this looks great! I've never tried curried cauliflower but I sure need to try it!
Just made it for dinner! Added a bit of corn starch at the end to thicken the sauce quicker. I'll definitely be making this one again!