Pomegranate Guacamole

After watching an episode of Rachel Ray 30 Minute Meals about holiday party appetizers, I decided to try my own version of what looked to be absolutely delicious. And I was right! I know, I know.. pomegranate guacamole, it sounds a little funky, but I promise... it's GOOD!

So here's the recipe:

• 1 Avocado, mashed
• 1 Jalapeno pepper, seeded and deveined (I think I might go with 2 jalapenos next time though for a little more kick!)
• 1 Serrano pepper, seeded and deveined
• 1/2 Red Bell pepper, seeded and deveined
• 1/2 cup Red onion
• 2 cloves of garlic, pasted (which I learned from Rachel Ray: mince the garlic, add a little salt, and mash it with the back of a spoon until it's "pasty")
• Seeds from 1/2 of a Pomegranate
• Juice from 1/2 of a Lime
• And as much Cilantro as you want!

Mash the avocado, chop the veggies, and squeeze in the lime. Mix it all together and voila! This makes enough for one person to eat a couple times. I will definitely be eating more tonight!

Proof

Further proof that they didn't screw anything up with my brain surgery.

Before Nate and I headed to the airport, we stopped at Chipotle. I decided I had better use the bathroom before we started driving. In this particular Chipotle, there's a wood ledge that sticks out about an inch all the way around the room, about shoulder height on me. Not even seeing it, I bent over to grab some toilet paper and.. SMACK!

I slammed my forehead right into the ledge. If I had been in a cartoon, there would've been little birdies flying around my head. I immediately grabbed my forehead and started laughing. I wasn't bleeding, but geez did that hurt! I go to look in the mirror, sure enough.. perfect red line across my forehead.

But, at least I missed the bruises where I had the screws in my forehead. I came out of the bathroom laughing, and Nate just shook his head at me when I told him what I did.

All just proof that I'm still a klutz, nothing's changed. Haha :)

Back in the 'Boat

I made it back! My flight was supposed to leave Minneapolis/St. Paul at 7:20 pm... 40 minutes of de-icing later we took off. I was supposed to land at 8:30, had we taken off on time, and somehow we still landed at 8:45. Thank you for the speed pilot! I still had to run thirty four gates and barely make my connection flight to Steamboat, but I'm back.

Back to my little space, with seven shiny staples in my head, where I can maybe establish some normal again. Well, at least until I fly out for Christmas on the 20th!