Fun New Toy
Hey y’all! Another week, another Monday, right?
My Monday has been good so far. I got a set of rough drafts from my online students, so I spent ALL morning grading…it’s always a bore, but it feels so good to knock them all out at once, instead of drawing it out over the course of the week. I worked steadily until noon, and then I hopped on the treadmill for a 4 mile run. I was just finishing up my cool down when I heard a knock at the door. I ran downstairs to find an Amazon box, containing…
…my new spiralizer!!! I’m so excited to put this bad boy to use! In fact…I already did! 
For lunch, I made some carrot salad with my new toy—it was really easy to figure out! I’ll put up a post soon with some photos demonstrating how I used it. For my salad, I spiralized one large carrot, and then mixed it with: 1 tbsp. Fage, 1 tsp. Nasoya mayonnaise, 3 chopped pitted dates, 1 tbsp. chopped walnuts, 1 tsp. curry powder, and 1 drizzle of agave. Mix it all together, and you get:
Curried Carrot and Date Salad:
You can’t see this as much with the salad, but the spiralizer made really pretty, frilly ribbons out of my carrot! Ordinarily I would have used raisins instead of dates, but we were out, and the dates stood in quite nicely.
I also had the rest of the Fage with wheatberries and some of this new nut-less trail mix I picked up at the store on Saturday:
I like this trail mix! It’s a nice combination of flavors, and I LURVE dried pineapple.
Okay…I think I’m going to give the house a good cleaning. See you for supper…not sure what’s on the menu for tonight, but I’ll figure it out!
One thing that IS on the menu: The Bachelor, the women tell all!!! I will be ALL up in that.
My friend Mike, who we went to dinner with on Saturday night, said that there’s a rumor that Tenley got knocked up (sorry, no nice way to say that) during their fantasy suite date!!! Wha???!?! I’ll believe it when I see a baby bump…and when she gives birth to the cheesiest baby EVER, with a Texas twang and a penchant for black turtlenecks. Then we’ll KNOW it’s Jake’s.
See you tonight, kiddos!
That curried carrot & date salad looks amazing. I lovelovelove curry. ’nuff said!
That carrot and date salad looks amazing! I don’t really like carrots but it looks delicious.
That looks soooo good! I need a spiralizer in my life I’m thinkinig
I sooo could have used that bad boy last night!! LOL
I’m soooo looking forward to the Bachelor tonight!!!
Ahhh I want a spiralizer! I’ve never seen carrots look so exciting.
dried pineapple are always my fave in the trail mix bag, too!
Omg omg! Can’t wait for tonight! You had me giggling imagining tiny, polite, turtleneck wearing babies…
That carrot salad looks and sounds delicious! I would have been spiralizing anything I could get my hands on! I love those things…wish I got a package from amazon with one…guess I need to go order it!
Well, now I need a spiralizer! Also, there are no wheatberries to be had in Shreveport, so I’m going to make your salad from last night with brown rice. I’ll let you know how it comes out.
I adore your carrot spirals! I could go crazy with that kitchen gadget.
Ah that’s so exciting! I really want a spiralizer
Oh I love that Trail Mix…so yum! That company also makes a GF granola…have you tried it?!
I haven’t!! I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled for it!
The salad looks great. I never would think to put those ingredients together. Love it! Thanks
I don’t watch The Bachelor, but it sounds gossipy! Maybe I should start.
I haven’t watched The Bachelor in a couple of seasons and from what it sounds like, I’ve missed a lot!
Love the carrot salad- it looks great!
Ah, happy Monday. That looks great, think I’ll break out my spiralizer for dinner tonight, they’re so much fun! Beautiful pics.
I just came across your blog and all of your recipes look amazing!! I’m looking forward to trying some of them. Congrats on getting a spiralizer! I’m jealous of your salad, anything with dates in it must be good!
OMG I just got a spiralizer too and LOVE IT! I got the joyce chen one. I’ve only done zucchini so far … I think I was intimidated to try something as hard as a carrot – but no more! Thanks for the inspiration.
Is it bad that the first thing I thought of when I saw your title- Fun New Toy I thought of a vibrator?
Oops!!
That date salad looks heavenly.
Not unless it’s bad that I thought the same thing when I posted it.
this may have pushed me over the edge..I need a spiralizer! haha, everyone’s dishes always look SO good with the help of the spiralizer.
what an awesome new toy! i’ve been looking for a spiralizer all over the place and no luck yet…maybe i’ll resort to ordering online…?
Yeah, I had to– I checked all our stores here, and no one had any idea what I was talking about!
dried pineapple is awesome! I still want to try dried kiwi! now that looks sooo good! enjoy the house cleaning!
Thanks, Naomi!! I’ve been trying to comment on your blog, but can’t figure it out
I’ll keep trying!
congats on the spiralizer…i love mine! i know you’ll dig yours too! clearly the Curried Carrot and Date Salad is already awesome looking!!
and the enjoy life nut free trail mix…good stuff! and dried p’apple is sooo good, isn’t it!!! I love that stuff!
Getting new kitchen gadgets is always fun…that salad looks like the perfect first meal to make with it! Delish! The trail mix sounds awesome, I’ve never seen one without nuts but I love seeds, too! Have a great night
Oooh a spiralizer sounds like fun…and that is one pretty salad!