It’s New Hair Thursday! 🙂
I love my stylist even more than I love chocolate cake (translation: love her a lot).
Karen worked in my old neighborhood salon, but moved to North Georgia. I now drive an hour to go see her at her own salon called Lava Hair Studio. Check our her new ad:
Karen and I have been together since I was 15. It was only fitting that I go see her right before my high school reunion this weekend. I cannot believe it has been 10 years!
Always have to have some red in it. Somethings never change.
Today was especially good because I feel SO much more human. Thank you all so much for the get-well wishes!
I busted out a easy run during lunch to sweat out the rest of my sick germs.
Stats:
- Distance – 3.5 miles
- Time – 28:55 mins
- Pace – 8.16 mins
Delicious food made things brighter as well. I wish today’s eats could have been featured on WIAW!
Brussel sprout porn
Sweet Potato Praline Cheesecake @ Apres Diem
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When I saw this recipe for Caesar Hummus at Healthy Exposures I was intrigued. Then I saw Jess continue to mention how good/addicting it was… I knew I had to try it for myself.
Jess is right. This may be the best hummus ever. Seriously – I don’t use extremes often.
Once I began tasting and mixing, I determined that this had a decidedly Asian taste to it. So I went with that and added soy sauce and Japanese red pepper blend called Shichimi Togarashi.
This farmer’s market-find is a blend of: red pepper, sesame seed, orange peel, Japanese pepper, seaweed, and rapeseeed (<– I have NO idea what that is and I’m too scared to google it).
I added 1/4 – 1/2 tsp of this and then sprinkled it on top of the final product. Heat is my BFF, so be sure to adjust to your preference!
You know those sauces they bring out at Japanese restaurants? I’m going to start bringing this instead.
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Japanese-ish Hummus
- 1 C garbanzo beans
- 1 T tahini
- 1 T capers + brine
- 1/2 tsp herbed dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove
- Juice of 1/2 a medium lemon
- Liberal drizzles of soy sauce
- Shichimi Togarashi (or red pepper flakes/cayenne/paprika), to taste
- Olive oil and/or water
If using dried chickpeas: soak chickpeas overnight (or 12 hours) at room temp (water should just over top of chickpeas). Rinse and place in a large pot with 3-4 garlic cloves and salted water. Water should cover chickpeas. Bring to a boil and them simmer for 50-60 mins. You may need to add water to keep peas covered. When desired tenderness is reached, remove from heat and allow to cool in cooking water. Drain and rinse before using.
Add chickpeas, tahini, capers, mustard, garlic, and lemon juice. Pulse until beginning to come together. Taste and add soy sauce and spice to taste, processing again to combine. With processor running, drizzle in olive oil and/or water (I used ~2 tsp oilve oil and ~1/8 C water). Continue processing until smooth.
Makes 3/4 cup.
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I can’t stop eating this hummus. Is it too abnormal to eat an entire cup of it in one sitting..?
Have you been to your high school reunion? How was it?
LOVE the new hair!!! And look at you becoming a model, so fun! 🙂
Have fun at your high school reunion!
Oh you look so cute!! Your new style is adorable and I hope you have a great time at your reunion.
LOVE the hair. Looks fabulous! 🙂
I LOVE your new hair!! SOO jealous! 🙂 If I could look good with short hair I totally would!!
And I love that the hummus has capers. Its one of my new fav food finds!
Great new ‘do, glad you’re feeling better!
Your hair looks awesome and you look fantastic in that ad! Glad you’re feeling better too you speedy chica. BTW I need that cheesecake in my life 😀
Love the haircut, you are gonna rock that reunion! I use shichimi togarashi too, love it sprinkled on soups.
F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S cut! You look stunning! Your recipe is stunning, too! 😉
Love love LOVE the hair!! You look fab! 🙂 The hummus sounds good too! And I’m already on the lookout for sweet potato cheesecake recipes! YUM!
I LOVE you hair!!! It looks fantasitc! I wish I could pull off a style like that..it’s so spunky and fun! But unfortunately short just doesn’t work for me.
Fabulous hair, darling! I can see you hitting the pavement and looking super cool wit ya red stripes 🙂 Awesome hummus too…very yummy!
I’ve actually never been to a High School Reunion. I’m not sure if my class have ever even had one! Haha. If they have, I’ve definitely missed them. Oops 🙂
Sweet Potato Praline Cheesecake?! That sounds right up my alley.
Love the hair!
That hummus sounds fantastic too. What a great combo of flavors!
sweet potato cheesecake sounds sooo legit!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your hair! I wish I would look good with short hairrrr 🙂
Sweet potato praline cheesecake? OMG.
I love your hair! I’ve always envied people that can pull of short hair. My hair is really frizzy and bushy, so I could never cut it like that. It looks beautiful!
I’ve found you can do anything with enough wax. Thank you!! 🙂
If i had a stylist as good as Karen i’d drive an hour too! One of the downsides of moving every year is that I’ve never found someone! I vow to change that though… this girl needs some bangs! <3
ps I always LOVE your hair! its just so fun <3
p.s. You rock! Move to ATL next! 🙂
LOVE the new do! Not that I didn’t love the old one but it’s a fresh new style and so fun 🙂
That hummus sounds wonderful! Lately I’ve been digging TJ’s cilantro lime jalepeno hummus. 🙂
Rapeseed is the seeds from the rape plant. It’s a yellow flower that blooms in the spring in huge fields over here. Usually a few weeks after the cherry blossoms.
Hope you have fun at your reunion.