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The perfect match

So I’m just loving my new roomie.  She’s fun, independent and outgoing.  Says the funniest things and we have a good time hanging out.  When I came home last night she tells me “Just seeing you makes me want to eat protein.”  I actually might start posts just about the funny things she says.  She’s been a great friend and super supportive of everything I do.  Even from Afghanistan, she was a huge supporter of getting my business off the ground.  Add to that she has agreed to diet with me for my fight, which makes our living situation 10 times easier. 
She is a part of this great thing called Green Grocer.  Though despite her nudges, it still intimidates me.  Apparently I have some abnormal fear of preparing fresh vegetables, hence the reason I alternate between bags frozen broccoli and frozen green beans.  Yet I continue to experiment and try different meats. Sometimes I get a little crazy and add Old Bay or Season Salt. For my non east coast friends, Old Bay is unexplainably popular here.  I actually think the fish market by our house smells more like Old Bay than fish. 
Back to our perfect pairing.  Sunday I had made lemon butter chicken which we have been eating off of all week.  So Monday she roasted potatoes, turnips, carrots and tomatoes  to go with the chicken and it was fabulous!  I come home last night and she has toasted kale and walnuts.  The kale was just a little crispy and freaking amazingly tasty!  This was my first time eating kale.   So we came to the conclusion last night that we are a perfect pairing because she is all about cooking veggies and I’m all about the meat, together we can eat a balanced meal.

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