Honestly.

1. While I claim to love healthy foods (and it's true, I do), I don't necessarily always crave them. Most of the time I want to eat nachos.

With a great craft beer, of course.

2. While overall I'm very organized at work, I can never quite catch up with email.

Umm... yeah. 16,261 messages in ye olde inbox. That's the nature of the music business, though.

3. Running and does not come naturally to me, it still feels really difficult. Yet, I will be running a half marathon in two months, and a full marathon in five months. This scares me. I'm still waiting for that magic moment where I truly feel the "runner's high." 

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Yes, I imagine it will be something like that. Hopefully this moment will come soon.

4. I'm fairly obsessed with TLC's Sister Wives. I have told only a couple people about this.

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Also, Lifetime movies. I watch at least two per week.

5. While professionally I embrace social media, on a personal level, Facebook creeps me out. I've used filters for awhile to control who sees what, and have started to delete old photo albums and pare down my personal information. Do I really have 427 friends that need to read my business or look at my photos? Probably not. 

You do the talking: What are your confessions? Anything you'd like to share with the rest of the class? :-)

Noshing = moshing?

Whenever I read the word "nosh" or "noshing" I automatically think of "moshing." You know, the slam-dancing or mosh pit type stuff from 90s rock concerts. You know, where a bunch of dudes push each other around in a circle. Funny.

My foodie interpretation of "noshing" is melding a bunch of flavors and textures to create something delicious. Since today is Memorial Day and I found myself without BBQ plans, I decided to make some festive nachos.

Giggity.

I picked up some fancy-sounding cheese... Sargento 'Authentic Mexican' Artisan blend featuring an all-star lineup of cheeses I can't pronounce well. I opted for the full-fat cheese vs. the reduced fat blend that I usually buy, because a) it's a Holiday and b) when it comes to full fat cheese, a little bit goes a long way.

With some no-salt tortilla chips as base, I added 1/3 cup of canned, rinsed then heated black beans. Nuking these in the microwave is key in order to avoid soggy chips and get the cheese to melt the ideal way. The beans add antioxidants, also?

Topped off with 1/4 cup of the fancy cheese, and a few olive slices for good measure... all together heated for about 30 seconds. Et voila:

Damn good.

What good are nachos without beer?

This Fat Tire had been calling my name from the fridge all afternoon.

Oh yeah, and salsa.

Spicy verde and medium tomato did the trick.

Next time I am going to try nuking some thawed from frozen, chopped spinach along with the beans and seasoning with hot sauce. Sounds good, no? Some fresh, chopped tomato would have been great as well. Cilantro? Avocado? The options are endless.

Happy Memorial Day, people!