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#ICan’tDateSomeoneThat

I saw this hilarious thing trending on Twitter last week, #ICan’tDateSomeoneThat and totally wanted to tweet my own criteria. Then I realized that my list is so long, I couldn’t possibly fit it into 160 characters or less, so why not dedicate a post to it!

I can’t date someone that:

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Doesn’t drink – Look, I understand if you are in AA, I’m not referring to those people. I dated a guy who did not drink because he didn’t like the way people acted when they’re drunk. Hmm – makes sense in theory, but why does this stop you from having one drink? There’s nothing more attractive than a man who consistently orders waters from the bar – and I’m sure bartenders LOVE him! Although – the one good thing in that relationship was that he was always the designated driver, and I could always call him up at 3am in the morning, drunk off my ass, to get him to come and pick up my friends and I.
Isn’t well traveled – I don’t mean you must have traveled around the world; I’m talking about those men who have not left their own country, and do not even own a passport. [Read More…]

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Shrimp Stir Fry

Shrimp Stir Fry

Argh – sorry I haven’t posted recipes for a while. Husband has been traveling quite a lot in the recent weeks, and when he’s away, my diet essentially consists of Grey Goose, beef jerky, canned tuna (straight out of the can) and pears.  A well-balanced diet, no?

Anywho – unfortunately, Husband is leaving me again today. But I did cook him a delicious meatless Monday dinner last night. We decided to go vegetable heavy since we had a rather porky weekend with our first introduction to The Pork Club.

VEGETABLE AND SHRIMP STIR FRY (serves 2)
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12-14 large shrimp, peeled & deveined, tails removed
2-3 bunches of baby bok choy, washed and cut into 1 inch pieces
1 bunch of asparagus, ends trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
Half a red pepper, cored and sliced thin
Half a yellow pepper, cored and thinly sliced
A large handful of sugar snap peas
3 carrots, peeled and sliced thinly on the diagonal
4 stalks of celery, peeled and sliced thinly on the diagonal
Half a large yellow onion, diced
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 thumb size piece of ginger, minced
5 tablespoons of low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon of chilli sauce (optional)
1 tablespoon of sesame oil
2 tablespoons of black vinegar (use rice vinegar if [Read More…]

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