Last Thursday night, it was a return to the sous vide to help abate the build-up of prepped foodstuffs in the freezer. This time I pulled out a pair of chicken leg quarters that I'd stored away from some recent value pak I'd purchased. With leftover smashed red potatoes with sour cream, chives, and bacon, and fresh-roasted broccoli florets, it was a fine feast for a weeknight, especially comforting after an unseasonable and chilly start to an August morning:
All this time at home during August, with plenty of opportunities to make fun things in my kitchen, has meant a serious loss of ground against the ever-present weight management battle. I've been skirting much too near, much too often, to the upper limit that I allow myself. So that Thursday, my punishment was what I'll call the "College Tour": an intense mid-day walk, starting from the house, and taking me through all five colleges/universities here in Winston-Salem (made possible because Wake Forest University has a downtown campus that I walk past or through all the time!). So yes: I walked past the WFU downtown campus and Medical Education complex; then it was out to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive so that I could walk through the campus of Winston-Salem State University; then I trudged down Rams Drive which ends at the back entrance to Salem College and Academy, which is a lovely shaded campus (and a sentimental journey as well, since I attended six weeks of Governor's School there in the Summer of 1982); then I headed south to traverse the campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts; and from there I could swing slightly west after heading north to come through Carolina University (formerly Piedmont International University). It was 7.5 miles round trip, and I was a bit tuckered by the time I got back to the house.
2 comments:
That college campus tour sounds like a nice walk. We may need to do that on one of our visits. 😊
It left me winded, and no smarter, but with you guys as company it will be a marvelous excursion!
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