I love my friends and my family and my dude, but sometimes it’s really nice to have no one talk to me for a few hours, you know? It’s nice to just be in silence with some beer and paint my nails. Non sucky dinners for one are good examples on how to date yourself. Yes, yourself. Date nights with yourself. Do you have them? You totally should, they’re the best. For me they usually involve a pair of pjs, an episode or two (or three) of Nashville (currently obsessed), cold cereal, sometimes takeout, but more recently? This bowl. I’ve posted about Dinner for One before (here and here) and can’t really should do more. I love ’em. This bowl is inspired by a dish I get at my local vegan restaurant. They call it the Brazilian bowl but there’s really nothing Brazilian about it so I renamed it. It’s a little bit less inaccurate now. My favorite part is the brown rice made like Mexican rice. It’s flavorful and tomato-ey and oh just so awesome. There’s sweet plantains that work lovely with the tart, wilted Swiss chard. The warm tomatillo salsa adds another sort of big step to this …

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