Make it with Millet!

Hey everyone! It’s Friday! Yay! It’s been a heckofa week over here! I am ready for a fun weekend! I don’t have any “extra” work obligations just my regular Saturday night and Sunday morning gigs. Plus my hubby has a friend coming to town ( remember Gardner from our weekend adventure?) AND I have friends in town too. Should provide for some good times!

I’ve spent the morning at work cooking lunch for some students. I sort of made up my own potato soup recipe. Sorry, no pictures I left the camera at home. I was pretty darn proud of myself since I usually have to follow a recipe to the “t” when I make something.

Last night I did cooking experiment number 3. Millet black bean burgers from the Clean Food cookbook! I had never used millet before and found it for pretty cheap in the bulk bins at the Co-Op.

It kind of reminded me of a mix between cous cous and quinoa. First I had to toast it.

Wow the evening light in my kitchen is really bad! Then I had to let it simmer in some water for 25 minutes. While I waited for it to cook I drank one of these

Yum! I also had to saute an onion and some spices and then mix with black beans and corn. Then I mixed in the cooked millet and some cornmeal.

I formed a few patties with the mixture and fried in a frying pan with some olive oil.

I cut the recipe in half because I knew I would be the only one eating these and I wasn’t sure if I would like them. The full recipe was for 10 but I got 7 out of just half the recipe. I ate two “burgers” with a delicious salad!

   These were really tasty! I may have gone back for one more burger while watching TV They were also pretty easy except for having to wait for the millet to cook they didn’t take much time either. I will definitely make them again.

I took my  bike over to the shop and found out I need to make an appointment for a tune up, they are booked until May 10th! I better get on that. They also told me I could install the air pump and the water bottle myself. Score! I saved some money. Oh wait! They looked at my tires and said they were dry and going to crack and fall apart! So, I had to shell out $60 for new tires plus labor! Ouch! I also bought some GU and other fuel type products to try on my long rides and brick workouts. I’m a little nervous because the first time I’ll have a chance to try the new tires will be the 30 mile tour I’m doing next weekend. I might had to take her out for a spin before than.

Well, that’s all I have for now! We’re planning on taking the hubby’s friend to a cool pizza joint down the river. I’ll be sure to bring my camera! Have a good weekend!