I have not packed my dabbas or planned for the today last night as I should have. Again I will have to dig into the fruit basket and fridge and prepare a salad out of whatever is available.
I have to rush as I don’t want to be late for office. I make a quick juice out of grapes, pepper and the lemon, ginger and amla juice I have stored in the fridge. It is quite enjoyable though it turns out a bit sour as the grapes are the seasons last.
I pack some grapes and slices of Tomato. Can’t think of anything else L I put some thought into the salad and this is what I come up with:
The Travelling Foodie’s Summer Mix
Ingredients:
Red Cabbage finely chopped
Normal Cabbage finely chopped
Red, Yellow & Green Bell Pepper
Cucumber diced
White onion finely chopped
Sweet Lime (Mosambi) peeled
All ingredients in more or less equal quantity
For the Dressing:
Honey – 1 tbsp
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Salt – ½ tsp
1 petal of Garlic sliced
Pepper powder
Chilli Flakes
Method: Mix all the ingredients. This one can be premixed too. It will not lose too much of its freshness.
In office I have a big glass of Pomegranate juice and unfortunately start getting loosies. I am ultra worried as I have planned a weekend trip and am leaving early today. Fortunately they stop after 2-3 trips to the loo. Must have been the pomegranate!
I have some cucumber sticks and Rajkot chutney in the evening and leave office early as I have to go to Bandra to my Mama Mami’s place, it being Thursday before heading to Thane to pick up a few things and then finally home to pack. It is a ritual I don’t like to break. At their place I have some gila bhel which my Mama has lovingly got for me. My Mama is 83 so I make it an exception and eat the bhel long with the sev. Fortunately everything else is raw! When I do, I realise I have not packed my swimsuit. I jump out of bed but in vain as even after a lot of frantic searching, I don’t find it. I find some oooooold swimsuit which I angrily throw into the overnight bag. A dejected me plonks into bed again and prays Day 24 ends and that sleep envelopes me quickly as it is way past my sleeping time