I wrote this on Tuesday evening before I knew the results. I don’t feel like being very funny today. I’m confused, disheartened, shocked, and scared. As a Jewish female, I’m trying really hard to see the light and believe that the integrity of the American people and democracy and equality will always prevail. Will it? Because I feel like we’ve failed.
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I’m sitting here with my eyes glued to the TV, nervously chowing down on Northstar takeout, freaking out because they forget to put dates on my salad but mostly because there’s a chance Donald Trump might run this country.
Breakfast was a huuuuuge smoothie with an orange, frozen spinach, frozen cauliflower, turmeric, cashew butter, chocolate protein powder, and almond milk that actually didn’t taste good. I had extra oranges from a super delish Orange Chocolate Smoothie recipe I’m sharing with your faces tomorrow and for some reason I thought it would be wise to throw one in a freezer smoothie pack. WRONG.
It turned into one huge messy frozen clump that I had to hack apart with a knife on a cutting board that unknowingly still tasted like onions. Mmmmmm.
I snacked on this coconut yogurt with unpictured strawberry jelly, almond butter, and a drizzle of cinnamon before lunch. I’ve been on the prowl for a satisfying non-dairy yogurt and the almond ones kind of weird me out so this has been my go-to. The vanilla one is pretty rad!
Lunch was Coconut Saag from Isa Does It (forgive my outfit change, this pic is from the day before), a beautiful hardcover cookbook that I enjoy staring at. As you can imagine, I have a ton of cookbooks. I’m trying to spice up our meal prep lives and cook some new recipes I’ve never made before. Blogs are awesome and easy but sometimes I just want to feel real pages between my fingers.
We loved this recipe! Loaded with chickpeas, greens, tomatoes, coconut milk, and fun spices like fennel seeds, it was a nice twist on traditional curry. I snagged some organic brown basmati rice in the bulk bins at Whole Foods to eat with it. Jeff loved it, too!
P.S. you all warmed his soul with your sweet comments on the What My Boyfriend Ate Wednesday post last week. It won’t be his last!
Snacks included a big apple (I can’t lie, Costco’s organic Fujis are my fave), celery with Oasis roasted garlic hummus…
…and a couple cookie dough balls from Oh She Glows Every Day. Promise me you’ll make Angela’s Golden French Lentil Soup if you haven’t already!
We got Northstar for dinner. I got my usual village salad with tofu while Jeff smashed the burger with wild rice salad.
Dessert was another recipe from Oh She Glows—Peanut Better Balls! I used the recipe from her cookbook, which is a little bit different with the measurements. These were a HUGE hit! Jeff and I have been eating two for dessert every night.
God bless America. Please.
All of these energy balls have me drooling! I haven’t tried coconut milk yogurt yet – I don’t know what I’m waiting for!
When I saw your post in my email I thought, “I can’t read that now!” So glad you added your beginning paragraphs. Feeling the same way, glued to news like after a national disaster or the death of a great person. So terribly sad & concerned.
Confused, disheartened, shocked, and scared. Couldn’t agree more.
–> Another young, Jewish woman who is extremely sad, disappointed & angry today. I’d like to think we’re better than this, but…
Also, I’m sorry about Ohio : (
I am excited for the future of this country. For eight years we have seen our national debt increase to an all time high. Terrorism continues to threaten this country and the gains that we made in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom have been taken away. All of the sacrifice that the military made, the lives lost, all for nothing. As a wife of an active duty service member who lost friends during OIF, it makes me sick to think that it was all for nothing.
Unemployment continues to grow and more and more jobs are being shipped overseas. Hilary Clinton would’ve done nothing but the same. I’m not saying every decision that Donald Trump will make is going to be the right one; however, he is not a politician, he is not going to be bought out by anyone. That is what gives me hope. Hope that people will have jobs and actually be contributing members of society rather than living off of the government. As a healthcare provider, I have seen our medical system go to shambles and I have hope for the first time in eight years that this will change.
It has nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman. I would love to see a woman in office. It has to do with the fact that her policies would do absolutely nothing to improve this country and we would be worse off than we are today.
God Bless America!!
THANK YOU, Courtney!!! I appreciate you speaking up. God Bless America is right.
Very well said and kudos for speaking up, Courtney!
Courtney, despite what many think, Donald Trump is the epitome of big business. He is just as much a part of the establishment as Hillary, except his platform comes along with a message of bigotry and hatred. Of course everyone is entitled to her own opinion, but this is not my America.
Unemployment is actually at an all-time low, by the way.
I respect and greatly value your husband’s service, and thank him profusely for that. But as a woman this election meant that all the times I’ve been called a sexual object in front of the classroom by men, told my teaching voice is sexy, prompted a round of sexual harassment training at my school because a male worker told me he’d like to get me naked…this is Trump. This is now the leader of the free world. I have hope that we will see economic success and smarter spending, and not globally isolating rhetoric for the next four years.
Thank you, Elizabeth! You said what I came here to say!
As your Canadian neighbor i am utterly in shock. I hope my progressive, inclusive forward looking country will stay steadfast and that yours will somehow find the strength and love to get through this. I think it can only be done by spreading love and not feeding on hate or divisiveness. My thoughts are with you!
I, too, am in shock. I am appalled at the thoughts of so many of my fellow Americans. I just do not see how spreading hate can decrease terrorism. I just hope and pray that the checks and balances will prevail and that many will come to see reason. I am confused at how so many can think this man can lead us to a better future. To me, the future does not look bright.
As another of your Canadian neighbours, we are in total shock. Our hearts and thoughts are with you! Linda
Hi Alexis
As another Canadian neighbour, we are totally in shock. Our hearts and thoughts are with you. Linda
I still can’t believe the results. Thinking of you from Canada. <3
I mulled over whether or not to comment on this post because despite growing up quite close to where you’re from, I felt like my version of Ohio was so different than your’s. I hated living here, feeling suffocated by narrow minded people and willful ignorance so I left. I felt like in a way, your blog was a weird bright spot of hey maybe there is change there and maybe bringing Alchemy and local food to people can help make them care about other things too. This election makes me very, very sad because I feel like it was a validation of all my awful feelings growing up.
Anyway, I admire the way you weave hard issues into this blog. i think that takes guts. I also think it takes guts going out and trying to change people’s views on nutrition, health, and the environment in a place where there can be a lot of resistance. Hopefully in four years you will have a very different post up.
Everyone in my college is definitely in shock. I’d like to say though that So Delicious is the bomb! And that chickpea stew looks AMAZING!
the so delicious– how strong of a coconut-y taste is it?
on the other note, i appreciate the note at the beginning. with immigrant parents, and many friends who themselves are immigrants, our current situation scares me. i just hope we can pull through somehow.
I’m heartbroken about this election. I have no idea how we could have let this happen. I know that we need to get ready to fight — for our rights, for our neighbor’s rights — but I’m so tired, still in mourning. This is not America.
On a lighter note, those Peanut Better Balls look super.
Hugs.