Ahhhh the luxury of being home and sleeping in your own bed with your own dog and waking up to a hot shower. The past few days I’ve just been savoring everything I’d missed about home. It’s great to be back here with my family and pets, though I haven’t seen many of my friends yet because just being back in the country has proved shocking enough. Some things that shocked me: elderly people working (cleaning the airport for example), the quiet and calmness of life even in “stressful” situations like traffic or interpersonal conflict, the ease and convenience of absoultely every activity be it washing clothes and dishes, shopping for food, bathing, or trying to find information, the way we pamper and shelter our kids in America, and the separation between us and our environment provided by heating in our homes and sealed-off transportation like cars. Coming back home has so far helped me realize how much time people spend stressing about thing that will probably never happen or if they do happen are probably of very little consequence in the grand scheme of things.
The first few days were spent adjusting to my old life, and now I’m coming to a place where I can start to critique the way I live here and start to build a more holistic, sustainable life.
This is kinda related: I really love those avacado spring rolls from Publix, so I thought I would try to make them and they turned out delicious!! I highly recomend everyone making them at leat once. They’re really healthy and tasty, and they are really flexible so you can use are of your favorite veggies or even meats or fish! Ok, so first thing get some spring roll wrappers from the grocery store of chinese grocery store. They may sound exotic, but they’re really inexpensive so don’t fret. Then chop up whatever filling you want in long, thin slices (I used cucmber without seeds, carrots, avacado and red cabbage). Soak a spring roll wrapper in warm water for a few secondsd until it gets soft, then spread it out on a plate, arrange your fillings in a horizontal line on the wrapper, then fold over the ends and roll the wrapper to enclose the fillings! I also made a really awesome Sweet Thai Sauce for dipping which really makes the rolls perfect. Just boil 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of water, 1/2 cup cider vinegar, 4 cloves garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 Tablespoon red chilli flakes (or hots sauce or real peppers to your liking) until it becomes thick like a dippable jelly then enjoy with your rolls! Super healthy, super fast, and super tasty! Try it tonight!
