Mental Health Day

Although I was feeling a little better yesterday, I just couldn't handle Trader Joe's on not only a Saturday, but the day before Mother's Day? I almost cried just thinking about it. I just ran to Grocery Outlet and Safeway for a few things to get me through the weekend, and then I will do a proper shop that includes more fruit and vegetables. Sometimes you just have to take care of your mental health.

potatoes,lemons,booch,pinto beans,ground ginger,ground turmeric,ocho candy bars,and a superfood smoothie

Grocery Outlet had the Odwalla superfood smoothie for ninety- nine cents, I had to get it. I haven't had one of these in a thousand years! I also found these veggie stock things. I like the cubes, or smaller things like this over the cartons because I don't use veggie stock every day, and it just sits in my fridge stressing me out.

Yes, I found a five pound bag of organic flour for $2.49!  Because of all of my savings, I treated myself to the new Veg News magazine.  As you can see on the cover, they talk a lot about pizza, which inspired my dinner last night. I decided on a whim to try a cornmeal crust pizza using some masa flour mixed with AP flour. I used this recipe. I used masa flour instead of cornmeal, and I also didn't add any oil, which I think was a mistake. I'm still getting the hang of the oil thing. I have no desire to go strictly oil free, but I have been trying to cut back, and to be honest I feel like a lot of recipes use too much when it isn't needed. But, sometimes a small amount is needed, and in the case of this dough I would say oil is needed. Taste wise it was a little strange at first to have that corn flavor in a pizza dough. I went with a taco like pizza, so it worked but if I were making a more traditional pizza with red sauce I would skip the corn flour.

I used salsa as a sauce, and put red onions, pinto beans and daiya on top. After it was done baking, I sprinkled green onion and cilantro on top. It was pretty dang tasty. I forgot that salsa is excellent on pizza!
Today is a drizzle-y grey day here in Seattle, I plan on being low key and doing a little cleaning and podcast listening and taking a ginger detox bath with some epsom salts to relieve my achy body from all the high intensity cardio I've been doing. I don't know if it's helping me lose weight, but it sure is making me feel strong! What are your plans for this mother of a day? ( I know I'm unbearable)