Morning! How are y’all doing today?
Last night was a delicious and simple dinner: turkey burgers and sweet potato fries!
For the fries I took 2 sweet potatoes, cut them into a fry-like formation, and coated with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt + pepper, and garlic powder. Bake in one layer at 425 for 20 minutes, flipping after 10 minutes. YUM! Salty, garlicky, yum 🙂
The burgers were easy too: 1 lb 96/4 ground turkey, a bunch of Mrs. Dash (original kind), 1/2 tsp salt, fresh ground pepper, 1 egg. Mix well (with your hands!!!) and form into patties. I grilled them about 5-6 minutes on each side since the meat was still a little frozen, and they came out perfectly done. I did 3 patties and we had them on whole wheat buns with a little shredded cheddar.
It was a really simple dinner, but really good. I was excited about the leftover patty for today!
Breakfast this morning was the leftover turkey burger (that’s right, you read it correctly!)
Mmmmmmmmm…I love nontraditional breakfasts!
When I last left y’all I was feeling really down and out about not having any clear direction for my life. Well, last night I took some great advice: stop feeling down about yourself, get out and serve someone. I needed a swift kick in the tail to understand that my life isn’t actually about ME. I was letting one of our friend’s dogs out for her, and saw that she needed a little help with the dishes. While my pups and her dog were running around the back yard, I did her dishes for her (which wasn’t really all that much, but I know how much having dishes to do can stress you out). I immediately felt better, not because I needed that praise to make myself feel good, but because I knew that this would really help her out a lot. I forgot all about my “work woes” and just delighted in the fact that she was going to have a better night now.
I’m still worried/freaking out about what I want to do with my life, but the urgency is somewhat smaller. I know that what I’m doing now is not a forever career, and I’m just anxious to get to whatever that forever career is. However, I am slowly understanding that everything happens for a reason, and there must be a really good one as to why I’m going through this moment right now!
On a lighter note, what’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten for breakfast? I wanna know! 🙂
Hhmm.. the weirdest thing I have ever eaten for breakfast would probably be leftover pizza but I guess that’s not so weird 😉 I am a creature of habit and eat oatmeal for breakfast every day in some way, shape or form.
It’s not really weird, but the best thing I’ve ever had for breakfast is my moms leftover peach pie. . . AMAZING!!
So first, you totally just gave me a major craving for a turkey cheeseburger. For real. Might have to make that tomorrow night’s dinner.
But to the serious part of your post, I think that this has being gone around the blog world a lot lately. I know i’ve struggled with it too. I think that doing something for someone else and realizing that there is more to life than making ourselves happy, is a good thing. There’s nothing like making someone else happy or doing a good deed.
And everything really does happen for a reason. We go through stuff and can’t understand why but then it makes sense later. Usually. Sometimes, not so much. But there is always a reason. I really hope things work out for you and I know you are on the right path, you will reach your destiny one day. Just don’t give up. 🙂
AND—I can’t spell my own name! hahahahahaha
Ha ha–you girls are all so precious! I’m proud to say I’m Heather’s mom-in-law! By the time you get to be MY age, you’ve eaten just about anything and everything for breakfast! I’m an RN, so breakfast is always on the fly! And as far as stressing about “what you want to do” with your life–there’s not ONE thing for most people–there are many things–Yes, I’m a nurse, but I took off some years to be a Mom, volunteered in schools, Scouts, church. All have had great rewards. Heather, I think the light bulb definitely came on for you last night “meeting the need of someone else”. That’s really what the focus of life is all about. If you happen to be able to contribute to your families livelihood while doing it, even better.
Have faith in God, and yourself.
Love you!
oh my gosh I love a huge juicy burger and some sweet potato fries 🙂 yum!!
haha i ate lentils for breakfast once…or twice
I love your a-ha moment. Awesome.
I too LOVE non-traditional breakfast foods. I’ve been known to eat all sorts of “dinner” foods for breakfast.
One thing that FREAKED my college roommates out (and I didn’t think was weird) was that the day after my birthday I eat birthday cake for breakfast. This broke my roommates brain. We also do this after holidays-have dessert for breakfast. Why not? Right?
Hey there- i can totally understand being frustrated with not knowing what you want to do with your life. I graduated college almost 2 years ago and I still don’t know what it is I want to do! I know i’m really passionate about health & nutrition but don’t know what I want to do with it. I’ve spent the last year worrying way too much instead of doing! So this year I’m going to be proactive and instead of ‘thinking’ what it is I want to do I’m going to try things until I find what I love. Good luck!!
xo
Jocelyn
https://peacelovenutrition.wordpress.com/
Hmm probably pizza or cake. I think those are common breakfast meals for some people, though. haha
I will never ever get tired of sweet potato fries! Yum! I guess the weirdest thing I’ve had for breakfast is cake?
When I went to Norway a long time ago, we would eat cold salmon and slices of ham for breakfast. It was what they served at the hotel brunch!
Your burger looks good.
Weirdest thing… when I visit my family, I eat the leftover persian food the next morning since I won’t be able to get mom’s cooking until the next trip home