The Mothership

 Have you ever been so cranky you're just agitated with everything in sight? The way the mailman crumpled your package... How you haven't made time to fix the broken window shield in the front of your car... How your children run in from school and immediately drop everything to the floor because they don't have ample time at school to properly use the restroom? The way a certain someone chews their food... You have to wear button up pants, and button up pants make you have a headache... How everyone wants to climb and touch you all the time...  How someone slams the toilet from the other room... How the laundry is NEVER finished and socks will forever be turned inside out... How you spoke horribly to someone this morning and can't fix it till later... NO. Just me, eh? Well, this story starts with one agitated mother and ends with a bag of cheese. I was going about my business and all of the above events, plus a dozen more that I won't be vulnerable enough to enligh

I am super nervous each time I use the insta pot but slowly getting better at using the pressure cooker function. This recipe is super yummy:) and ready in less than an hour - from first chop.  Ingredients:  1&1/2 cups dry brown rice 3 cups of broth Cooking oil  Garlic powder Flank steak - 2 to 2.5lbs 2/3 cup coconut amminos (or soy sauce) 5 cloves of garlic, minced 2 tsp of ginger powder 1 cup water 2 tablespoons of cornstarch  6 tablespoons of cold water 4 tablespoons of honey  2 packs of frozen broccoli florets  Arugula (optional) Sesame seeds Green onions, sliced or snap peas for garnish Recipe: Bring to a boil broth, 1Tbspn of oil, 1tsp garlic salt. Add rice. Simmer covered on low for 45 minutes.  Meanwhile, slice flank steak into thin strips. Heat insta pot on sauté mode. Add cooking oil to the pot and sauté the steak.  While sautéing, whisk the coconut amminos, water, garlic, and ginger powder in a small bowl.  Turn sauté off. Add the whisked sauce to the steak. Give a stir.