This Old Hag Climbed Old Rag

80’s work

80 Proof and his coworkers kidnapped me to the Shenandoah Valley out in Virginia and demanded I hike 7 fucking miles for 5 fucking hours, starting at an obscene hour Sunday morning.

This lazy girl was not so psyched about this venture until 80 remembered that we had to pack snacks (clearly I don’t have much hiking experience, therefore, I didn’t come to this conclusion myself.) So as soon as FOOD appeared in the picture, I became ready for my time in the wilderness…here I come Old Rag Mountain.

But, since 80 Proof didn’t tell me about the food aspect until two nights before (and the next day was *MOVING* day, not cooking prep-day) I had 15 minutes in the market, a la Super Market Sweep, because the store was just about to close. I quickly jumped online to figure out some hiking food musts and rolled with that to design my own trailblazing creations.

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eggs for dinner

While prepping my lunch salads for the week, I wanted to make a quick dinner with my already-out ingredients. And as a huge proponent for EGGS any time of the day, its easy to add a simple fried egg on top of many a dish for an easy and elegant dinner. Just be sure to keep those yolks runny.

Bulgur Wheat Sunshine

With whatever greens you have on hand, mound in the middle of your plate. Add a dollop of bulgur wheat, topping that with some sauteed super-diced onions and garlic, drop some cubbed avocado

pre-sunshine
(pre-sunshine)

and then lay a sunny-side up egg (the sunshine in my life) on top. Sprinkle with some kosher salt and freshly grated black pepper. You could add a dash of olive oil and a squirt of lemon too.