I’m back!!! I’ve officially turned in my entire manuscript for my next cookbook, Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook!! I’ve been working on it since the summer time and it’s finally…almost done. I still have a trip to Pittsburgh in April to finish the final photos for the book. AHHHHHH, I can’t freaking wait to see this all come together! I’m so stupid excited.
Speaking of Pittsburgh, this is the weirdest freaking thing. On Saturday I got an email from United telling me that there had been a change to my flight. I check it out and can’t seem to figure out what is different since the times were exactly the same and that’s what was highlighted in the email. Then I notice that the date has changed. United is sending me home a day early from Pittsburgh. And this is after I already paid $150 to change my flight since weather messed my previous plans up. So I paid $150 to just change the dates of my flight to 4 months later and now they are making me go home earlier? Ummmmm wtf? Can they do that? I haven’t called them yet since I was finishing up my manuscript all weekend, but this just doesn’t make sense to me. I picked those specific dates and paid for those specific dates because I need exactly that many days out there. Not one day less. Has this ever happened to any of you? What.the.fudge.
I’m also facing another issue, guys. My car smells. Like, really bad. I don’t know why. It’s been like this for a couple months now and I keep cleaning it out thinking something fell underneath the seat and rotted, but nothing seems to be working. I even push a car freshener thing in it and it just made it smell like dirty diapers, trying to mask the stink. Ugh. I talked to my morning CrossFit classes about it and each class thinks it’s something different.
- My 6am class seems to think a mouse crawled in my car since it’s been so cold and probably died so it’s rotting in my car.
- My 7am class seems to think that since it’s been so wet and slushy, that my mats are getting mildew in them and smelling it up.
If it’s a dead mouse, how do I find the bastard? Do I just take it into the shop and pay them to look for something dead? Or do I just have the mats washed and hope for the best? Please help me solve my stank ass issue.
Guess what I learned? Don’t get buzzed on mimosas and shop. I had way too much fun at Inpsyre Boutique. Time to get our Fashion Friday on this week!
Wait, before you go…I have a question. Do you like my Weekly Workouts posts? I’m trying to decide if I want to keep going with them! Let me know!
Braised Short Ribs over Roasted Garlic Mashed Cauliflower
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
For the short ribs
- 5 slices of thick cut bacon
- 2 pounds beef short ribs (6–8 short ribs)
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 shallot, minced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 64 ounces of beef broth
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
For the mashed cauliflower
- 1 bulb of garlic
- 1 head of cauliflower, chopped into florets
- 1 tablespoon softened butter
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a large dutch oven over medium heat, cook the bacon over medium heat until completely crispy, remove bacon and set aside. Once cool, chop into pieces.
- Salt short ribs on all sides then brown the ribs on all sides, about 30 seconds per side. Remove and set aside.
- Add onions and shallots to the pan and cook for about 2 minutes then add garlic cloves. Add the red wine, broth, salt and pepper. Scrap down the bottom of the pan then let the pot come to boil.
- Once boiling, add the short ribs back to the pot into the liquid so they are completely submerged. Add the thyme and rosemary sprigs into the liquid.
- Put lid on the dutch oven and into the oven. Cook until the ribs are falling off the bone, about 2 1/2 -3 hours. Remove the pan from the oven and let rest for 30 minutes with lid still on. **When the ribs have about 45 minutes left, wrap garlic bulb in foil and place in the oven to cook until soft and fragrant.
- While the ribs rest in liquid, steam cauliflower.
- When cauliflower is fork tender, place in high speed blender (such as a blendtec) and puree until smooth. Squeeze out the softened garlic cloves and add to blender along with butter and salt and pepper. Puree until smooth and combined.
- Lasty, add bacon back into the short ribs mixture, mix and serve short ribs over cauliflower. (Feel free to let cool some to remove the fat that renders on top, it’s up to you buttercup!)
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My dad says if you have a leaking heater core in your car it smells awful. My water pump went in my first car and it smelled like dead fish. Maybe have a mechanic check it out. If it’s neither of those, maybe if you just take it to have it detailed and they might have something to get the smell out. Good luck!
I love the Weekly Workouts posts – especially now with the Open underway, would like to see your scores!
P.S. Perfect timing with this post, I was just looking through your site earlier today for a mashed cauliflower recipe 🙂
I totally had the same car problem!! A mouse actually crawled up from the bottom got stuck and died ;( the only way we found it was to take all the seats out and lift the mats up. Pretty gross! Love the weekly workout posts, definitely continue them!!
Keep the weekly workout posts.. please! I actually came here to read the WW post and was disappointed to see a food recipe (go figure.. it is a food focused blog) ha. I vote keep..
HA! I am having the same issue with my car, I can assure you it is a dead rodent, best of luck finding it. I have been in the hunt for a well now, my solution is throwing a bunch of dryer sheets into the car and leaving the doors open while it is parked in the garage !!!! It will eventually dry up and stop smelling right ?!! If not spring is almost here and I can start driving my summer vehicle
My girlfriend had this problem and I had a car detailing service use an Ozone Odor Removal Treatment. After that treatment the smell was gone! Call a few of your local car detailing service companies to see who can offer that type of service.
This is so crazy, but what you are describing with your car is EXACTLY what I went through a year ago. Nothing helped. I tried air fresheners and cleaners, I finally couldn’t take it anymore. I took my car to the dealership and they literally were dumbfounded, they couldn’t find anything. They too thought maybe a rodent or from the snow and slush. My final stab at it that literally CURED the smell and made it go away forever? I took it to a car wash I go to in Boulder and the detail guy had helped all the families with their cars during the Colorado floods. He suggested doing a thorough cleaning but what really worked wonders was leaving it there for 4-5 hours where he had fans drying it in every which direction. So moral of the story? There may be no real explanation to your stench because I ruled out everything. Just take it somewhere and get it cleaned and dried, it costed me $70 I think and I’ll tell you it was the best $70 I’ve ever spent for my sanity! Let me know if you’d like my guys name, it’s not that far from you!
If it smells musky and perhaps like something dead, it’s probably mice. My car had that problem. My husband took the doors and their thresholds apart, and found some and how they were getting in. The one mouse had a litter in the trunk in the spare tire wheel well. She used the drier sheets as nesting materials! Hubby laid down hardware cloth across air vents, and filled empty spaces with copper scrubbing pads. All rugs and upholstery had to be removed and scrubbed, and the entire interior cleaned. Hopefully, it’s just mold! Good luck!
I had a similar issue with United. They changed my flight from 9am to 5am and I had paid $60 extra to get the more convenient time. I had steam coming out of my ears!! I called them & they changed it for free to a similar flight I think on American Airlines, as I think they have merged. A couple months later they emailed me & changed it back to the original flight. Maybe this happens If you book way in advance; I booked my flight about 5 months in advance.
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