Ugh, Lia, sick on Christmas Eve. I hope you feel much better now. Is this the week you have off? We had a similar thing happen here...Joe caught the norovirus at work his last day before his vacation and was really sick. We had to cancel Christmas Eve with his family, and Christmas day at our place. It was a very quiet Christmas, but it was relaxing.

Mihani, I will be getting back on track too, come January. Since we had to cancel our Christmas dinner, we're having my family over on January 7, but after that we're getting serious. I think we're going to re-watch all the good documentaries and I'm going to read a Fuhrman book again to get fired up.

I'm having a lot of fun with my art this week. Relaxing and playing around with different techniques, with no final piece in mind. Just stretching a bit and seeing if I can make some new discoveries. I covered the handle of a cutting board with decorative resin and gave it as a gift to my in-laws. I wish I would have taken a picture to show you guys! I have another one made but it didn't turn out near as nice.

I found a new dal recipe that is quick and easy. http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2013/07/fat-free-dal-tadka.html
I make it even easier by sauteing all of the onions with the garlic up front. In the Instant pot, I can do it all in one go - turn it to saute, then switch to pressure cooking when ready. Nice comfort food. (I checked and there's instructions for stovetop as well if anyone is interested).