I haven't tried this one yet, but plan to!

Afghani - Aush E Asli (Pasta And Meatballs) adapted from
Afghan Food and Cookery by Helen Saberi

Ingredients
1 Pound Ground Lamb Or Beef
1 Medium Onion -- Grated
1 Teaspoon Cilantro -- Chopped
1 Teaspoon Cumin
1/2 Teaspoon Pepper
1 Medium Egg
Salt
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Medium Onion -- Sliced
1 Can Tomatoes -- Chopped
Salt And Pepper -- To Taste
8 Ounces Spaghetti -- Cooked
16 Ounces Yogurt
1/2 Teaspoon Cayenne
1 Tablespoon Mint
3 Cloves Garlic -- Chopped
Directions Combine meat, onion, cilantro, cumin, pepper, egg and salt.
Mix well and roll into small balls. Saute onions in oil for 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes, salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add meatballs and
cover, simmer for 30 minutes. Add yogurt, cayenne, mint and garlic.
Simmer but do not boil for 10 minutes. Add spaghetti and serve. Serves 4

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So, I've been breathing clearly since I started with the neti pot, but I still have a horrible sinus headache that won't go away. I'm not drinking any caffeine, in case that would make things worse. I'm still not ready to go back to the doctor. I really think I can get rid of this thing without another round of antibiotics, but I guess we will see.

I really need to exercise again, and I really want to start bike riding, so we went ahead and got Corey a bike at Kmart, which wasn't too expensive at all. I'm hoping to start tomorrow, but if my head is throbbing like this, probably not!

But man, I need to do something. I've spent the past two weeks trying to fight this thing, and I've been unable to get motivated to do anything. I'm just barely keeping up with housework, I wouldn't even call it keeping up, just doing things as they absolutely need to be done. Feeling this way can be very depressing.


I washed my dreads and all the soy wax came out. This is good, because I'm really hoping I can have dreads without them being a waxy pile! It does mean that I'll have to reroll them and wax them a bit after I wash them, but that's okay. The dreads stayed mostly intact, I had a couple that tried to undo themselves a bit, but I rebackcombed them and I hope they will get the hint.

I have some strays, as is to be expected with straight hair, but I haven't bought a tiny crochet hook yet. I think I will try and use whatever the smallest size is that I have. I do have some of the beeswax dread wax coming, just in case I need it, but I'm hoping to use as little of that as possible.

They are much smaller now, and somewhat less impressive. I really liked them all big and wild, but they need to be what they can be, I guess. I'm thinking of undoing my bangs on the one side, they are a bit loose and annoying, but I'm not sure if I like the bangs loose look or not.