Roasted Beets + Swiss on Rye

So here I am, writing about food in a world that has gone completely mad. Has it ever been this bad? Seriously, I’m 36 years-old and I don’t remember the world ever being like this. I wish I was able to write about my baller staycation that I’m currently enjoying (thanks be to the privilege of having a job, a good one at that). I’d like to talk about what it’s like to be able to be a working mom and actually be home for a month (it’s exhausting and wonderful and confirms the fact that I am not made for staying-at-home mom-ing). Or, I’d like to be able to talk about my recent obsession with the shows, UnReal and The Good Wife (I am using some of my staycation time to do what I used to do when I was single and in my 20s . . . lay on the couch while eating chips and cheese dip and watching TV for HOURS ON END . . . or until I have to go pick up the girls form camp/gan). But I can’t.

I’m confused on what to do about the deaths of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, Alton Sterling, Philandro Castile. I’m honestly so sick of reading article after article on Facebook from well-meaning friends who seem to be playing to the same crowd. I don’t want to be an arm-chair/Facebook-activist. I want to do something. I want to make sure I’m about something other than delicious food. I don’t want to forget that I’m a Social Worker and Community Organizer by training. I’m also a Jew who is in need of a global-community to give a sh*t about dying Jewish teenagers and the rise of anti-Semitism and I want to make sure I model the same support that I’m asking for. But how do I do this? I truly want to know? How do I do this with two little kids from Encino, California?

In the meantime, while I ponder these questions and look for outlets, I found this really great site called, “Campaign Zero“. It has an amazing team behind it and seems to be running on real grassroots community organizing. It’s inspiring. I wonder if they’re looking for Jewish lady community organizers living in The Valley!?

So I made a sandwich. I made a really, really good sandwich. I roasted some beets and made some tangy cole slaw while I toasted some rye bread (and put a little slab of butter on those little slices of bread before putting them in the oven). The result was so frikkin’ good that though I had no plans to turn it into a post, I ended up making it a second time so that I could post it (but also because my husband begged me to make it again, he liked it that much. He actually like it so much that he high-fived me after finishing it). This sandwich would be a great little build-it for a Shabbat lunch or picnic or a Tuesday.

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