Sunday Cooking

So Sundays are usually my favorite day to cook. For a small window of time I can escape to the kitchen and play. Most important is that no one wants to cook with me b/c they are too busy relaxing/sleeping/biking/etc. to make fun of my culinary oops! Like the yams I sliced into wheels and covered with a variety of accouterments: ginger, agave nectar, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, sesame oil, brown sugar, butter and honey...and then proceeded to burn. Inedible. Stunk up the house. Wasted $3.50 of perfectly worthy yams. Poop.

But this week my experiment was with lima beans and quinoa. I had an idea to harden the lima beans by frying them in onions, garlic, sesame oil and sesame seeds. I added soy sauce to my quinoa while cooking which helps to give the otherwise dirt-flavored grain a nice, light flavor with a little pop for the tip of your tongue. I mixed the quinoa and lima concoction over a bed of mixed greens, broccoli sprouts, radish sprouts and clover sprouts, then ground up some of my favorite nuts and spread them on top. Where's the lube? At this point in my life, I'm a little under-whelmed by salad dressing. I prefer to make my own or stick to the ones that are expensive and worth the calories. Culinary delights to spring for...that's another blog entry!

I thought the salad rocked, next time though I will create a sesame oil-based dressing, maybe with some orange juice and rooster sauce for a kick.

Skipped exercise on Sunday and opted for heavy housework (linens, massive art overhaul in the house, floors, dishes) which gave me such a deep feeling of content-ness, I was speechless for the entire afternoon!

Gave way to an HGTV addiction, prob watched more decorating, remodeling shows in 2 days than in the past 2 years. I may have new purpose for the pedestal tree trunks in the back yard. Wait for it...
Recycle, Reuse, Reduce!

Off to price vintage clothing for a friend!
Happy Monday!