enjoy good food

Homemade egg fried rice (steamed white rice, fried eggs, sauteed yellow onion, sauteed fresh mushrooms, low-sodium soy sauce, & spices). smile

Somehow, I’d never gotten around to learning how to roast veggies using an oven broiler, so I found some recipes that looked relatively easy & tried two different vegetables, with mixed results:

• sweet red peppers, with a light coating of olive oil, turned out beautifully—even peeling their skins off wasn’t as difficult as I’d thought it might be: they’re beautiful & very tasty!

• fresh asparagus, with a light coating of olive oil, turned out inconsistently: some stalks were overdone while others were not done at all, & nearly all the tips were too dry (crumbly, even). I’ll need to figure out what to do differently before I roast any more. While these are still good for an ingredient in cooking (I’m considering asparagus soup), the texture is wrong for eating as a side dish “as is.”

Potato-onion soup, homemade, from scratch (good & hot & quite flavorful, although I’m sure I could improve it with some experimentation next time). smile

Carrot-ginger soup, homemade, from scratch (good & hot, full of Vitamin C, & fairly flavorful, although the texture was a bit odd; I’m sure I could improve it with some experimentation next time). grin

Baked spiced quince, ladled over (reduced fat) vanilla ice cream. smile

Avocado sandwich:

• one ripe avocado (minus pit & skin)
• slathered between two slices of bread
• with salt to taste

So simple, so good! smile

Homemade potato salad:

• six large boiled white potatoes, chopped
• six large boiled eggs (three yolks removed), chopped
• one medium sweet onion, chopped
• two dill pickles, chopped
• half cup black olives, chopped
• mayonnaise, mustard, pickle relish, & dill pickle juice, mixed together for a sauce
• seasoned with salt & black pepper, to taste

yummy

Fresh black Mission figs (from California).

Steamed fresh baby carrots, cauliflower, & broccoli, as a side dish to a (take-out) roast chicken. yummy

Steamed fresh asparagus & fresh corn on the cob (last of the season).