Pretty Food

Yesterday I came home from the monthly Patchwork Gals meeting–where some beautiful quilts were shown–HUNGRY.

I started pulling items from the refrigerator–a selection of colored sweet peppers, baby bok choy, 1 lb of hamburger, and leftover roasted cauliflower and carrots.

I set off the smoke alarms in the kitchen when sautéing the peppers on high heat. Flapping a towel and opening the back door helped–in time. Ugh! Anyway, the peppers were nicely browned in places–so I added in the washed and chopped baby bok choy, and the liquid it diffused slowed down all the heat. I added some herbs and just cooked more until the bok choy was softening but still crisp.

Meanwhile, the hamburger got some chopped onion, some grated mozzarella cheese, and some herbs and four patties went into the Air Fryer–they cooked in under 15 minutes on “roast.”

Somewhere in that process, I made my daily espresso and chopped up an apple–half now and half for supper.

And…what a nice meal I had as I thought about all I saw and enjoyed at the Patchwork Gals meeting. Two meals in fact, as I set up my supper meal of these same ingredients, but much less on the plate, at the same time. Three meals, as I have enough for dinner today.

I “rented” this book from the library a bit ago–COLD SASSY TREE–and realized I had read it years ago. One can buy books from a kiosk at the library for $1–and most I return when I’m done. Some I give to others, however.

I’m enjoying reading it again however. It falls into the same “Southern” vein as RUN WITH THE HORSEMEN, which my family all read back in the day. Both books have a young male protagonist. I read it long enough ago to recognize some of the plot, but not all.