Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
8/3: a moosewood jump-start
I enjoy cooking to a certain extent, but I have definite limiting parameters: we're vegetarian, I don't have much time to cook, I'm not good at multi-tasking in the kitchen, and Chris especially isn't a fan of cooked vegetables. I felt like I was in a dinner rut, so I recently ordered Moosewood's Simple Suppers and also their Low-Fat Favorites. Yesterday we made a Vietnamese noodle recipe from Simple Suppers, while today I made a Mexican pasta salad from the other cookbook--and these are the best dinners I've had (at a restaurant or at home) all summer. I feel inspired to be in the kitchen again.
I was creating today too. I used my watercolor pencils to draw a plant from a photo reference and then I posted it on my blog because it sort of turned out. I get excited when something I make actually turns out!
ReplyDeleteHello, Barbara--I just went to your blog to look at your painting--thanks for the peek at pokeweed! I love that feeling of victory when a project turns out well at the end. (I always tell myself "process over product," but it's still a thrill when the product works out!)
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