Recession cooking for one—fake pilaf! Half a cup of rice (jasmine, basmati, whatever’s on hand), one and a quarter cup water, a sprinkle each of salt, pepper, and thyme, and a bit of butter. Also a chopped tomato if on hand. Heat on high with lid on until boiling, reduce heat to low and and stir. Replace lid and wait fifteen minutes or so. Top with Greek style yogurt (or sour cream) and eat. Cheap and yummy. Also good if paired with some sort of green vegetable…chard is my favorite right now. But no meat, at least when I eat alone.
I’ve decided that eating meat is not really my thing. I don’t have a moral objection to it, but my stomach definitely has a physical objection to it. Red meat of the steak variety is always a bad idea lately, and I’m not too fond of chicken. That leaves pork, lamb, and fish, [edit: and turkey and ham], all of which are only ok in small portions. Still, Brian often ends up with half of my meat portion during dinner because I can’t finish it.
I can get my protein in other ways, though—tofu, for instance. Not in a disgusting tofu-as-a-substitute-for-some-other-non-tofu-food way though, because I am too Asian to eat tofu as anything other than tofu. Sorry, vegetarian and vegan readers! Raw with soy sauce and grated ginger and a tiny bit of sesame oil is my favorite way to eat it. Yum.
