Ok, so it isn't life changing...or is it? I'm on my second week of new and improved eating. Yesterday was crop share day at the CSA. Most items were repeats from last week...don't know what to do with the stinging nettle this week. One item was new - bok choy. I looked for a recipe within WW and found one. It smelled like a restaurant as I cooked dinner. Oh, and I made an amazing salad for tomorrow's lunch as well complete with chicken and an original recipe. I spent about an hour whirling about in the kitchen washing fresh veggies in the sink and seeing which ones would not make the "spit-out" from the dog. I busted out the wok. I used sesame oil. I grated fresh ginger.
I have loved cooking for what seems like forever but years ago somewhere between retail jobs and babies and ill mothers and housework it became more about speed, ease and picky eaters. Today, it was about me and the food. The celebration of it. Creativity, precision and health were all of the goals. Oh and taste, of course.
It was a morning of chores and tasks and an evening of laps and treading at the pool but the afternoon was spent in the kitchen. Though still a bit rushed at least it was time that I carved out for myself. I am prioritizing with a different goal. Who knew all of that would come from a head of bok choy...
Bok choy! Isn't it a great feeling when you take a few extra minutes to make a meal and then savor it? Just don't try making the Parmesan and Proscuitto Mini Muffins off of the WW site. Not so great, especially with what the price of proscuitto is. Next time I see you I'm going to shout out, "BOK CHOY!" then break into an anishinabbe jingle dance.
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