Nice Rice

Their is just something about Sunday afternoon which calls out for cooking, real cooking, cooking it can take hours to perform. Today is one of those days for me not sure what it was the possibility of using the new wok that I bought last July or maybe the fact that I just had chicken left over from frying earlier in the week then got some decent festivals of the food bank yesterday. Then is not so hot. The backbone of summer has been broken sad to say. I think also for the first time I've noticed the figure ground effects sliding over to autumn as summer begins its slow retreat. This is all good the way the seasons and is the way of cooking.

I knew I was going to be able to do anything spectacular but I really did want to make another big pot of brown rice to eat during the week. I found that when I do this it just makes everything so much better to have meals made for lunch and dinner like just scoop out a cup full (yes I actually measure with a measuring cup 1 cup for dinner or lunch) and that's my meal pretty much. I finally learned how to make rice without the rice maker just on the top of the stove with my favorite saucepan and it's working out great. I found a can of beef broth which I used for the rice and I even shook in about a half a cup of dried onions that I've had for over 10 years I read the “use by date” and it said 08 which I assume is 2008 however there dehydrated and they just stepped right up great flavoring I'm enjoying this. I spent a good part of the afternoon cleaning out the fridge to see what I can put in the rice with the chicken. I found celery which need to be used, a real onion, cabbage(I've really enjoyed getting into using rock cabbage to cook with it really adds a lot of the Asian flavor to the food I like). I got great colored bell peppers red and yellow processed and even some broccoli this is going to be a colorful dish I'm so excited.Like I said preparing this bill to me all afternoon which is exactly what I wanted. Got a full charge of my battery and I have only gone 6/10 of a mile so no charge tonight.

The kitchen is a mess of course. I've chopped and smashed and peeled and boiled all over the stove and the cupboards. I've watched prime pants twice today and other assorted dishes and I yet still have to do another batch so I can put away the rice dish I made. I still have a watermelon to process I don't know if I have enough strength of will to bring such a project to fruition (see how I worked that in there?). I would like to get the melon done tonight but maybe I can have my home health specialist tomorrowAnnette help with the slice and dicing and popping it in the fridge. Well, as they say things are not going to be done by themselves. I just want to make sure I got my 500 words in today And a lot of fun cooking…