As our move to a new home looms (Thursday) there comes a time of cleaning out.
Cleaning out the dross and dreck that clutters shelves and closets.
But more important, cleaning out the refrigerator.
Odds and ends of things long forgotten have been discovered in the back of the fridge (yuck to some of them) but more safely and taste satisfying in the freezing compartment.
And so mealtimes become an adventure, a discovery, a re-discovery, and with the plus 70 years of cooking experience SWMBO claims and my appetite whetted by miles walked and thousands of pounds of boxes hauled . . .
. . . well, okay, so that's a tiny, teensy, miniscule, slight exaggeration on my part . . .
. . . these odd meals come together.
For example . . .
. . . pot-stickers topped with plum sauce, a melange of sauteed green beans, red peppers and onions steamed at the last minute with a splash of mirin, and a lovely combination of brown rice and quinoa.
Have I sounded a deprived sorry soul lately?
I lied.
