Cooking And Eating....“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es”

hello, trick-or-treaters.....how about some braised bok choy in hot red curry with toasted sunflower seeds and garlic! Sorry, no sealed bags of dime-store candy treats..........

Almond flour and pecan meal 'cake' cooked in walnut/almond oils and butter with pumpkin puree, spices and green bananas......later, drizzled with sourwood honey

experimenting with using the Cuisinart non-stick 'divided' skillet.......cooking two items that have differing cooking methodologies, simultaneously.......worked like a charm......creamy parmesan risotto with exotic carrots on one side and crusty chicken tenderloins, marinated in green dragon sauce (jalapeños, vinegar, tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, lime juice and habaneros), with fresh basil.....on the other.........cook time: 9 minutes.....cleanup time: 1 minute.....I like that!

mid-morning wake up.....Thai-seasoned 'otherwise Italian' meatballs, in a tangy, highly-spiced South Indian marinara....with dissicated, then toasted Parmesan/Wasabi Ranch green peas.....a simple enough inspiration from having watched the first 'Chopped' challenge, ever, to have had no one eliminated before the 'dessert' course.......and, Maneet Chauhan, I skewered the 'balls', to spare your virtual fingers......and.... since the kitchen was already a 'mess'.....I made a 'balancing act' vegan 'meat'ball, stacked on some leftover fragrant, spicy collard greens, drizzled with Prelibato white balsamic vinegar, then surmounted by a single red curried flatbean square, topped with shredded aged Asiago cheese.......

Definitely, an exercise in 'portion control'.......I've not had sliced Weiners With  Sauerkraut in a long while......Whoa!....as an experiment, I took my 'before and after' blood pressure.......which went from 'normal for my age' to 'ALERT, ALERT" level......lots of salt.... lots and lots of salt! 7 3 grams of fat, 25 grams of saturated fat, 3450 milligrams of  sodium!!  Fortunately, I ate only 25% of this stuff....downing it with lots of water....... .

when you're down to some cold cuts and luncheon meat with Sprinkles....  

Trio of Venetian glass birds, atop the Panir Bereshteh made from the fertilzed egg of their distant relative, the Rhode Island Red.....Is this, technically, a fowl abortion....mourned by 'hearts of glass'? Perhaps, these 'birds' are just eyeing the raisin muffin halves....one smeared with blackberry preserves....the other, with blueberries, cooked in agave syrup.......Is there an 'Official' Play With Your Food Day?