Scratch Cooking October 30th

How fun to chat with some of you girls last night as part of Girls Night Out. I was dizzy from the speed of the conversation! And thanks to those of you that gave me the pass for Halloween, I am going to pick up some fair trade candy from the co-op tomorrow!

So after the lovely chatting last night and a day in which I did not take a shower or get dressed until after 3 pm (my first shower in 2 days, yes work IS kicking my ass), and in which I watched the Bonner hearings (remember the guys who sent forged letters to congress saying things like the NAACP doesn't support climate legislation? Now that deserves a You Lie!) my brain was fried. So it seemed only appropriate that I make green fried rice.

Easy peasy, as it were. Make a pot of rice. Sautee a chopped onion in sesame oil, after a few minutes, throw in some chopped broccoli and beans (I used a combo of Romano beans which are like flat green beans and some flat beans from my garden). Sautee for about 15 minutes until veggies are soft. Throw in some rice wine vinegar and soy sauce along the way. When the rice is done, add a little more sesame oil to the pan and toss in the rice. Add more soy and vinegar to taste and sautee for a few minutes. And dinner!

You can throw in an egg too if you want but it's not necessary.

We had ours with some fresh raspberries for dessert. A good end to a busy, and sometimes stressful, day and a great chat with the wonderful women of PNN.

A word about the pan in the picture; it was my maternal grandmothers. She died when I was 2 so I have no recollection of her, but I love using that pan because it has literally seen almost a century of cooking! Using it makes me think of medieval times, when people passed down pots and pans in their will - talk about reduce, reuse, recycle!

I think we should all have at least one every day item that stays in the family and gets used. To me, it's a way to connect with your own ancestry and while future generations may not have memories of those people, it's a kind of thread between the past and the future.

Okay, enough philosophizing, on with the day!