who always love to cook for people. Not what those people might have in mind or be craving, mind you, but rather exactly the same stuff that they would cook if I wasn't even around. So its nice because they are not catering to me, and I get to live their food lifestyle for just a bit.

Typically what is made involves lots of veggies, the main actors usually being anaheim chiles, broccoli, kale, cabbage, and onions. These are not washed unless they are actually gritty, and chopped roughly to go into the pot. Garlic is rarely used, though I've not thought to inquire why. Seasonings typically consist of olive oil and soy sauce or Bragg's Aminos (which is basically a salty protein brew). [If you follow the link to them, read up on their corporate philosophy before you buy, since they are a 'god-happy' company so I cannot condone doing business with them, regardless the quality of the product.]

Anyway, these fried veg are then combined with some kind of protein and/or grain, something in the rice/tofu/lentil family. Rarely there might be an egg, my friends' concession to actually needing digestible protein.

On the menu this weekend, we have: breakfast (steamed purple cabbage, scrambled egg, and home fries), and dinner (braised kale and rice/lentil/veg 'stew' from the pressure cooker). Eating this food makes me feel good, but its not something I can continue for more than a few days. I want animals in my gullet, not to mention dairy.

Here's a photo of the chef at work getting me drunk, while pots steam away....