how much chicken salad is too much chicken salad

one container of spring mix and a roasted chicken amounts to a week of spring themed chicken salads

in the spirit of salad, i really just threw whatever i could dig out in my kitchen and pantry into a bowl and tossed it together. i ate this with variations for 3-4 meals.

my current favorite way to prep a salad dressing is by microplaning a clove of garlic into it.

selected pantry items:

champagne vinegar

apple cider vinegar

kewpie

sesame oil

chili honey

quinoa

accessories:

chicken

garlic

peas

radish

onion

marinated eggs

mozzarella

and what do i order when i take myself out to eat for mommy's birthday? a mango curry chicken salad sammich with dressed pea shoots on homemade sourdough apparently:

bonus: cold brew with rose foam

mung bean daal and sticky rice waffle

In the name of good poops.

 

selected pantry items:

mung beans

cumin

garam masala

turmeric

coriander

mustard

rice

quinoa

accessories:

onion

garlic

ginger

tomato paste

mozzarella

stomach bug recovery

First meal after being able to freely eat real food again. A stomach virus is no fucking joke.

 

selected pantry items:

spaghetti

sunflower seeds

sesame

cumin

harissa

soy sauce

accessories:

roasted and blended mini sweet peppers

onion

tomato paste

parmesan

freeze thawed tofu

the rest of my sweet corn chili sauce

vegetables and tofu

 If you freeze thaw tofu, drain it thoroughly, and deep fry it... it makes an amazing snack or accompaniment to any meal.

No pantry items were really consumed, but this was a fridge clean out meal at its finest.

dirty rice but make it Asian:

reserved bacon fat

dried bamboo

spam

suimiyacai

okra from splitting groceries with Gill

fried tofu in sweet corn chili sauce:

firm tofu

corn chili sauce leftover from Elisa's dumplings

tamarind sauce from Athena's mom

cabbage and chrysanthemum salad:

cabbage

chrysanthemum greens from my patio garden <3

perilla from my patio garden <3

garlic

tamarind sauce from Athena's mom

spam

an unexpected ordeal

I like the way you called me on your way home from dinner. In the little window of time where you were alone. You let me in on your quiet drive. It's always in little windows of time when I least expect it.

I like hearing your voice because it's soothing. I can hear your eyes roll through the phone - it's paired with your specific staccato laugh when I say something ridiculous.

I like how we flow, at one moment wading in the shallow end, diving far into the deep end in another. Exchanging traumas for compassion. Then you lay out your hours for me brick by brick, and I like that I can experience the whole picture.

You make me want to stay up until 3am to talk about nothing. And you remind me that affection can be playful and silly.

You give me that giddy-when-I-see-your-name kind of joy. And I will float on this crush for as long as I can.

Hokkaido soup curry with chicken fat rice.

Fried enoki, eggplant, kabocha, lotus root, okra, broccolini.

Scallion pancakes.