Anyway, I've had a stomach ache from the stress for the past few days. It got so much worse yesterday when my husband cooked dinner and made us two giant steaks. Today I couldn't deal with any meat at all, I just wanted something fairly light and healthy.
So, black bean burgers (new recipe #3, my husband likes this one the best), a hakusai salad, and a chilled tomato and okra summer soup.
The tomato and okra soup. The cookbook had the tomato peeled and presented like this because it's visually appealing, but very hard to eat. In the future I think I'll cut the tomato up and served it that way. My husband liked this soup a lot, though, so I'll definitely make it again.
Now, back to work, and we'll see if I can't decrease my stress levels here a bit soon.
2 comments:
Oooh, I love okra. What cookbook did your okra soup recipe come from? I'd like to try that. I always use Alton Brown's recipe for fried okra breaded with corn meal.
I agree, I love okra too!
This recipe actually came from a Japanese cookbook--but here's the recipe:
2 tomatoes
6 or so okra pods--as many as you like, really
Blanch and peel the tomatoes (you could just cut them up), boil the okra in water.
For the soup, the recipe is
1 cup of dashi stock (you could probably also use chicken stock)
2 T of sake (or white wine)
1/2 t salt
Thicken with a little starch and serve cold. It was quick and easy, and I definitely recommend it.
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