Monday, September 6, 2010

Grocery Night Special


Now that I know it only takes a few minutes to whip up something like this lunch I had today, it's hard to pick a happy meal over a real meal. My kitchen and I have settled nicely into a place where something quick is still something beautiful.  I feel like if I just focus on eating beautiful things, then happiness will naturally follow.  If I ever write a cookbook, it will be titled Beautiful Things.  And if it becomes a smash hit and some snooty woman in Highland Park sits down to lunch and says to the waiter, "Oh no, this dish simply will not do. I only eat beautiful things," well, then, I would be quite pleased with myself. 

This dish was so easy.  I cooked tomatoes and spinach in a little olive oil and sherry while I sliced up some fresh bread and chicken, both from the deli/bakery at the grocery store.  I was sitting down to eat in ten minutes.  I think this meal may become my new "Grocery Night Special."  Although, I can't remember ever having trouble cooking on grocery nights.  Maybe those are the nights I eat leftover in an uncreative manner.  Whatever, the reason, I'm glad I thought to get these treats from the deli.

Enjoy!

1 comments:

Erica said...

I've found that happiness DOES naturally follow a beautifully-cooked meal, especially when a quick improvisation turns into an edible masterpiece. I hope you do write a cookbook one day - that first paragraph was really enjoyable to read. :-)

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