8.27.10--Lunch

My Creative Writing teacher from high school once talked to my 11th grade class about "love languages". He said that people have different ways of expressing their love, and different ways that they want to have love expressed to them. Some people express their love through words, actions, gifts or....something else. I can't remember. My love language for expression is definitely actions. More specifically, cooking. Sometimes I worry about people and my solution is to make them food. It's also how I sometimes take care of myself. This morning, I was wanting to cheer Adam up and help him have a good day, so I woke up early and made some beans and rice.

I had soaked some kidney beans overnight and they were ready to go when I turned the stove on at 6am. After they had boiled for about 30 min., I sauteed some garlic and green peppers in olive oil with paprika, cumin and chili powder. I also cooked up a pot of basmati rice (I'm not picky about mixing ethnic foods and their grains). Once the beans were done, I added some chopped tomatoes, tomato juice and the beans to the sautee and that was it! Hot lunch ready in an hour and a half. I even had time to shower while the beans were cooking.

Adam had a much better day because he had a nice lunch to look forward to, and I did too! Getting up early to cook sometimes seems like a lot of work, but it is a very peaceful way for me to wake up.