recipe round up

What I've been eating:

This "Cowboy Caviar"  is officially a winner recipe. Made it twice now. Easy, just some minor vegetable cutting, and it's done. Pretty decent source of veg and meal filler that feels healthy. Not a huge fan of the black beans, but it's necessary to give it extra sustenance. I really like it with guac and some protein and rice. Or even on top of a hobo quesadilla. Or just with tortilla chips.

This dakdortitang is also pretty killer. Recommended by a friend, I think it's super easy (one pot) and really good for a hot meal. The level of spice is a bit much for me, but the flavor is worth it.

This is my go to banana bread recipe. It's the fluffiest, lightest banana bread ever. I haven't tried any other since. .... it's also a bit like banana cake though. But... yum :D

Also my go to recipe for pot pie. Super easy (which I need, otherwise I will not make it more than once), filling, and good for a couple of meals. Also pie crust is just delicious.

Red wine poached plums and plum greek yogurt cake make for a surprisingly amazing combo. I would not really suggest making this unless you have excess plums and excess greek yogurt. But on the other hand.... I did get quite a few compliments on the cake and plums.

This vegan corn chowder (just replace milk/half and half with coconut milk). I surprisingly liked it more than I expected. I don't usually eat vegan (heck I add meat to the meatless recipes), but my friend was trying. Tasty, but I think it needs some sort of toasted bread with the chowder. I'd make it again though. But I really might just add some sausage :O

A combo of these two recipes (indian style creamed spinach and chicken saagwala) to make a chicken saagwala. Combined because I liked the looks of the spinach portion of the former, but wanted to add chicken to make it a complete dish. It turned out really well. My first foray into Indian cooking. 100% would do it again. 

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To make:

This soup (dakjim?), but I need to go to my asian market and get some starch noodles.

My mom's chicken soup

A daikon soup

I really want to try to make an indian dish, but there are so many components that I don't have. Have to think on this.

food wants

i want to eat a whole can of pringles.

i want to eat saag paneer || chicken sagwala || pad thai.

i want a tin of elderflower tea.

i want to learn how to use a grill.

i want to eat a caprese salad.

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i think i'm hungry right now :/ but it's also 1130 pm and i should be going to sleep.
problems.

Strengths

Went to taco tuesday with a friend at a place with very few parking spots. I saw a woman get in her car and I signaled for the spot. She didn't end up leaving and multiple cars were stuck behind me. A car drove next to me and yelled at me for not moving. Well, sucks. For everyone.

He later saw me in the restaurant and apologized. I accepted.

Here's the thing: Everyone has good points and strengths. It's just a matter of when and where you see the person. Maybe that horribly rude person was just having a bad day.

Or maybe some people just shine in different environments.

I wonder what is the ideal environment for each person. If I could have a greenhouse with the ideal conditions for myself, what would be there.

just random musings.