A lot of our longtime #ComfortFoods include #seafood because after mass diaspora migrations, many of our peoples ended up living in coastal communities.
I'm originally from a rural town in middle Missouri but now call #SaintLouis my home. I have a love for the American southwest (my Mom is from New Mexico) and for the coastal city of #Savannah#Georgia.
I'm single, live alone with two #dachshunds (#dogs) named Amelia and Penelope. I'm a #progressive#liberal, can't stand money in #politics, and yearn for a day when the #Democrats improve their messaging and start fighting back.
Salad is cool. Salad saves time. Salad saves you money. Salad is good for footprint. Ready prepped in the fridge is awesome for health, exec function, good choices & quick meals. Salad is good rebellion, in lots of ways.
Consider just how many nudges you get in shows, on social, endless ads, pushing towards unhealthy, high profit, low nutrition, high cost, highly processed, high environmental impact, food.
I'm not a TV chef who can pluck fresh lemons from a tree in my garden. Lemons in the UK are dreadful esp since Brexit. Typically hard, juiceless, turn to rocks in the fridge or go bad really fast if left out. Also ADHD comes with it's own ingredients realities which #ADHDers will understand.
I buy a bottle of already squeezed spanish lemon juice (where lemons are great). It keeps better longer and saves you time.
So many ways to go but here's a good mix of:
✅ beans
✅ lentils
✅ spices
✅ herbs
✅ acid lemonjuice or a vinegar like applecider which is milder
✅ Soy sauce or tamari is a nice & healthier savoury taste
Sometimes I add
✅ sweetcorn too.
Stir it all up so it's mixed properly, don't wait until the bowl is too full.
Batch cook larger portions really is mostly as fast as 1 small cooking when you consider clean up grabbing ingredients everything. Small cooking which you would then have to repeat a bunch of times through the week.
Batch is a cool habit to cultivate if u can, gives you time back. We all need more time right?
Cucumbers are nice crunch like peppers and more low Kcal to add volume to a batch salad.
Now for the scariest word in cooking... Probably the most propagandized foodstuff in history...
Buckle up😂
Tofu is just beans. Call it not-chicken if it helps you process the concept!
If you don't like it you've bought a disappointing brand of Tofu. Or not spiced it. That's all. Tofu takes on flavours like chicken. Raw unspiced chicken is disappointing too, but unlike Tofu, raw chicken makes you sick.
✅ Silk tofu is only for blending into a paste/sauce.
❌ Firm tofu that isn't firm is wrong brand.
❌ Tofu needing pressing & faffing is wrong brand tbh.
✅ Chop open the packet, give it one shake over the sink and it's already firm, tasty (mild taste), ready to eat - this is the brand you're looking for.
So if you've found your Tofu brand it's super easy to cube.
Obviously you don't have to use tofu - but here is the good bit. The salad juices, will be absorbed by the tofu. It's self marinating and very tasty e.g. rather than cucumber & tomato losing juice to bowl, it transfers in to the Tofu. Is a cool tip.
I find batch cooking, particularly healthy food can be really helpful for reducing stress, promoting good food habits, good for executive function & gaining time back from cooking during the week.
I think it's quite step by step logical in case ppl reading it on a foggier executive function day.
Which ever way you do the grains, already in or adding just before microwave, you have a bunch of meals that take maybe 5-9minutes to microwave, automatically steaming the greens (slightly lifted lid of course).
If you use a firmly clipping shut lid microwave container, you can take them to work etc too.
Or maybe just stack them in your fridge for home use.
So I want to finally properly name these potatoes pictured above. So simple to make I can do it any time (even after a few drinks like now), spicy, super crispy yet no-oil awesome, yummy cheesy but no actual cheese, works for anyone really yum yum crunch potatoes.
Sprinkle salt, chilli and/or spices and nutritional yeast flakes. (Spices are optional but i used approx half teaspoon of tumeric, blackpepper quarter teaspoon of togarishi)
Then lid on, proper bosh them around shake so the potatoes get all fluffy edged and coated. Move loose coat around and shake again.
You can do final crisping in the oven, like 200 degrees in a fan oven. Preferably on a flatish open tray so air can move around. About 25mins maybe. They're even better in an airfryer if you have one.
Do 15mins then check how they're going, give a shake around then another 10.
Cheesy, but no cheese. SUPER crunchy, but no oil. Savoury tasty super junky feel, but basically healthy food.