Diet Ho Hum

I'm trying to eat better, which tends to mean more veggies, less of everything else. Here's a lunch I had recently: stir fried veggies with soy sauce and a piece of salmon for lean protein.

I'm not a big fish eater, mainly because I hadn't figured out how to cook it until recently. Now I know it's very easy, very fast and actually pretty tasty. Not a vegetarian dish, unless you skip the salmon or use something else. Can be served with rice.

Get a bunch of vegetables. I really like eggplant, but the Economist does not. Good thing this was a solitary lunch.

Chop them up and stir fry them in olive oil.

Throw in some soy sauce at the end. Yummy. (Do it right at the end or it'll burn and smoke away.)

Salt and pepper that salmon. I love black pepper.

Grill up the salmon on the same pan. It's a pretty good combination of flavors. And healthy as heck. (Is that an expression?)

RECIPE PROFILE:

Recipe Type: Lunch or Dinner

Vegetarian Classification: Non-vegetarian, Adaptable

Bacon Sandwich

RECIPE PROFILE:

Recipe Type: Lunch

Vegetarian Classification: Non-Vegetarian

There are very few things in this world that are not improved by the addition of bacon. Here is one of my favourite super-quick lunches. Obviously NOT vegetarian. We're only mostly vegetarian in this house. The Economist ate some pizza left over from last night.

There are only three ingredients, the 3 Bs:

Bread. Bacon. Butter.

Slap the bacon down on a hot pan.

I like it cooked a little browned, but not crispy.

Butter both sides of a baguette and lay the bacon on.

Eat. It. Up!