Life of Wry

The main attraction at tonight’s dinner was mahi-mahi tacos, which came out pretty tasty (thanks, Jim!). Dessert was a cherry pie that I bought at the Coop, which underwent a bit of drama when, handing it off to Jim, he accidentally jolted due to stepping on something hard, which resulted in the pie flipping over and falling to the ground, which made us both crack up, thinking we’d turned our cherry pie into cherry cobbler, but it turned out fine and mostly intact!

But I’m posting pictures instead of a couple other dishes I made…

First, was this cuisine-bending salad. Cuisine-bending, as in: an asian chopped salad hardly goes with Mexican fish tacos! But it’s what I wanted to make.

Chopped into tiny bits: cabbage, kale, cucumbers, red bell peppers, cilantro. Served with a dressing of: ginger, garlic, mayo, rice vinegar, sesame oil, salt and pepper. Topped with sesame seeds (added subsequent to this photo).

Next time, if there is a next time: more pow. More ginger, more salt, more sesame. Something. It just died upon entering your mouth. All I could really taste was the cabbage and kale. Maybe overnight in the fridge getting all meldy will help. We’ll see.

And then there was this: Nordic Nut Bread. It was not for dinner, but I made it this evening, as well. Super easy:

Two cups of nuts (pistachios, pecans, almonds and I may have tossed some peanuts in, as well). Plus three cups of seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, chia, flax).

To these you add five eggs, 1/3 c olive oil, salt and pepper. That’s it. Put it in a parchment-lined loaf pan and bake at 325 for an hour-ish.

I cut it up to fit into a tupperware box. Here’s a closeup:

I made this once before (and have already blogged about it!), but felt it was worth posting again. It’s just an amazing bread. And so healthy!!