Potatoes and beans with veggies 💚
A perfectly satisfying lunch ☺️
When I was making scalloped parsley potatoes and rosemary mashed potatoes, I tossed some cooked beans from the freezer into a pot with some water, then added diced carrot, kale, liquid smoke, and a couple of other spices into the pot and simmered it until all the flavors blended in harmony.
I like to experiment with dishes that evoke the essence of old world cooking. It may not be an exact match, but I picture long cook times over fire with available veggies, especially root veggies, cooked until tender and satisfying, and seasoned with what's available.
Now that virtually everything is available all the time and cooking is often a race against time, it's gotta be a conscious choice to _sometimes_ make foods outside pizza, pasta, burgers, sushi, uncrustables, etc. I enjoy plenty of convenience options, but I enjoy palate diversity even more.
For an old world touch, I sometimes add liquid smoke or brush my foods with a kitchen torch because I assume the flavors of bygone eras were often filled with cooking smoke. It may not be exactly the same, but I like to think someone a long time ago may have enjoyed a similar dish at some point!
#plantbased #enjoylife #embracecooking #oilfree