Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

You may have noticed that I use the same ingredients days in a row. That's because I cook just for myself (Rachel likes different food than me), or for at most Nefarious and I, and it's not like she eats very much. So it takes me a while to go through a bag of whatever item I happen to be working with… Anyway, here's what I ate today:

That's chopped cactus fried with capsicum and jalapeno and garlic, along with fresh quartered tomatoes. These were fried in sesame oil with cumin. I also cooked in some rice and corn that Nefarious's nanny made earlier, and then at the end flash-braised it all in a little balsamic vinegar and fresh lime. The links are explanations as to why I choose to eat these things by the way — I push my body more than I should in some ways, be it substance abuse or be it just working extremely long hard hours most of the time (or accidentally hitting my head on stuff), and eating healthy food is essential in keeping me going.