I love recipes. The measurement, the instructions, the time increments… I feel like I can’t go wrong. Once in a while I’ll do some improv cooking with whatever food is left in my fridge and most of the time something edible comes out. But sometimes… MAGIC happens. I made a tasty bagelwich today (I have no idea if other people have coined the term “bagelwich” yet, but I’m claiming I came up with it for now!). I had half an onion, an egg, a frozen bagel, and some cream cheese moping around in my fridge (Yes, I imagine they were moping. Who knows what food does when the fridge light goes out?!). I finely cut the onion and then sautéed it with some Asian hot sauce (I like things with a kick) and soy sauce. I cooked the onion strings until they were a golden brown. Then grouped the onion together in a bagel-sized circle and cracked the egg on top. After the egg was partially cooked, I flipped the egg onion pancake-like creation so that the egg was cooked all the way through. I toasted the bagel and put a happy helping of cream cheese on both halves. Put it all together and violà! It was GOOD.
Later today I also made Jello! I had lemon, grape, and strawberry powder left over from baking (I got a lot of compliments for the Jello Pastel Cookies I made a few weeks back), and decided I wanted to make rainbow layered Jello. I don’t know about you kids, but Jello wasn’t a huge thing in my childhood. It was not an Asian snack so-to-speak. I remember trading some stuff in my lunch box with a boy who had orange Jello in fourth grade. Good times… Anywho, Jello is just so fun and I remember my friends’ moms making layered Jello for kids at school. Although it took longer than expected (you got to wait till each layer is settled and somewhat firm to pour in another layer), it was totally worth it. Look at it! It’s so beautiful!
Today was a good day. It was incredibly busy, but good. It was a happy Saturday and these simple food creations just made it all the more better. I hope you have many happy days ahead. =)
