Vegan Rye Almond "Buns"

There are so many things in this life that I am uncertain of (oooh, drama). I still don't know how long it actually takes to boil an egg,  I keep forgetting how to write my birth year in Japanese and I can never guess which between the two elevator doors in our apartment building will open. It's confronting sometimes. However I do know that mucking around in the kitchen makes me happy. I do like to eat.

Salmon & Fig Salad/Bruschetta

I haven't cooked anything worth sharing in a long while. I can't say it's because I've been busy because I usually am and there hasn't been a drastic change in my life as of late. I think it had a lot to do with my 4-month pescatarian stint which I have bid sayonara to a couple of weeks back. Yep, some things are not meant to last in this life. So I ignored the kitchen for months and ate canned tuna, tofu and boiled sweet potatoes for days on end. Abusing some things can really ruin it for you. Possibly forever.

I was starving having finished work at 2pm yesterday so I wanted a quick fix. Normally that would mean popping open a can of tuna, tearing some leaves and toasting some bread at home. Instant sambo. Then self-pity crawled in and made me think to myself: This has to stop. So I popped by a fruit and veg grocer, two delis and a bakery before cycling back home in the heat. Not the smartest plan of action but was it worth all the trouble?

Oh, hey, beautiful

Recently Pescatarian(ish)

Over-exposed iPhone snaps are really happening atm

1. Some white meat fish + boiled asparagus + chopped red cabbage
2. Salmon + quinoa, apple celery salad + miso soup
3. Salmon + grilled shiitake and squash + water greens + miso soup with silken tofu + spinach apple mango smoothie
4. Salmon + silken tofu + hard boiled egg + cucumber, carrots, tomatoes and almonds
5. Dory + avocado egg salad on a bed of water greens
6. Crispy skin salmon + broccoli + water greens
7. Mackerel + grilled squash + water greens
8. Salmon + asparagus + grilled squash + firm tofu, shiitake onions and almonds in balsamic vinegar
9. Fish fillet + lettuce + green apple slices + blue cheese in a ciabatta roll

My usual and yawn-drawing lunches these days. As you may very well observe, all proteins are FISH. At the beginning ,this choice was influenced by how easy and fast it is to cook. Now, however, it's become a constant hankering (and still also because it's most convenient). 

Yesterday afternoon, I had #1. I was pretty excited as I haven't had red cabbages in a while. The usual, I grilled the fish. I don't know what kind of fish it was but I do remember it being cheap and VERY VERY OILY. Its fishy taste lingered in the back of my throat. It made me sick, I couldn't eat dinner. I wanted to hurl and cry. I was being extra-emotional. It was that time of the month. 

Now I understand why I was always so afraid to try anything apart from salmon. But now I know better than to be frugal when fish-picking.

After yesterday's regrettable lunch experience, I can't bring myself to have fish again. The trauma is still there. But neither do I find myself wanting anything else BUT fish. It doesn't make sense but I haven't had red meat in two weeks and I'm hoping for a good streak until my next holiday. 

Perhaps I'll have some shrimp this afternoon. 

I need inspiration for my future lunches so I'm going on Amazon to buy this book.

 

Any fish suggestions there?