New Leaf #1: Cooking

It's nice to get back into the swing of things in the kitchen. It's even nicer to get back to trying to make healthier, more delicious versions of old restaurant staples. Behold, Palak Tofu.

Palak and saag paneer are my Indian comfort foods, yet even when I had the time, I put off making it because I'd heard rumors that a food processor was involved. The horror! Cooking for me is an organic, funky, sensory affair rather than a high-speed, motorized clean-hand endeavor that gets the job done with the touch of a button.

I've been experimenting with protein shakes daily as of late, which has put me in frequent contact with my mini food processor. Since it was already out, I decided I might as well throw some spinach into it and make my favorite dish once and for all. Once I got into the thick of things, though, I realized processing was unnecessary for my purposes--I always prefer the chunkier versions. The result: a solid B+! Needed more garlic.

A new old leaf

It's a new decade, for both me and the Gregorian calendar. Whether it be developmental, chronological, or sheer serendipity, a new leaf has most certainly been overturned at this stage of my life cycle. I've freed myself of the capitalist prison where so many evolved thoughts, vivid dreams, and loud laughs have no place to flourish. The proletariat is just no place for someone who has no respect for the bourgeoisie.

Regrets are for the weak, which I can be sometimes. I regret that my internal fearmaster told me that I have to enter a capitalist prison in order to be able to disclaim it, my intuitive knowledge being insufficient to justify my disparagement of such things. I can see the logic (how many stalks of empty bamboo can one person be, lol?!), but it's been a grueling and painful ride indeed.

Whew. Thank goodness for new leaves.