A portion of my art studio is shown below. Colored pencil and oil pastel are fantastic media, even better when combined. Some of these images may eventually appear in other of my writings.
Daily Archives: September 26, 2009
A September omelet with greens and peppers
I don’t eat eggs really a lot but some eggs are probably considered healthy, and eggs can supply a form of lutein which is good for the eyes. Other ingredients here, such as the green “leafy” Swiss chard, is also good for the eyes. When I eat eggs I try to work out hard on my bike. I think cholesterol is a lot like putting “nitro” in a car engine: If you put it in your system, you should not just drive to church at 5 mph, but should try to push it a bit. I don’t know if I am right about this.
The ingredients were all obtained at the Madison farmer’s market.
The dish, pictorially depicted below, is an omelet that I made sometime in September 2009. I chopped some onions, jalapeno peppers, and some Swiss chard, and then pan fried in olive oil. It is really colorful and it a nice photo! Then mix in three eggs. The omelet was really good.
Students on Bascom Hill
A chili with chopped vegetables
This post begins a series on fine arts. I plan on publishing photos and techniques for some of my cooking.
Here is a chili I made recently.
Begin with some Swiss chard, two jalapeno banana peppers, some green stem onions, and mushrooms. Chop them as shown and fry them in olive oil in a pan. Then fry some hamburger. Mix in some chili beans and a tomato pasta sauce, and you have a wonderful chili. The jalapeno peppers add a nice spicy zing to the dish. The photos below tell part of the story.
The peppers were bought at the local farmer’s market. (Madison’s farmer’s market is one of the best in the nation.) They are organic, so I included the seeds with the chopped peppers. This makes the dish warm to hot. You can feel the slight burn of the peppers on your hands after you have finished eating!
The final meal was fantastic! I like hamburger and there is a lot you can do with it.
