what color was your dinner?

[lagilman]

a well-made meal should have four elements:

taste, of course.
aroma, because the smell of something is a major component of taste
texture, because your mouth gets bored, otherwise.
color, because you really do eat with your eyes.

The advantage of texture and color is that it also reminds you to bring in elements you might not remember, otherwise -- elements that are essential to a well-balanced diet.

Tonight's dinner is a prime example. I had some leftover spicy beef from last night -- not enough for a full meal, but a decent handful. I got out the wok (all hail the wok!) and sliced up some garlic and set it to brown. Then I added two ribs of celery, and a quarter-head of shredded red cabbage. White, green, and red (okay, purple). I added in the beef (brown), and sprinkled it with some sesame oil and soy sauce. Then I threw in some leftover pasta (white) from the fridge, stirred until everything was mixed, and had a fabulous, spicy, crunchy, healthy, filling meal entirely made out of leftovers.

Yum. And it's pretty, too!

How many colors were in your meal?

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

My dinner was chicken marsala with pasta and veggies plus wine and water, so the colors were yellow, white, green, red and brown. Yummy.

I won't tell you what color dessert was. I'm keeping him for myself. ;-)