You know, I spend a lot of time on this blog telling you all about myself.  I talk to you about how I'm feeling socially (or 'un'socially), politically, environmentally, personally, spiritually (kinda).  I've also read a whole lot of other blogs that do exactly the same thing.  Here's something I've never seen though:  A post about what the reader would say to the blogger.  That sounds ludicrous right.  Ludicrous or not I'm gonna try it 'cause I'm in just that kinda mood.
Here it goes:
Reader #1:  I think that you bake and cook like a god.  (Nuff said right?) Sometimes you just talk too much.
Reader #2:  I love your pictures, especially the ones that have nothing to do with the food.  Sometimes the goopy, soupy looking things are gross but 90% are decent.  I'm looking forward to you getting a better lens on your new camera so that the focus will be better.
Reader #3:  Sometimes I don't understand what you write.  It could be because you seem not to spell check and/or proof your work (very true Reader #2, very true).  It's cool that you give a damn about things though.  I think that sometimes you are coherent enough for me to almost get your point.  Other times though it's just weird.
Reader #4:  I just had a baby and named it 'Wanda' because I love your blog so much.  P.S.  My baby is a boy!
Reader #5:  I think that when you write one of your cooking recipes you might fudge your spice amounts just a bit - sometimes they feel a bit off.  (Another astute reader that #5.  And I like that you might have actually tried my recipes and found that out)  I think that you write funny things though.


Yeah, I could go on but I think that I've proven myself convincingly enough.  I can get into the heads of my readers.  I can.  And since you've been so honest with me, here is what I'm going to promise to you my imaginary Readers #1 through 5:

I will do my best to continue baking and cooking like a god but I can't promise that I won't fudge my spice amounts sometimes because when I'm in the middle of my creative genius it just doesn't feel right to stop and write things down.
I will get a new lens for myself as soon as I can so that even the goopy, soupy crap that I'm not going to stop taking pictures of will look even better.
I will let you all know my middle name in some random post in the future.  That way you'll have options for children's names (or what if you have more than one child).
I will keep writing cheerful and funny, weird things and will do my best not to ignore the annoying correction prompts from my blog program.  I can't make any promises about the proofing reading citing the same kinds of creative genius from a few sentences ago.


I'm glad that we had this little talk.
Here are some more pictures of the goopy, soupy mess that tasted really good.  I made it the other night and was really going for a thai thing but it ended up not really being thai at all and just tasting good.


Thai'ish' Vegetables adapted (rather generously) from BBC GoodFood magazine
serves 4 - 6

1 onion, sliced
1 zucchini, cut into large strips
2 cups green beans (or purple or yellow), keep long or cut in half
3 cups greens - I used Kale - chopped
3 - 4 cups potato in large chunks
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 can chickpeas
1 can coconut milk
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 lg lemongrass or quite a few small ones
2 tbsp Thai Basil chopped

1 1/2 tbsp red curry paste
2 tsp cardamom
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp turmeric
2 tsp coriander
2 tsp ginger (I used powdered for this one but fresh would be fine, just add it with the lemongrass and basil)
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tsp salt

In a small bowl combine the curry paste, cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, coriander, cloves and salt together.  Add just enough water to make a paste of it all.  Set aside.
Saute the onion, zucchini, beans and potatoes over medium heat (add some oil or something too).  After a few minutes add in the Kale and garlic.  Saute another 5 - 6 minutes or so.
Lower the heat and add in the rest of the ingredients.  Stir and then simmer over low heat for about 15 - 20 minutes.  Don't let it simmer too long or else it will all start to look wilty and kinda gross.
Check the tastes and adjust if necessary.
Serve over rice.

Here is a little bean flower with some baby beans to boot.