Ole

Ever eaten a reallly early lunch (11am-ish), then come home from work late (6 or 7 o'clock-ish), and you're so hungry you eat the most random things? Like, a piece of pita, a granola bar, and a frozen waffle? Or a couple spoonfools of peanut butter right out of the jar, cuz you just can't make it to the bread before you start gnawing your arm off? I do that sometimes. I kinda laugh about it after...and occasionally really good things occur from this phenomenon. Like tonight, i was just impatient enough to want anything, but my stomach could be held at bay long enough to quickly make something hot. I started by chopping some red peppers and throwing them into a frying pan with red hot olive oil (so hot you kind of have to hop back when you toss the peppers in, or you'll suffer olive oil burn - i like to live dangerously). I had planned on charring them real quick and throwin 'em on a tortilla shell with cheese. Bam, instant dinner in a few short minutes. But somehow, I found myself mixing cumin and cilantro in the pan, then a couple other random seasonings (like season all - I daresay you could season rubber with that stuff and it wouldn't be too shabby) and then adding in some salsa, and some black beans...and simmering it all together for a little while. At the end i threw in about a handful of shredded colby and monteray jack. It wasn't the most attractive in dinner cuisine, but man, it was a tasty dish. It's amazing...you can turn almost anything into a mexican dish with cilantro and cumin. I love making mexican...ooooh, I especially love burritos. Anywho, I generally like to cook and am even quasi good at it sometimes...but the tastiness that arose from tonights festival of crap tossed into a pan really surprised me. I'd even make it for people to eat (as opposed to making it for people to not eat...hrm). So now it's time to fold up some laundry and let my tummy settle as i revel in my one-night gourmet chef-dom.