last night was a clean out the fridge lazy bird style dinner. i had a crisper full of assorted random vegetables and little enthusiasm for anything complicated, so i took what i had, grabbed a lemon off the tree in the backyard, and threw together what ended up being a rather delicious and satisfying meal. i've come to believe that fresh produce, pure and simple, is like that go-to little black dress every woman doesn't feel complete without having in her closet. you know it's going to save you, you know it's nothing special or fancy or pretentious or ostentatious, but you know it works and is fail proof. so i quartered and boiled some small purple and yellow potatoes and steamed some okra, red bell pepper, onion, summer squash and garlic. then i tossed it all together with coarse sea salt, smoked paprika, black pepper, turmeric, cumin, a little cayenne and a little cholula hot sauce, and the juice of a lemon i picked from my own back yard. it was done quickly and it was delicious. had i thought about it ahead of time i probably would have screwed it up and it wouldn't have turned out so well. had i not been using such fresh and in season vegetables, it never would have stood on its on so simply. you really can't go wrong with fresh produce, even when you are tired and lazy and at a lack for inspiration.
*it doesn't hurt to enjoy lazy bird dinners while watching an episode of strangers with candy.
**it actually doesn't ever hurt to enjoy anything while watch an episode of strangers with candy.
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