...feed me inspiration...

..so many things to write about, so many tastes to savor and attempt to vividly describe, tweaked recipes to share...but where is my inspiration?...it makes me deliriously happy to cook for groups of friends & see the enjoyment in feasting with friends...but what about the times when you are home alone...or you have a day where you are covered in the dust tracks from the insanity of the day...sometimes simple is best...i haven't written in ahile for a mulitude of reasons...one being a lack of inspiration and a burst of self-doubt...so i return to this blog small & simple...last night was a startlingly hot one in our apartment, and with an impending scorching hot summer approaching, the last thing someone wants to do is spend hours in a hot kitchen...actually I don't mind so much! but on hot days, the last thing I want to do is fill myself up with heavy foods...summer makes me think of simple, light foods that depend on natural flavors and not too much meddling to prepare and taste good...last night my roommate jenny grilled zucchini and asparagus...i made sea salt and black pepper encrusted sweet potato fries...light, simple, filling and the food was just perfectly seasoned...with a glass of iced green tea overflowing with ice there is absolutely nothing more refreshing...when in the door today home from a 10 hour day at work today where nothing seemed to go right and I spent to much time wanting to please others the last thing I wanted to do was cook for myself...I was absolutely famished, yet grudgingly opened the fridge door...I knew there wasn't much to choose from, so I grabbed the gouda & some entertaining crackers to snack on while I sat watching Top Chef Masters (not as good as the original AT ALL!)...pondering what to make...i had some leftover brown rice & since I am trying to not be wasteful with leftovers settled on that...excited all of a sudden I grabbed a large frying pan,poured a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil in and got cooking! brown rice...hmmmm...what next? perusing my starkly stocked cabinet, my eyes stopped on the garden peas...a few tiny scoops later& the sound of the sizzling pan caused my tummy to start to grumble again...i broke one egg into the waiting pan as if i was breaking someone's heart& scrambled away...a dash of sea salt & my simple meal was complete...now if someone could feed me some inspiration that would be great!