A little bit of cooking

I did a little bit of cooking today. For breakfast, I sauted an eggplant with crushed red pepper, fresh rosemary, garlic, fresh basil and a tiny bit of olive oil. I served that on four pieces of my whole wheat crostini rubbed with garlic and topped it with a tiny bit of FYH cheese, fresh tomatoes and fresh basil. The eggplant mixture was hot, so it melted the "cheese". I really should have taken a pic because it was a nice looking dish. Maybe I'll have the same thing for bfast tomorrow morning and take a pic. Yum! I am still full and it's 3pm. I made my son and his friend french toast with eggs. bleh. They were fresh, organic eggs from a local farmer, so it's not as bad as store bought... but I can't wrap my head around eggs. Nasty. I've never liked them.

I made a huge batch of roasted sunflower seed pesto. (toasted sunflower seeds, tons of garlic, miso, lemon juice/zest, basil, water and a tiny bit of olive oil), then I made a batch of Basil "Ricotta" from VwaV... omg.. that is delicious. Soooo freaken good. I didn't measure, but I think I stayed pretty close to the recipe. I'm planning on making pizza tomorrow and I want to use that for it.

I had about a cup of leftover basil, so I opened two 36oz cans of whole tomatoes and peeled about 7 cloves of garlic, a pinch of celtic sea salt, a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil and some fennel seeds... into the vitamix that went and now I have 3 qt jars filled with sauce. This sauce is delicious on pasta and pizza. I put two jars in the freezer and one is in the fridge.

I boiled up a pound of pasta, 2 lbs of broccoli, chopped a pint of cherry tomatoes and mixed this with some of the pesto for a cold pasta salad. Hubby and youngest son had it for lunch with some leftover BBQ'd chicken style seitan.

I'm going to make a big salad for dinner and we can snack on leftovers and watermelon as well. I have popsicles in the freezer (tofu, rasbperry, pineapple, coconut extract, stevia) so all in all, I can relax now.

It's hot. I think I need to get myself a big mason jar full of peppermint iced tea.