New home, new town, new country, new food… Yeahh! But based on their reputation and on what I could appreciate from outside USA, I didn’t put much expectations on US food.
The “cantine” is relatively good: excellent choice in the salad bar; there are always soups, although quite often sweet; pizzas are good – the crust is homemade, crispy and without sugar or cheese – ; large choice of good sandwiches too. But this is not what I am used to eat daily, so I had to make a plan and bring more food from home. Unfortunately I am a specialist of salads. This was great in Singapore, but I need some stronger and warmer stuff here.
So here it is, my inspiration of today :
a yellow soup with leaks, carrots, turnip, celery, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic and pinch of salt, pepper, cumin, turmeric, chili powder, cloves and cilandro;
a dish made of green beans cooked with kale, mushrooms, a little potato, tomato paste, onions, garlic, salt, pepper and fresh ginger;
Bruxelles’ sprouts steamed with onions and garlic only, slat and pepper (and a little spoon of turmeric powder? I forgot);
and there will be salads, composed, depending on my mood-of-the-day, of a mix of green lettuce, tomatoes, sliced red onions, raisins and walnuts, sweet potatoes, wild rice, basilicum, kimchi, and more seeds…
maybe a miso soup, if I get some seaweed.
Missing something? nope, I am trying to be vegan for a while… I am taking it as a scientific experiment – a clinical trial. Lets see if what’s on the movies these days is real: do we have really more energy and do we really feel better without animal proteins?
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