Reader’s Choice: Varieties in a meal

I wanted to post this well before under “Experiment with little of everything”. But then I got a request as how can we have varieties in a meal? So, I decided to pen this post under “Reader’s Choice”. Certainly you would be bored cooking just a veggie or you might extend to lentils and Indian bread or rice. Breaking free from the daily saga of foods is little challenging for sure.

Most often we are lack of ideas and time, end up having either little or no liberty for varieties. How quick and better can we do this?  Only clicked me last week (before the request was made) as what better I could make out from the little left over veggies. The only solution was “to experiment”. That’s right!! Do not hesitate to experiment. I made trials for 2 consecutive days and of course it did work out. J

Thursday noon, I was left with few carrots, handful of spinach and little salad. I made Spinach Bread (Palak Roti), Tossed carrots in salt and lemon, mixed salad in a non-fat greek yogurt and mint dip and lentils of course. It was the best lunch ever I could make in terms of varieties. Sometimes, experiment does work J I guess!

Followed by Friday noon, a fixed situation again as I had an egg, handful of okras and bitter gourd to experiment with. I decided toss okras and potato together and fried bitter gourd with onions. Served a pressure cooked rice & lentils (Khichdi) with omelet and salad. At last, I finished up my weekdays and geared up for Saturday morning veggies shopping again.

Now, this can be adapted to everyday lunches or dinners, making a nice mix and match of little veggies, salads and breads. This brings out not only  the flavors but also adds numerous varieties to your meals.

 Good luck with your little experiments.