Friday, July 31, 2009

A very green lunch



While at Elliott's play date yesterday, our organizer of the day brought zucchini and chocolate chip muffins. My kid basically devoured the whole thing. I still have some zucchini left in our fridge since it is a staple now, so just to use it up, I decided to make some for him today too but with a more cupcake batter rather than muffin so that it's a bit lighter.


By the time I was done with the cupcakes, it was already time for lunch. I just went grocery shopping yesterday and bought these beautiful Chinese long beans, or string beans and decided to make adobo with them. Adobo doesn't just apply to chicken or pork, at least for the region of the Philippines where I grew up, it's basically cooking in garlic, onion, soy sauce and vinegar.

This is what it looks like after I added it to my sweated onion and garlic. It's a little tough when not cooked through, so it does take a bit of patience before the right texture is reached. I like mine almost mushy but with a bit of crunch to it. I guess it can be easily said 'al dente' string beans. Once cooked, the green color of the beans is of course gone because of the soy sauce.

Once done, it looks like this. I always eat it with rice, my son has also developed a love for it. It's just one of those quick less than 6 ingredient one pot meals. It's simple, there really isn't much to it but it's comfort food. This is probably one of those few dishes that my Mom made that was pure vegetable that I was absolutely in love with. Alright, I'm off to my lunch date with Elliott and we're gonna go eat our very green food.

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