Cats, Pasta and New Adventures

She's such a lady!

Catching those rays!

I love the excitement when a rare sunbeam comes into my apartment. Time to get some vitamin D! Roxy just always has to have her little paws crossed. Yesterday morning Kanye was in my bedroom window, and some of the school kids saw her, and got excited. Then, I looked out of the window and they were like whoa, someone lives there. It caused shock waves throughout the playground! Kanye, who is usually a scaredy cat actually stayed on the window sill, staring at the kids like "why are you meowing at me?" The kids eventually got yelled at. There is a tree that is close to my apartment, right by the fence, and apparently they are not supposed to play there, it is not considered part of the playground. So, of course that tree is the hottest club on the strip. Kids!
I had some kale that needed to be used, so I sauteed a ton of garlic, added some crushed red pepper, and threw in a whole bunch of chopped kale. While that was doing it's thing, I cooked some vermicelli pasta, and when that was done, I threw a little of the pasta water in the kale, and added the drained noodles. This is seriously one of my favorite super easy dinners. If you include salt and pepper it has six ingredients, and the whole meal is done in under fifteen minutes, and that includes prep and cook. It doesn't get much simpler than that! And, you can feed an army for under five dollars. I like that kale is one of the few vegetables that isn't super expensive when buying organic.

So easy, yet could be passed off as fancy!

This is what you serve to someone who swears they hate greens. I've always felt like kale is a great starter green. Especially when it's cooked with tons of garlic! I'm going to have leftovers for breakfast, and I'm even going to eat them cold! I am such a bachelor!
Last week when I was taking the bus to my dog walking gig, I noticed a huge Asian market. It's kind of a plaza, with a grocery and also some restaurants. I'm going to go to the market today. Now that the weather is at a tolerable 80 degrees or so, I can do more exploring. I hope to find some more canned jackfruit. There are several brands of already prepared jackfruit, but it's so dang expensive for not a lot of product. I think it was Upton's brand that I tried, and while I enjoyed the flavor, I hated the price. Canned jackfruit is like one dollar a can! And I also hope to find some freshly made tofu. I will be taking my camera, and I'll take as many pictures as I'm comfortable taking! I'll at least get pictures of the outside! Ha ha!
Happy Tuesday!