Dinner's ingredient tally...

This was last night's dinner...the sesame-dressing white fish salad *not pictured, was tasty but looked less than appetizing! The left is a hijiki (seaweed) salad by Harumi Kurihara, my favorite chef. The second pic is unique, tomato miso soup - a recipe given to me by a great student who shares my passion for cooking. I loved it but my boyfriend is partial to standard unadulterated miso soup, ha ha - go figure. To the right is broccoli (blanched beforehand) pan-fried with baby asparagus and lean bacon in olive oil...topped off with chili pepper.

The final count? 20 ingredients, most of which were vegetables. My body feels great now. One of my friends thought he was diagnosed with stomach cancer - luckily he found out it was a false alarm. I hope he and other such bachelors will take better care of themselves and eat more fruits/veggies!