Whatever Pops Up

This was a fairly lackluster, though quite healthy, dinner. I did learn something new tonight though, and food knowledge is the sweetest reward. That or victory, I always get the two mixed up. Anyhow, tonight I learned that if you fry mustard seeds they no longer taste like mustard. They actually taste quite nutty. I think I probably over "popped" them since they were perhaps a little too nutty (read: occasionally burnt) but the Mustard Seed Spinach was an interesting experiment.

My entree is supposedly a way of using up leftover Easter eggs. It was not a particularly satisfying entree, more like the side dish you pick up at a buffet and decide you didn't really want anymore. I tried to convince Shannon it was good so we didn't have leftovers, but for some reason she never got around to eating it. I called them Tomato Curried Eggs, because that's basically what they are. Eggs are quite versatile and belong in a great many dishes, but in tomato sauce is apparently not one of them.

I have enough rice in my cupboard still that I could drop all of it off of my third floor balcony and probably kill an elephant. So, I made Spiced Brown Basmati Rice to stick with this whole Indian theme. This was likely my favorite of the bunch, since it's just mildly fragrant rice with a nice delicate flavor. And I like rice.