Improvisation

Well, not exactly. I had a general idea of what I wanted to make for dinner these past few nights, but usually what happens is that I have one or two ingredients in the fridge and then get inspiration for dinner from that. For example, I had some tomatillos and cilantro in the fridge, so I decided to make something I haven't had in years, roasted halibut with mango tomatillo salsa. It was really good, although next time I might try using cod. I find it to be a "juicier" fish than halibut. For the salsa, I cooked the tomatillos down with some onion and garlic. The rest of the ingredients were raw, which added a nice juxtaposition of flavors and textures.

The salad below is a simple spinach salad with bacon vinaigrette. Again, I had a bunch of bacon in the 'ole ice box and was really tired of BLT's. This was a pretty straightforward salad, (spinach, hard boiled eggs, red onion, bacon) with the exception of caramelizing the onions first as opposed to keeping them thinly sliced and raw. I really dislike biting into raw onions. Talk about having killer breath...