If you know me, you’ll know that I have barely much time to cook. After a long day’s work and my usual end-of-day stop at the gym, I can *only* execute simple recipes. I have a rule: time I spend directly on dinner on weekdays has to be done within 30 minutes. Hard and fast. No but’s.

Here’s one three ingredient meal that’s so yum: eggplant parmesan.

Ingredients

• Eggplant or brinjal (3-4 for a whole casserole dish)
• Extra Virgin (Cold Pressed) Olive Oil
• Gluten-free marinara (tomato pasta) sauce
• Parmesan cheese

Cut up a bunch of eggplant, locally known as brinjal. You can add zucchini, mushroom or any other vegetable you have on hand if you wish. Put in baking dish, e.g. a pyrex casserole one. Pour about 5 tablespoons of olive oil and a bottle of gluten-free pasta sauce atop. Check labels for gluten-free-ness of pasta sauces. Muir Glen makes a great organic, gluten-free kind. Layer with a bunch of parmesan cheese. Bake in oven for approximately 20 minutes or to your liking.

Done and done. And delicious. 🙂

Peace,

Daisy

I’ll start with the tried-and-true, easy-peasy stuff first. This is my go-to dish over and over.

Ingredients

• Brown rice
• Roasted sesame oil
• A variety of veggies–whatever you have on hand! Carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, kai lan, kangkung (morning glory), bok choy.

Brown rice in the rice cooker. A bunch of colourful veggies. Heat up some roasted sesame oil in the wok (we usually use a stainless steel wok unlike the photo which pictures a non-stick skillet—the wok is a fantastic cooking instrument!). Throw veggies in by likelihood to cook fast (I throw leafy greens in at the end after I turn off the stove). Lightly cook.  Turn off stove. Throw in a little gluten-free soy sauce. Ta-dahhhh!!!

San J makes an excellent organic, low sodium, gluten-free soy sauce, available on www.iherb.com (use discount code “LEQ993 for $10 off!). They deliver to Malaysia. There’s also Amazon.com. Second photo shows recipe variation with the soy sauce. Sometimes I also mix the rice into the pot, as shown below! One pot wonder! 🙂

Peace,

Daisy