sunday dinner.

it was my weekly dinner with my cooking-impaired best friend. he was raised in a house with a cook and never had to cook for himself, and now he eats out every meal because he cannot cook. so every sunday i cook him a home cooked meal, some more glamorous than others. two weeks ago i made the chocolate-coconut creme brulee from living without to follow a pot of tomato and garlic quinoa, but this week it was a little simpler. meijer had some fantastic sales on produce and mom was in town so she paid (yay!). i just love basalmic vinegar and herbes de provence. the flavor is simply divine. so an onion, half a pint of grape tomatoes, 5 baby portobellas, a large sweet red pepper, 1/2 cup basalmic vinegar, 1 tablespoon of herbes de provence and a splash of olive oil became the topping for rice noodles from thai kitchen (they are stir-fry noodles, but all they do is absorb the flavor of the marinade). and strawberries for desert. i love simple food.