Huzzah for simplicity sake

We are continually surrounded by the frightening complicated. In cooking, in cleaning, in every aspect of life, the formerly too complicated is now accessible to every man. If I perused the interwebs it would not take me long to find out how to make a flambé and install a bathroom fixture. Formerly, baking flambés and installing bathroom fixtures were dichotomous skills. Perhaps a very select few could do both in a lifetime, but now nearly anyone can do both in the same day. A high school graduate who has not done calculus and written some computer programs is now a slacker. Anyone who enjoys life is not "making the most out of it." Craziness.
So, with that in mind, I will retreat into the simple and delicious.

One of my favorite recipes is this Sicilian Spinach Dish. Grab a frying pan and put some oil in it. Chop up some Garlic and put some raisins in warm water. Then take spinach, preferably a lot because it cooks down small, and wash it. Give it a little shake to get some of the water off... But just a little shake because you actually want wet spinach. Stir it around a bit, listen to it sizzle, then throw in the garlic, raisins, walnuts or pine nuts, and sprinkle some salt on top. The spinach should be just wilted. Stir it a few more times and then serve this warm, delicious and simple spinach side. If it took you more than 6 minutes, you took to long.



Oh, for those of you who can't cook without a list, here it is. Notice the quantities: some. Each "some" is actually a different amount. But God gave us brains and I think we can work through this...

Some raisins soaking in warm water to plump them
Some Garlic, chopped
Some olive oil in a warm frying pan
Some slighty damp spinach
Some salt

Now what to serve with that spinach. Grilled cheese. Or UGC ( ultimate grilled cheese). Delicious, toasted, healthy.

Two slices of bread
A smear of pesto
Aged cheddar (grated)

Combine in any order you see fit and place into a George Foreman grill (no, a panini grill will NOT work, it must be a Foreman). Remove sandwich before it burns and preferably after it becomes toasted. Enjoy with SOME spinach.