Hi Mom and Dad, Don't Worry, I'm Eating Fine

Or, a cooking update!

First, some breakfasts (they're all scrambled eggs):

the "sunshine" variety

the "ruddy" variety

I am a girl of simple tastes and literally eat eggs every morning. I change up the fruit and sometimes add scallions to the eggs, but uh, there's not much else to my breakfasts.

Recently, persimmons have been in season! I first bought a batch from a street vendor because I thought they were an heirloom variety of tomato, and I didn't realize they weren't until I had cut one up and cooked it with my eggs.....

After THAT, however, I learned that frozen persimmons are an excellent treat! It's still a balmy 70 degrees or higher in Shenzhen, so I use these to cool down when the sun gets too strong.

I first froze a whole persimmon, but that's too difficult to eat, so now I cut them up before putting them in the freezer.

The best part about living in China is how cheap the food is! I bought five persimmons for 10 yuan, which is $1.51 according to my exchange calculator. Actually, I'm sure I could have found cheaper ones if I had gone to a produce stall.

For instance, this grocery haul:

Cost 11.5 yuan, or $1.74 all total! Wow!
I'm gonna be really sad when I have to buy food in America again, you guys...

Bok choy, eggplant, tofu, green beans, garlic, and a leftover scallion that needed to get used haha.

But I can cook for myself!!! It's wild!!!!

Forgive whatever was going on with my camera here

This is an ultra-low-carb version of my usual meal, haha. Sometimes I'm not willing to clean my rice cooker on top of all the other dishes, so I opt for more tofu/veggies.

This is a standard version of rice, tofu, and my first ever experiment cooking eggplant!
....and eggsperiment, if you will

I uh, pretty much only saute/stir-fry things because I don't have an oven or a microwave, so everything gets drenched in soy sauce and pepper powder, but as I said: a girl of simple tastes.

Tonight's dinner: rice, eggplant, bok choy, and and tofu. Seasoned with salt, Sichuan pepper, black pepper, soy sauce, and sesame seeds! So photogenic!

So that's me! For lunch I usually have either white rice with soy sauce, egg, seaweed, and sesame seeds, or steamed buns/dumplings. I'm really looking forward to the day I have a long-term partner to share the cooking and cleaning duties with....hand-washing the same the dishes every meal isn't the life I pictured for myself, haha.

I guess that's all....I have to go do the dishes now if I want to make breakfast tomorrow morning......

Peace, y'all. :)