Steamed Shrimp and Broccoli

I thought I'd try something a bit more monkish (especially after that egg foo young).
Their broccoli is the only kind I will eat. All other broccoli I have eaten is old or has a strange odor. The mixed vegetables went along great with the brown sauce and soy sauce (on right). Duck sauce is basically sugar, starch, and apricots.
A beautifully simple and self-explanatory meal, with some John Muir for dessert! So,

Should I have eaten that?

Impromtu Breakfast

No cooking involved. I had not had breakfast, but was driving by a hotel that I remembered had free samples of Bear Naked granola. I went inside and grabbed ten of the 1.35 oz sample packs. I ate seven of them for breakfast in one sitting. Some of the treasures within the granola was almonds, cranberries, raisins, pumpkin seeds, canola oil, and walnuts. So,

Should I have eaten that?

Three ingredients:
Natural peanut butter (nothing but peanuts, sugar, and salt)
Cocoa powder (processed with alkali)
Agave nectar

For those who don't know (it is a bit of an unusual ingredient), agave nectar is a vegan honey substitute. For all intents and purposes, it tastes just like honey. One could argue its more dependable than honey, as the taste of honey can vary from sweet to bitter depending on the hive, whereas agave nectar always tastes sweet. A less pure kind of chocolate treat beside the dish of chocolate peanut butter is organic family-farm milk with hot-cocoa mix (which was mostly sodium). So,

Should I have eaten that?

Vegetarian Spaghetti

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Decided to get away from posting only Chinese take-out. I cooked something for a change.
This is my second attempt at vegetarian spaghetti. The first time, I added ginger and cilantro. Enough said. This time I submitted to premix spaghetti sauce (see upper left of picture one. In other words, lots of salt and mostly broken-down phytonutrients and vitamins) because adding sugar in the right proportion was too much trouble. (1) To soften the blow of the acidic ingredients, I used a 3:2:1:1 ratio of extra-virgin olive oil, avocado, dairy (as opposed to partially-hydrogenated vegetable) butter, and agave nectar. As for the main ingredients, I used really old steamed broccoli, along with carrots, onions, shallots, avocado, and of course, tomato. The pasta was made from Seminole flour, along with some protein-boosting legumes. (2) After it was all prepared, I gave it a raw edge and added unheated roma tomatoes and chopped garlic. The beverage is watered-down strawberry-banana nectar (said fruit puree and corn syrups, basically) So,

Should I have eaten that?

Shrimp Egg Foo Young

Egg Foo Young is basically the chinese take-out version of an omelet. It mostly contains egg and copious amounts of soybean oil. Here, the egg and oil is cooked with carrots, onions, peas, and shrimp. Below it is unbleached rice with carrots, onions, carrots, broccoli, and mushrooms fried in soybean oil. The gravy to the left and on the egg foo young I am convinced is mostly saturated fat. Thumbs down on healthiness. Thumbs up on incredibly good taste. So,

Should I have eaten that?

Fried Chicken

Chicken legs fried in soybean oil. Rice is unbleached grain cooked in soybean oil along with chicken strips, onions, carrots, and peas. So,

Should I have eaten that?

Boneless Ribs

This is from a Chinese take-out restaurant. It is the best one in town, in my not-so-humble opinion. It is placed in the soybean oil fryer for few seconds. Barbecue sauce is then added, along with garlic, ginger, brown sugar, vinegar, and a little soy sauce. The rice is non-bleached rice grain that is fried in soybean oil, and onion, carrots, and peas are added. So,

Should I have eaten that?