home-alone ebly salad

now and then, there simply isn't as much time of the day left for cooking as i'd wish. normally, i prefer to end the day with cooking and to have dinner with my boyfriend. i always try to make it something special, even if it's just a simple salad (i'm a huge fan of candles, they make it instant-romantic).

but there are other nights, too, when i am all by myself at home. that's when a simple, quick recipe is needed. preferably with something that's at hand. so here's this comforting, pleasing ebly salad with avocado, that made a late night home-alone a quite happy one.

quick ebly salad

ingredients:
serves one
one cup of ebly (pre-cooked weat)
one avocado, chopped in cubes
one red pepper, chopped
one garlic clove, squeezed
purple basil, coarsely chopped
pinch fleur de sel
pinch pepper
one lemon juice
2 spoons sesame oil
2 spoons soy sauce
some vegetable stock

directions:
cook the ebly with twice as much water with some vegetable stock for about 10-15 minutes or until the water is absorbed and the ebly is tender. drain and cool under the cold water. prepare a sauce with the oil and soy sauce, garlic, salt, pepper and lemon juice. mix the chopped vegetables with the tepid ebly and the sauce. serve (to yourself) immediately, turn the tv on and relax with gossip girl, grey's or a similar series at hand.