Cherries and More

It seems like it's the age-old question: "What's for dinner, Mom?" The knowing is what's important - even when you don't like the menu, you stop pestering once you know. Your question has been answered, and even when you want to whine, you know that the meal will be as it was planned.

What do you do when you're the one deciding what's for dinner? When there's nobody but yourself to ask? And when you have several options in your cupboard (or refrigerator, as the case may be)? When you want nutrition and taste, and delicacy and comfort, and you don't really want to cook, after all?

If you're me, tonight, you have leftovers and cherries - and consider them both delectable, in part, thanks to the other. Most nutrition of tonight's meal came from the leftovers - meat and lentils, with both protein and iron. But the fun of the evening - that belongs to the cherries. Early in the season, the novelty of the deep, dark red juice staining my thumb and forefinger excites, and the tangy sweetness refreshes.

Now, what about tomorrow? The erstwhile dinner question already waiting to be answered...