You need this book. You really do.

It's doing wonders helping me bridge the gap between healthful cooking and fun cooking. I'm picking out, basically two healthful ingredients, and working from there.

I love desiccation based cooking, and I'm REALLY enjoying simple food prep lately (much props to the Greeks). Tonight, I looked up broccoli to see what went well and basil, chives, garlic and lemon were high on the list. (Cilantro was too, but I wasn't feeling very Asian/Latin). Here's what I came up with.

Base: Broccoli and Shrimp
Compliments: Chives, garlic, basil, lemon, parmesan, olive oil
Method: Roasting

The roasting makes the broccoli almost meaty, which is in turn brightened slightly by the lemon. Decently fast and minimal prep work. I went light on the basil since it can be so overpowering.