Balsamic-Glazed Carrots with Garlic, and Sauteed Kale with Raisins and Walnuts

Balsamic-Glazed Carrots with Garlic (Bittman p. 277)

• carrots, balsamic vinegar, whole garlic cloves,

Sauteed Kale with Raisins and Walnuts (recipe here)

• Kale, raisins, walnuts, balsamic vinegar

The kale was delicious. Best kale recipe yet. Even with thorough cooking, kale retains a bit of tough and bitter, though of course a rich green flavor. Raisins- soft and sweet- really balance it out. And toasted walnuts are yum.

Probably used too wide a pan for carrots, leaving them unsubmerged, so cooking time to tenderness much longer than expected, leading to longer soaking time. Perhaps even too balsamicky, as a result, if such a thing is possible, which it is. But very tasty nonetheless.

Did some sauteed tofu for protein. Same old way.

Often tofu doesn't quite fill me up. I ended up eating a whole bag of popcorn. Substantial, that.

Also, here's a picture of a turtle and a shark from our trip to the aquarium today.