Carrots are Happiness

While I am on the topic of cooking bringing happiness, let me tell you about the carrots. Organic. $1.99 a bunch. What the hell? Let's do something nice for us.

First of all, the cut-off tops went to the Scottish Highland cattle along with two bags of excellent kitchen scraps: broccoli stems, orange and grapefruit peels, stale bread, yummy (for cows) treats.

Significant Other peeled four. I cut each medium carrot into 3 pieces and cooked them in lightly salted water. Drained, then added a meagre teaspoon of butter.

They were delicious. They redefined succulence. They made me happy. I served them with chicken cutlets in a sauce of shallots, capers and lemon juice, with a bit of chicken broth (homemade) and the fat from the top of the broth divided between the sauce the the rice. Heaven. No waste, just pure nutrition and flavor.

And happiness.