I'd like to introduce my friend Nina, she's a cooking wiz and has just as much information to offer in the realm of relationships as she does about food and cooking. As a matter of fact she intertwines the two quite nicely.
I've known Nina so long, she's become family. When we started cooking together, quite some time ago, a natural topic of conversation was about our lives, love, family and relationships. People who cook with their loved ones will completely understand what I mean here.
There's an amazing bond that comes from cooking together. Maybe it's the art of creating something wonderful and delicious together, or maybe it's as simple as spending time together; for me it's a culmination of both.
Nina became the "Relationship Ninja" to me, about six months after we met. Her 'ninja like' skills are as equal in relationship advice as her 'ninja like' culinary skills are in the kitchen. Be advised that Nina has been married for over 40 years (she won't let me say exactly how long), and has been cooking food with family much longer than that.
She swears that every relationship has a partner food that can relate to any situation. And through the years she has shared her wealth of information. One that is no match for even the best marriage counselors... just saying.
My ninja has asked that I make it very clear that she in no way advocates emotional eating binges, or just macking on comfort food to soothe your sorrows away. She always says, "Just cause you cook it, don't mean you gotta eat it." Side note: She does not waste food either. Someone always eats what she cooks.
Today we are building a simple salad. According to the Relationship Ninja, this salad relates closely to a new relationship...
"Building a solid relationship," she says "is like the foundation of a good salad." She carefully removes one head of lettuce and a bag from the bottom drawer of her fridge. They are romaine and fresh baby spinach. She explains that both have many vitamins and minerals. "Relatively speaking" she adds, as she chops the lettuce, "a good foundation in the relationship are truths and values. Just as important as putting good vitamins and minerals into your body."
She tosses the chopped romaine in the bowl and says "truths" then tops it with a bunch of fresh spinach, mixes them quickly and says "and values," then smiles at me. "Building a relationship based simply on sex is like using ice berg lettuce for the base of a salad...."
"Why?" I wanna know.
The ninja tells me "Ice berg is mostly water. Which means it may be satisfying for the moment, but you get nothing from it once the water is used up."
We add cucumbers, tomato, colored bell peppers, raisins and walnuts. It's what my ninja friend calls "the fun stuff, after a good foundation."Then we top it with a favorite dressing (mine is a fig & walnut balsamic vinaigrette) and voila! LUNCH.
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