Playing with my food

Today is just one of those days when one feels like experimenting with food.  It is cool and cloudy outside and Andy is off to his first summer course at OSU.  So I look in the fridge for inspiration and see all of these raw vegetables that beg to be used so I start a southern trinity of bell pepper, celery, and onions in butter and lemon oil on the stove.  I see carrots and so I add a northern carrot touch to the mix and slowly saute them all as I think about the other things I see such as a head of cabbage that I bought as a treat for Beth.  I cut a wedge up in fine little pieces and added that to the pot along with two diced potatoes.  Next, I opened a pouch of dry Ranch dressing mix and added that to the good smelling mixture burbling away on the stove.  I tasted and then thought of a can of Rotel tomatoes/green chilis and in that went. Next, I added several fillets of tilapia because it was, after all going to be a seafood dish and I wanted the taste to develop. Salt and pepper to taste and so I left it to simmer while a plate of small sea scallops waited to dive in.Tasted again and added a cube of chicken bouillon and a bit more water. Now when Andy comes up the driveway in go the scallops and more tilapia and Bob's your uncle lunch is served.