Dinner on a Lazy Thursday Evening

So mom had some left over long beans, some boiled rice from lunch and a can of clam chowder.

With a little bit of belachan, mom fried her long beans and produced an overpowering spicy aroma that whetted my appetite even before I stepped out of my room for dinner.

To fulfill my dad's pre-requisite staple of rice and soup, she boiled the clam chower, poured it over her boiled rice added a grated cheese and baked it for a little while in her mini oven.

Finaly, to meet the meat portion of our "healthy"diet, she had bull's eye to accompany each of our dish. Yeah, dad and I had a dish each of our own.

The meal was simple yet tasted fantastic. Especially the combination of long beans and belachan that brought out the sweetness in the greens and yet filled it with spicy saltiness that made you crave for more and more belachan long beans.