I’m not much of a convenience foods kind of guy, but once in awhile I want to have a sample of what’s available these days in the frozen foods department at the local supermarket. A “Healthy Choice Unwrapped Burrito Bowl” looked appetizing. A “steamer bowl” was featured in the package’s labeling.
I brought the food home and prepared it according to directions. The bowl’s perforated insert separated the food from a puddle of sauce. After cooking the dish, I combined the dinky portion of food and the sauce. Since there was not very much food to eat, I was still hungry after the snack-like meal.
My opinion is that the food is mediocre and most of the retail cost is the plastic bowl and insert. Instead of getting angry, I washed the gimmicky plastic artifacts and decided to save them for a project. Hence, the topic of today’s Floral Friday.
I used the “steamer bowl” as the base for a small rock garden. A couple of cacti, sandy soil, and a handful of river stones arranged on top of the insert make a reasonably handsome display. The insert helps keep the soil from becoming saturated if I accidentally over-water. I don’t know how practical this is, but at least I got my money’s worth out of the bowl.
For the next project, a fancy ceramic bowl made in Sweden contains an array of purple ranuculuses (or ranuculi). This is an elegant counterpoint to the first project.
A conventional planter bowl from a clearance endcap at the Target store holds an avant garde variety arrangement of striking blooms.
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