Yesterday, I had no clue what to make for lunch. The refrigerator was relatively bare, and so was the cupboard. I looked around and found a few possible candidates and put together a lunch which turned out to be delicious.

First, I toasted a piece of my sourdough bread. I peeled and seeded an avocado that was just at the perfect amount of firm ripeness. I sliced one Kumato and found a bowl in the refrigerator with some pickled onions that I’d made a couple of weeks ago. These simply got added together and layered on my sourdough bread, encouraged by a little extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Four ingredients were all that were needed.

The meal was accompanied by a glass of Gavoty Rosé from Provence and thus, somehow I ended up with a lunch of stunning simplicity. Colorful, healthy, rich in flavor, and totally satisfying.