Mark and Aldo make... Gloomy Stir Fry

Oh man, me and Aldo are feeling the weather these days. It's cold, but not cold enough to be sharp and bright and all that good wintry stuff: the pallor of grey, not the innocence of snow. Here's Aldo gazing mournfully out the window, contemplating his lonely mortality.

Of course, the best solution for sadness is stiry-fry, so we decided to bring in a special guest to help us make our melancholia delicious, veggie expert and rain lover Billy "Holiday" "Ducks" Gekas. Here's Billy and Aldo sharing a morose chuckle.

The first step to any good stir fry is peeling the sweet potato. Aldo doesn't like sweet potatoes because they're like baby food. But babies cry a lot, so sweet potato is perfect for Gloomy Stir Fry. Guess where Aldo puts his peels?

Good thing Aldo is such a dapper gentleman in other ways. That's why we call him Senhor Batata Doce.

Next thing is the leafy greens, an Aldo and Mark essential ingredient to all food ever. Today we're using kale, because Aldo says that if Billy were food, he'd be kale. (Aldo himself is a potato.) As ever, be sure to rub it on your head. If you look closely it kind of looks like he has green hair. Or maybe a bow.

Then we put in a bunch of other crazy stuff, displayed here in smorgasbord format. There's a real science to this, which is completely lost to Aldo and me. The only part I remember is that Billy mixed the soy sauce with turmeric, which turned out to be awesome.

According to Billy, the antidote to the gloomies is sunflower oil, because it's got the sun in it, obviously. (See photo.) A little cayenne turns up the heat too. 

Then the cooking and stirring and all that happens, and voila! Gloomy Stir-Fry! We garnished with poppy seeds, an authentically respectable garnish which you might seriously consider.

Our friend taste-tester was Sam from down the hall. Holy wow, she looks amazed! What are you so amazed about, Sam? Is it our Gloomy Stir-Fry?

Yes!

So goodbye, Reader, we hope you have good luck cooking our recipe. Remember, life is made for happiness. At least, we'd like to think so.

Prep Time: 2 hours
Eating time: 1 hour
Clean up: 10 minutes