I don't improvise many things...
- "eggs 'n stuff" - one of Mom's favorite recipes
- sushi :)
- popcorn (huh?)
- pizza

and...fried rice, based on a recipe in "Help! My Apartment has a Kitchen". I love my fried rice. It's not all that exciting to others, but for some reason, it has a special place in my heart. It's the ultimate (next to "eggs and stuff") for using up leftovers.

cold, left over rice - my favorite source is taking home restaurant leftovers
1 med yellow onion per 2 C rice
a T of soy sauce per cup of rice
an egg per cup of rice
sesame oil
frozen vegetable (peas!) ~quarter cup per 2 C rice
cooked meat (I like to keep frozen shrimp in the freezer) ~1cup per 2 C rice

Melt butter in a pan. Beat, then cook the eggs in butter. Don't stir the eggs or flip them. Set aside.
Roughly chop, then cook onion in peanut oil for 5 min or so until softened (you can use veggie oil too)
Add rice, soy sauce, frozen veggie, meat and stir around until mixed and rice is hot. Add more oil if rice sticks to pan.
Add more soy sauce if you want - I always do.
Stir in a few drops of sesame oil - I use toasted (a little goes a long way)
Cut up egg into strips and gently mix in.

Yummy!

Never made pot roast, and I can't say my first attempt is worth repeating...

Italian Beef (roast)
Heart & Soul
Rating: OK

SUSHI NIGHT!!!
An unprecedented evening! Visit my "regular" blog for more on the actual event. In true sushi restaurant fashion, we invented and named our own rolls. Next time around, we'll actually have a menu.

These are all rolls...
1 Time Only Roll
(cooked yellow tail, crab, snow pea, ss1, cucumber) sesame seeds, tobiko
Big Fat Roll
(lots of shrimp, lots of crab, avocado, cucumber) ss2, ss3, tobiko
Bilski Roll
(avocado, salmon, red bell pepper, green onions) sesame seeds
Dan's Rainbow Roll
missing some notes here: (cream cheese, red bell pepper, avocado, ...) ...
Double Yellow Tail
(shrimp, yellow tail, crab, alfalfa sprouts) yellow tail, sesame seeds, ss2, tobiko
Holly Roll
(avocado, crab, enoki mushroom, green onion, red bell pepper, sesame seeds, carrot, touch of cream cheese) seaweed on outside
The Leftovers
(crab, shrimp, salmon, snow pea, carrot) ss1
The Ninja
(salmon, edimame, bean sprout, green onion, avocado) sesame seeds
Open Lox
(tuna, yellow tail, snow pea, avocado) cream cheese, smoked salmon, ss2, sesame seeds
Pucker Fish
(salmon, mackerel, avocado, cucumber) ss3, lemon, tobiko
Red Roll
(tuna, shrimp, bean sprout) salmon, ss1, ss3, tobiko
The Samurai
(red bell pepper, avocado, tuna, salmon) seaweed on outside
Veggie Roll
(red bell pepper, cucumber, green bean, snow pea, carrot) ss1

(inside the roll) outside the roll
SS1=special sauce, SS2=sesame sauce, SS3=spicy sauce
All rolls had rice on the outside unless noted
SS2 = half cup mayo, 2 tsp honey, 2 tsp sesame oil

A couple of these J.T. and I made up the following night with all the leftover ingredients.