Naomi: Cooking for one and for friends



For years now, even before I wrote the recipes in what I think of as my "static blog," Fiftytworecipesfrommymother, at the request of my children, Sarah and Sam, Sarah had been urging me to keep a daily (more or less) record of my cookings--the meals I make for myself in my (surprisingly) solitary life as well as those I make for friends. For whatever reasons, I've never done it.


But, after months of wandering, I've finally begun. As I haven't quite mastered the art of cooking for one, and love throwing together grand meals at the last minute, I have been encouraging friends to call to check on what I might have on hand any evening for a quick meal. Instructions can be found in my entry for March 20th--What's in Naomi's Refrigerator.

This is primarily a record of the meals I prepare for myself and others, accompanied by "mug shots" of the food (when I remember to photograph before eating). Shot by my phone, with no styling, they may not capture their subjects at their best, but so be it.



Friday, March 23, 2012

March 23. Left-overs and re-runs.

Breakfast.  So much food from last night--Sam and I nibbled at all of it--frittata, banana bread and cream cheese cake.
He headed out--dinner plans unclear.
For lunch--I over-shot.  I've had a package of brussels sprouts in the fridge for too long. Also lingering for many months--a box of very cheap, not very good dates, which--could this be possible?--I brought back from New Jersey.   Last week, bought a package of very good bits and scraps of bacon at TJ's--and also a big bottle of cider vinegar at the 99¢ store.  I am now in possession of all the ingredients for my most favored brussels sprouts dish.

Cooking up those bits of bacon (really good--very meaty, not like the chunks of mostly fat I've bought at super-markets), I was inspired to make a salad--greens, stilton, bacon bits, multi-colored tiny tomatoes.  Looked great--but after eating up every last bit of the brussels sprouts, I had to slip the salad into the refrigerator for another meal.

Sam called in to report that he would not be coming for dinner--so I ate the salad and headed out for a walk through the canals, and on to the Venice Pier and beach for sunset.
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