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.



Monday, March 26, 2012

March 26. Continuing variations on black beans, chile rellenos, etc.

Oh the wonders that can be wrought from a refrigerator with such leftovers as these!

Lunch.  After coffee and toast didn't eat until after 2.  Sam and Madison had gone to Joshua Tree--not likely they'd be back for dinner, so another day of working through the tupperware.  Eggs again--this time I sauteed onions and garlic, added rice and corn.  I beat  two eggs with a dash of soy sauce (I guess I was thinking some sort of slightly chinese egg-foo-yung), added the eggs to the rice-veggie mixture, scrambled it together.  I was going to throw in the few left-over cherry tomatoes, but ate them all before they made it into the pan.  It was a fine lunch, but although I have fairly minimal standards for dishes I'll photograph, this one didn't make the cut.

For dinner, I reheated two of the chile rellenos with black beans and rice on the side--pretty much a reprise of the night before, but heavier on the beans than the rice.  This also didn't make the photo cut.

I do believe I ended both meals with slivers of cheese cake for dessert
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