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.



Wednesday, March 28, 2012

March 28th Quesadillas with rajas. Pork and Hominy Stew

Very quiet day.   Sam and Madison back in Cambridge.

Noon yoga class dictates a bizarre eating schedule.  Coffee and a piece of toast has to tide me over till mid-afternoon.   I manage lunch somewhere between two and three.  Maybe that's not so bizarre.   Theoretically, it might make it possible to have the most minimal of dinners--creating the ideal meal structure--of large mid-day luncheon followed by a light supper.  I might manage this sometimes, but hard to know what the norm is around here.

In any case, still reaping the rewards of a bursting fridge, I made a quick, modest lunch of a cheese quesadilla with the left-over rajas, black beans and salad.

I return starving from yoga, but miraculously, I don't have to eat that much to be completely satisfied.

Late afternoon, Lisa and I went for a walk. Earlier in the week, they'd made a pork and hominy stew with collard greens. Gar claimed it was the first recipe he'd ever cooked from a newspaper.  He was so excited upon reading it, he'd dashed out to Whole Foods for the right kind of hominy.  It was a grand success. I was delighted to work my way through someone else's left-overs and had brought my left-over key lime pie and whipped cream for a quite perfect and appropriate dessert.

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