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, April 11, 2012

April 11.chicken salad for lunch. chicken soup with matzoh balls. Lisa's tri-tip with roasted tomatoes. mashed potatoes

chicken salad for lunch--with apples and raisins and celery--is that a waldorf chicken salad?  I do not know.

A threatening gray day.  I decided I had enough soup for another round of matzoh balls and mixed together the ingredients for another batch.

Lisa called a bit later.  Gar had a terrible cold.  I told her I had a full pot of chicken soup.  She soon came over, kindly bringing her own container, to help me cope with my perpetual shortage of tops for my most random tupperware assortment.
In exchange, she brought four slices of the tri-tip she's made the night before along with cherry tomatoes roasted with garlic and parsley.  While we visited I heated the soup and boiled up the second round of matzoh balls.

Later that evening, Lisa and Gar and I  had more or less parallel dinners in our respective homes.  Mine consisted of a bowl of soup with matzoh ball, followed by two slices of that excellent steak with the cherry tomatoes and a small portion of my left-over mashed potatoes.


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