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, April 30, 2012

April 30th. Leftovers. Chile Relleno, Black beans with all the fixings.

Yesterday dinner  cooking frenzy filled the refrigerator--providing a day of excellent leftover meals.

For lunch, I re-heated the chicken soup from last week-- re-incarnating it in Mexican variation with with chipotle, lime juice,  and chicken.

For dinner, I pretty much repeated last night's meal--and even remembered to take a picture of the full plate I put together.  The last humungous chile relleno--I'd poured all the remaining batter into the pan--seriously altering the ratio of pepper to eggs, not quite appropriate for company, but certainly delicious.    That left-over  giant chile was happily accompanied by tomato sauce, black beans (with a bit of queso fresco atop), rice, sour cream, and as a bonus, which I'd forgotten last night, one avocado's worth of guacamole.
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