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 9, 2012

April 9th. Left-over tuna and salad lunch. Dinner of Brussels sprouts with dates and bacon, chicken, roast peppers and more--attempting to empty the fridge once again.

Monday--a few left-over nibbles for lunch--tuna, salad.

I'd invited Linda G. for a left-over dinner (roasted cauliflower farfalle, chicken, eggplant stew, roast peppers--and not a left-over brussels sprouts with bacon and dates --lucky us--I was going to prepare them with the not quite so perfect substitute of raisins--but Linda arrived in the nick of time with a surprise gift of pistachios and dates--so into the brussels sprouts went the dates!!)  Of course, chocolate matzoh for dessert.

Well fed, we watched A Separation, the Iranian movie, which was truly extraordinary.
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