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, May 2, 2012

May 2nd. Left-overs.

Bulging refrigerator once again provided two quiet, easy meals.

Lunch--left-overs of left-overs, the Mexican chicken soup with rice.

For dinner, I finally took the tofu that had been marinating quietly for days (after some serious pressing out of liquid)  in soy sauce, rice vinegar, olive oil, garlic and ginger, and sauteed it, along with asparagus that had also been waiting its turn for a while, and added a bit of chicken soup to extend the sauce and flavors.    Served over rice it was quick and easy and best of all didn't feel like something I'd been eating every day.

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