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.



Saturday, June 23, 2012

June 23rd.. Kanine Connection Baseball Game. Tacos. Trade Joe's. Biking all the way.

Plans to make a tart with nectarines, plums and cherries were downscaled to a fruit compote.  I quartered the fruit, pitted most of the cherries (it was just for me, so standards were  pretty lax).  I put the fruit in a heavy sauce pan with a spoonful or two of sugar, some lemon juice and a little water--and cooked  put them in a saucepan added a drop of water, a tiny amount of sugar I biked  to Cheviot Hills Parks for a fund-raiser for K-9 connection.  I am becoming peculiarly .  Venice to Motor.  Eight miles.    Benefit for Kanine Connection--tacos.  Then to Trader Joe's. Tried to not buy too much--but very easy to fill the bike---too easy--had to do more juggling than expected on ride home.  The plastic box of organic strawberries flipped its lid--and the exposed strawberries knocked against my leg (through jStrawberries and yogurt.  another round of shitake stir fry--I keep sauteeing up more onion and garlic, adding thai basil and eating it with the also-leftover rice.  

Ever-livelier Thai Basil

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