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.



Thursday, July 12, 2012

July 12th. Orange Mango Smoothie. Steakhouse dinner

AAMet Lena and Phoebe (now five and a half months)  at Whole Foods/99¢ store lot, yes that very parking lot of last year's video.  Maybe time to watch it again.  I, of course, am on my bike, and doing most of my shopping at the 99¢ store--milk, organic lettuce, Mexican cheese--training myself for minimal purchases to facilitate bike transport.   Quickly walking through Whole Foods with Lena (she walked there--so no parking lot woes for either of us), I also bought four almost ripe avocados for the weekend.
While walking to my house, I'd been thinking we'd have ice cream sundaes, but in a flurry of righteousness, I bypassed the super sweet for moderately sweet and more nourishing  mango, orange, black cherry yogurt smoothies.  Not sure if they really qualified as righteous but they were definitely delicious.

MANGO SMOOTHIES

Two mangos, chopped
Juice of two oranges
One container of Chobani black cherry yogurt
Milk--to thin if it's too thick.
Ice--same thinning purpose.

Mango Smoothie
It's always a bit messy cutting those mangos--but it wasn't long before everything was whirling in the blender en route to this glass.


A few hours later, I was ready for another meal.  Much to my surprise, I made myself a very proper dinner of New York steak, a simple salad of romaine with a bit of Humboldt fog and half a baked potato with a topping of stewed tomatoes and shallots with the last of the burrata.
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