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, July 30, 2012

July 30. Fruit with Cottage Cheese. Penne with

Cottage cheese and fruit.  long-left-over penne--very delicious--though I could barely remember when I'd made it.  Luckily I have this record (luckily if these things matter)--it was last Monday--a week ago--good to know it could last a week without spoiling.

For dinner, the third meal from that  pound of hamburger.    Inspired by that Manly Burger at Umami, I worked on replicating it a bit.  Of course, just reheating the burger deducts many points at the outset, and the solitary piece of rye toast wasn't much of a hamburger bun, but I added enough ingredients--bacon, sauteed onion, roasted peppers and cheddar cheese--topped it all with lettuce and lots of  chipotle russian dressing to obscure those deficiencies--and it was quite all right.

No picture--so I'll re-run the sad photo of my penne with roasted tomatoes, roasted zucchini, thai basil and parsley.
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