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.



Sunday, August 12, 2012

August 12. Sunday. Hamburger with onions, lettuce and tomato. . Broccoli with lime juice.

Many long hours and long e-mails to Ikea, trying to sort through bungled New Jersey order.

Biked to library and on into sunset.  The beach and boardwalk packed with escapees from soaring inland temperatures in town.

I'd defrosted the pound of hamburger meat I'd bought at Trader Joe's--instead of making four hamburgers--I made just one--first sauteed onions until crispy in olive oil--then seared the hamburger.  And even cooked up a hunk of the bread I'd bought at Zelda's (not nearly as good as Friday's loaf from Bay Cities which had disappeared).  Made a very proper meal, hamburger with

Russian dressing, fried onions, lettuce and tomato on French bread, accompanied by salvaged-almost-exhausted broccoli crowns,  steamed and dressed with lime and salt.
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