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, August 23, 2012

August 23rd. Cucumber Soup. Potatoes and onions with egg.

Cucumber soup for lunch.  I didn't make that much, but even though I didn't make a huge amount, and I'm not extending it as I go along, it certainly is supplying many meals.

Last night, inspired by smells of cooking potatoes and chicken from downstairs, I put up four potatoes from the farmer's market to boil---and promptly forgot about them until the water had boiled off and the poor potatoes were beginning to burn in the bottom of the pan.  By the time I noticed,  I'd finished my left-over penne dinner so....into the fridge went those over-cooked potatoes.

Tonight they emerged, in better shape than I'd feared,  to be sauteed with onions and topped with a fried egg.  Minimal but fine Thursday night meal.
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