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, September 10, 2012

September 10th. Fried Egg with Roasted Vegetables. Quesadillas. Hamburgers at Lisa and Gar's

Up early enough to fry an egg with the last of the roasted vegetables (re-fried)  for breakfast.  For lunch a   a quesadilla with smoked mozarella and roasted tomatoes.

I'd defrosted chicken legs I'd bought some time ago and was planning to make them for dinner, but instead, after speaking to Lisa decided the chicken could wait another day.  She and Gar were making hamburgers.  I had two 1/4 pound burgers frozen in the fridge, and brought them over, along with the last bits of my hunan eggplant.

The rest of the meal was excellent indeed.  For starters there was burrata with fresh tomatoes followed by the burgers on ciabatta rolls with grilled eggplant and many fine condiments. Grapes and rasperries with greek yogurt and mint (from my garden)  for dessert.
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