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, September 6, 2012

September 6th. Nectarine and Mango with Cottage Cheese. Sauteed Rockfish fillet with fresh tomato Sauce. cucmber salad

A perfectly appropriate summer post-yoga lunch--a particularly delicious mango with cottage cheese

Biked to library for the rest of Breaking Bad Season 2--then to Ralph's.  Now that I'm rarely driving around town, my grocery trips are determined by need for milk.  My purpose is to buy milk, but I rarely stop there.  This tendency has always caused storage and spoilage problems, but now also causes burdens for the bike rider (that would be me).  I like to think I can conjure a meal as long as I have parsley and garlic, and perhaps I can, but I do like to have something else on hand--and unfortunately--I spot potential everywhere--and am soon lugging home way too much.

This time, I kept things pretty much under control.  The produce at Ralph is increasingly local--but I didn't get much--eggplant and zucchini and bargain gladiolas.  Wandering past Ralph's relatively dreary fish counter, I was inspired to buy rockfish (whatever that might be--it's label announced it was wild caught--so why not?).
A proper fish dinner:    I dipped the fillets in milk (is this something that's done?), coated it with a mixture of ordinary bread crumbs and panko and sauteed it quickly.   Some of last weeks tomatoes were a bit too soft--perfect for a fresh tomato sauce of onion, garlic, parsley and tomato to accompany the fish along with a cucumber salad.

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