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.



Saturday, July 21, 2012

July 21st. July 21. Left-over tuna. Grilled cheese, tomato and hard salami sandwich.

Quiet Saturday at home--cleaning and catching up. AFter devouring a late -morning cucumber salad appetizer, I prepared a relatively extravagant lunch of the left-over tuna.  I ate it cold, but sauteed the remaining half of the baked potato with shallots  as well as the green beans and tomato.

I was doing some good cleaning-out-the-fridge work and managed to construct a fairly proper plate brightened by sliced roasted golden beets.  Discovering a jar of chipotle peppers in adobe sauce deep in the fridge, I mashed it with mayonnaise and a bit of lime juice for an excellent chipotle mayonnaise (very good, though it does photograph a bit like pink slime.)
Saturday Lunch of Many Colors

With next to no milk in the larder, I had to make a store run, and tricked myself into leaving the house with the promise of another visit to the Isla Bonita Taco Truck.  Alas, as I rode my bike down Fourth Street, I spotted that very truck, tightly sealed and about to pull out.  I didn't get the shrimp tostada I'd been thinking about, but I did learn the truck's hours--roughly 10:30-4:30 every day except Thursday--the day off.  Valuable information ending years of speculation and wonder. 

In fact, despite my tostada dreams, I was scarcely hungry and managed to fulfill my food musings by visits to both the 99¢ store and Ralph's where I stocked up on fairly basic items (Ralph's was selling organic peaches for $1.49 a pound--oh this changing food universe!).

I was thinking about a very low calorie dinner of cottage cheese and fruits (in addition to the peaches, I'd bought nectarines, raspberries and cherries!), but instead had a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato, hard salami and a re-made chipotle mayonnaise.  Low-calorie--no, but quite delicious.  







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