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 5, 2012

August 5th. Eggs with Salmon and Corn. Chicken Soup.


Yesterday's breakfast of eggs with salmon and corn was such a success, I repeated it for lunch --though today's was more of a frittata than a scramble.




Here's the recipe, as best as I can re-call.  I think this frittat version had more grated parmesan than yesterday's scramble, but proportions are endlessly malleable and both were fine.
Sauteed a small onion,chopped in relatively small dice.  When the onion is soft add a cup or so of corn kernels--fresh are best, but make do with what you have.  When the kernels are slightly brown, add a few slices of smoked salmon (again, depends on what you have, how salmon generous you are feeling, etc).  As these items are browning, beat three eggs together, adding salt and pepper and about 1/2 cup of grated parmesan.

Add the onion, corn, salmon mixture to the eggs.  Melt butter in the pan, add eggs and cook over low heat until almost completely set.  You can then run it under the broiler, or flip it to get the top nicely browned.

For dinner, still lacking cucumbers, I just had a little bowl of chicken soup with some of the chicken.

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