New Appetites
The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Flipside
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Oh yeah. That was my lunch today. A sumptuous meal of “Turkey Tacos”, which consist of sliced turkey, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, warmed up in the microwave, topped off with a bit of iceberg lettuce and some hot sauce.
And some grapes….
And some strawberry-banana juice.
I’ve got to say that since moving into my new place, I’ve found that cooking (perhaps more appropriately termed “eating at home”) has made a comeback in my life. Well, “comeback” perhaps isn’t the right word either as it implies that “cooking” was once present in the first place. I think that the confusion of living with 3 roommates for the past five years led to a general stifling of any desire to keep track of the groceries I was buying. Once they were home, I could never keep my stuff straight from my roommates’.
Now, on the other hand, it’s simple. I know exactly what I have, exactly what I don’t, and am actually having a bit of fun dreaming up concoctions out of desire, or, in the above case, necessity (I ran out of bread today).
Simple. Easy. And my dishwasher keeps the place clean too!
All you lurkers out there (AND I KNOW YOU EXIST…I’m averaging about 30-40 hits per post and about 0.0003 comments per post), send me your favorite easy recipe (a link to a website will work just fine). And then, when you come visit, I can make it!
Themocracy
Here is my recipe, consisting mainly of one item:
“Maguro,” which is the deep red-colored tuna one can eat as “sashimi” (separate from the rice).
Julienne cut some fresh iceberg lettuce, nestle the “sashimi” on top, sprinkle with sliced picked ginger, lay some “wasabi” on the side, dab some Kikkoman shoyu, and you are ready to chow down. Hmmm, might be a good idea to cook a pot of rice, too.
Dude I made sweet and sour chicken and crab rangoon this weekend. Amazing!
1) Put the holy trinity in a frying pan with a dab of oil (HT= garlic, peppers, onions chopped/sliced/diced however the heck you want them) and cook until they smell good and are a yummy color.
2) dice/chop/slice however the heck you want a piece or 2 of boneless, skinless chicken and throw that in the pan with the HT
3) when no longer pink, place ingredients in a tortilla shell, add salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese at your desire and chow down!
makes a super easy, super yummy fajita- one of our favorites :-)
Maybe you could make it when you come down here :-) to visit! Enjoy! Glad to hear you are “cooking” in your new place!
oprah had on a bunch of chef’s this summer and i stole a bunch of their easy recipes… totally using them recently.
http://www.oprah.com/menu/food/menus/20090227-tows-cat-cora-menu
Well congratulations! Cooking for one can be a bit of a drag but at the same time a great opportunity to experiment in the kitchen. Cooking larger quantities and freezing the leftovers to be eaten at a later time works well for me, since it saves time and money while allowing you to not eat the same thing for several days in a row. Do you like tofu? I usually just marinate it and then mix it with rice and a steamed vegetable from my local farmer’s market.
Peanut butter
.. and jelly
.. and honey
.. and mayo
.. and mayo and lettuce
.. and sliced bananas
.. and pickles
.. and the best of all: PB with sliced bananas FRIED.
[Ask Elvis if you don't believe me.]
Enjoy!