This is one of those dinners that is not for the kind of person who is afraid of mixing things on the plate. I caramelized zucchini in a tablespoon of olive oil with whole cloves of garlic — a medium heat, with infrequent stirring and a good stout pan, will get it done in a [...]
Also tagged chiles, cucumber, dog, garlic, monday's supper, pickles, saladsI’m dining alone tonight, my Belovedary down at Camden Yards watching the Orioles lose. It’s a nice night for it. Dining alone can be a challenge. Even I sometimes get tempted not to bother cooking if it’s just me, especially when I am, as I am tonight, working late on a deadline. I try, though, [...]
Also tagged eating alone, Friday's supper, garlic, home cooking, squashTo serve one very hungry person or two less-hungry people (perhaps with the addition of some other dish), prepare the following as mise-en-place: about a cup of cold leftover rice, broken up with a fork about a cup to a cup and a half of kimchi, very well drained, and cut into reasonably uniform bite-size [...]
Also tagged cabbage, kimchi, rice, stir-fryFor those of you who are still unconvinced that delicious, home-cooked dinners with local ingredients are out of your reach due to time constraints, let me just tell you that our dinner tonight took me a grand total of 15 minutes start to finish to prepare. And that includes the time it took to go [...]
Also tagged bison, chard, leafy greens, monday's supper, salads, sausageI wanted protein, and I got it. Smoked tofu, crisped up by stir-frying it in smoking hot oil, then stir-fried with broccoli and seasoned with black bean-chili sauce. We ate every scrap. One of our standbys, eggs with chives. I had a bunch of leftover egg whites to use up, so I made this with [...]
Also tagged black beans, broccoli, chives, home cooking, monday's supper, stir-fry, tofu