I feel very fortunate today, for I have had the great good luck to become friends with the kind of people who will greet me with the phrase “I’ve got way too much produce on my hands, I need to get it out of here, take as much as you want.” And who will then [...]
Also tagged home cooking, leafy greensGoodness, Wednesday dinnertime already? That was how I felt when I walked into the kitchen tonight, with honestly no idea what to cook. But I had boiled a batch of chickpeas yesterday, and we had a pound of kale in the fridge. Beans love greens and greens love beans, but how to make it interesting? [...]
Also tagged beans, fish, kale, wednesday's supperSince what I’m eating for dinner tonight is exactly the same as what I ate for lunch, I figured I’d take y’all on a little tour of the garden instead of subjecting you to yet another photo of my food. This rose is “Mermaid,” an old, simple rose with a vigorous and sprawling habit, a [...]
Also tagged beans, blueberries, elderberries, flowers, Garden, herbs, peppers, pumpkin, tomatoes, wednesday's supperThe shrimp at the Asian supermarket this morning were nice, and the price was good, so I bought some. I had been hoping for mussels, but the mussels were not happy. So shrimp it was, a foundation for what ended up being a shrimp-centric meal. I shelled the shrimp and stir-fried them, in a riff [...]
Also tagged ginger, pickles, pork, scallions, shrimp, soupThe theme for this evening’s cookery turned out to be Dishes That Require Four Ingredients. I didn’t plan it this way, it just turned out like that. Still, it’s nice to have simple good things up your sleeve, isn’t it? For my actual supper, I was jonesing for greens so I ate a huge bowl [...]
Also tagged citrus, desserts, Friday's supper, kale, leafy greens, lemon