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, Eggs, garlic, monday's supper, pickles, saladsWhooboy, it’s been a time around here, chickens. I’m deep, deep in the crunch, though not yet in the weeds thank God, with a book deadline July 15. So if postings get a little catch-as-catch can, fear not, it’s just that the book has eaten my head, my hands, and probably my cooking time, as [...]
Also tagged chard, leafy greens, Mexican, monday's supper, pickles, porkSome of this weekend’s greens haul, a nice smallish head of napa cabbage, was cut into ribbons, sauteed with onions and garlic, and used as a base for a fava bean and ham hock broth. Some of the scraps of ham perch on top, for extra juju. Especially with a starchy broth like a [...]
Also tagged beans, cabbage, home cooking, leafy greens, monday's supper, porkPazi dolmasi is Turkish stuffed chard. Normally you’d make it with very large chard leaves, and stuff them with a meat or rice filling much as you would if you were making stuffed grape leaves. Then they’d be baked, probably with a bit of tomatoey or lemony sauce to keep things moist. The chard leaves [...]
Also tagged bison, chard, Garden, home cooking, leafy greens, monday's supperYesterday being a holiday, it skipped my mind completely that it was also a Monday. Thus I forgot to take any sort of photo of Monday’s Supper until, er, well… Tuesday. A little late. I did eat supper. More or less the same as this. A couple more kinds of greens, a slighty different bit [...]
Also tagged monday's supper, pork, saladsFor 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, Eggs, 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, Eggs, home cooking, monday's supper, stir-fry, tofuMixed green salad of mesclun, ox-heart beet leaves, arugula, and indigo frisee endive, with Hollyhock dressing, plus a bowl of radish kimchi. What can I say, I’m busy tonight and more to the point, it’s what I was craving. I might have some almonds later, or a bowl of muesli and soy milk, if I [...]
Also tagged monday's supper, pickles, saladsThat’s right, kittens, after a day of jury duty and with a pressing need to get some groceries into the house, I did the obvious elitist foodie snob fundie-locavore thing: I grabbed the Belovedary and went to my area Wegman’s, where I assembled a big ol’ salad from their salad bar for dinner. Spinach and [...]
Also tagged eating out, leafy greens, monday's supper, saladsWhat do you eat when you’re pressed for time or not feeling much like cooking? The day after I’ve done a service for the pop-up restaurant I am usually both, and meals can be a bit of an afterthought. One of the nice things about the pop-up restaurant situation, though, is that the leftovers usually [...]
Also tagged arugula, leftovers, monday's supper, pork