This is what happens when I take my own advice. It could be what happens when you take my advice too, if you’re so inclined. Have some greens along with it. We had steamed gai lan. Fantastic.
Also tagged chicken, home cooking, wednesday's supperThis is a dish that falls squarely into the category that my friend Jeannette calls dolce far niente cooking. Perfect for hot weather, it is light and cooling but has strong, invigorating flavor. And, as the dolce far niente thing implies, it requires hardly any effort. You’ll want a couple-few cucumbers, a healthy-sized bunch of [...]
Also tagged chiles, cilantro, cucumbers, salads, wednesday's supperOh, I took photos. But would they really express the satisfaction, a long day of writing behind me, an evening’s worth still to go, of spending a half an hour in the kitchen with the cool crispness of bok choy and cucumbers and scallions? Would they convey the sizzle of the tofu hitting the hot [...]
Also tagged black beans, bok choy, cucumber, garlic, home cooking, leafy greens, soup, stir-fry, tofu, wednesday's supperGoodness, 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, greens, 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, greens, herbs, peppers, pumpkin, tomatoes, wednesday's supperI fervently believe that someday researchers will discover that brassica-family vegetables are a natural antidepressant. They work for me, anyway. Vegan “beef” (pressed, salted tofu) and broccoli with garlic “oyster” sauce (mushroom-based) for dinner tonight as a saving throw against a day made of grumpy. Coupled with sesame cabbage, using up the last of a [...]
Also tagged broccoli, cabbage, home cooking, tofu, vegan, wednesday's supperI do love me some green beans. I love them so much I eat them out of season, which I don’t do with most high-summer vegetables for the simple reason that I know full well they just won’t ever be as good as the ones you get when it’s high summer and the vines are [...]
Also tagged cabbage, green beans, leafy greens, stir-fry, tofu, wednesday's supperToday was hard. Our seventeen-year-old cat, Mrs. Calabash, was diagnosed with a sizeable abdominal tumor. Because she’s seventeen, and diabetic, and there’s not a whole lot to be done for her except keep her happy for as long as possible, that’s exactly what we’re doing. Fortunately she doesn’t seem to know or care that she [...]
Also tagged arugula, citrus, fish, fruit, leafy greens, pickles, salads, wednesday's supperI’ve been running errands and doing chores since I finished the chapter section I needed to finish today (my equivalent of getting off work) and frankly, my multitasking is not good enough to clean the bathroom, do my laundry, reorganize a supply cabinet, and clean the cat boxes whilst also cooking dinner. The Belovedary, sadly, [...]
Also tagged leafy greens, salads, wednesday's supperWe like chiles around here. We don’t actually like heat for heat’s sake, and couldn’t begin to give one tiny little mouse dropping for the whole “anything you can eat I can eat hotter” routine. But we do like chiles. We feel similarly about ginger and garlic. I find, in fact, that if I don’t [...]
Also tagged chiles, green beans, leafy greens, stir-fry, tofu, wednesday's supper