So, okay. Last week we had a friend over for dinner. Being the height of summer, and in a humid old apartment with no air conditioning, it felt appropriate to serve a meal that required minimal heat generation in its preparations, from both me and the kitchen appliances. As such, I decided on: – …
Category Archives: little meals
Hey baba
Continuing our gastronomic trip through the world, this time with a staple of Levantine cuisine: baba ghanoush. A simple blend of components to produce satisfying and rich comfort: a handful of grilled eggplant, a blob of mayonnaise, a swirl of olive oil, some squirts of lemon juice, and a very liberal application of salt. Perhaps …
Oh shame!
This is one of those meals that you really aren’t supposed to talk about, because it’s kind of trashy and shameful, but since I told you that I ate McDonald’s already… And moreover, I am working on shedding things I don’t need (clothes, unsolicited advice, crappy gifts that were clearly re-gifts), and shame is one …
C is for courgette…
…and for clear countertops 🙂 In a continued effort to clear our counters of its population of yummy veggies that have been gifted to us, I made zucchini and apple fritters for a picnic lunch with the Muffin Man. Beside some curlicues of shrimp, they were a light and pleasant treat on an early fall …
Swimming in the Red Sea
We are swimming in tomatoes. Since we know super fantastic people who grow their own vegetables, we have been inundated with piles of fresh produce. Piles! I haven’t seen the surface of the countertop in weeks, mostly because of the tomatoes lined up on it. God forbid I pile them into …
tip 33b.
Tip #33(b) from The Muffin Lady: “When you’ve had a rough day, nothing perks up the spirit better than stuffing potato chips into a sandwich of roast beef on pumpernickel.” Indeed, indeed.
Mind the potato
When I first moved out on my own, meals often consisted of one or two ingredients: dinner would be a giant bowl of steamed broccoli streaked with grated cheese, or a plate of spaghettini tossed in pesto. While this style of eating might initially appear bereft (and have a whiff of the pathetic), it was …
Go getter
Ah, spring. A time for sticking your head out of the ground under which you have burrowed for the winter to sniff at the air. And what does it smell like, my woodland creature? Change. While a part of me would rather give a dirty look to those green shoots coming out of the …
New beginnings
A fresh batch of homemade granola sitting on the counter: sturdy and dependable, it waits diligently until morning to ease you into the day. And there is something very reassuring about the jar being full: you know that for at least a week or so, there is minimal danger of not having enough granola in …
Lunchables, all grown up: Havarti, Breton crackers, prosciutto, mesclun.