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Comment on Putting your foot in your biggest pot by The importance of cold butter « Hungry Teeth

The importance of cold butter « Hungry Teeth — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:52:43 +0000

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Comment on The persistence of fingernail grit by Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:23:11 +0000

I have lived alone for almost my entire adult life, and even when in couples, rarely been joined in the kitchen or at the table by my boyfriend/ girlfriend. So, cooking for one was the order of the day, until I discovered cooking for two…as in, two meals, one belly. Dinner tonight plus lunch tomorrow. Hooray! It’s actually really easy once you have a few meals on the roster, and you just go to the fridge and pantry, make whatever, and pack half (or, in your case you could cook for three and pack 1/3 of it) for lunch.

Menus that work well include:

1. steamed green thing (kale, chard, beans, peas) + grilled beast (fish fillet, chicken parts, slabs of beef) + starch (multi-grain pilaf, roasted root veg)

2. one-pot meal (in winter, really, like stews, hearty soups, casseroles)

3. the tomato tart I’ve made you a couple times on my balcony, plus a massive salad (if you put sturdy things like pancetta or bresaola, olives mashed and pitted but left whole, and goat cheese in the tart, it helps it hold together once cool and transports splendidly in a container!)

Grocery list:

yoghurt
milk
lemons
fresh herbs (unless it’s summer)
eggs
some kinda cheese
maybe fruit (probably apples, pears and berries, depending on the season)
chicken
trout
a slab of chocolate as big as my face
whole nuts
oats
(the above are for making my own granola)
dark leafy greens
green beans
potatoes

Mmmmmm hmmmm delicious! From that list, I could make a week of meals, easily…including gnocchi sauteed then tossed with arugula, an awesome thing where you take two trout fillets and fill the centre with ground almonds, shredded herbs and lemon rind then tie them together into a pair, and bake them, then slice them into pieces for serving, granola to last 7 breakfasts, and served with fresh fruit and yoghurt, a batch of bircher muesli, and probably a latté or two.

Comment on First Light by Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:37:06 +0000

Very nice photo

Comment on Unemployment stinks by Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:18:43 +0000

Ha! Lovely! You’re welcome. I must confess, I rather enjoyed stinking up the streetcar on my way to deliver your cheese, and how excited the cheeseshop guy was when I made my request for “the stinkiest cheese, for the stinkiest day!”

“Get a whiff of this one,” he said, “and just think: it’s still cold from the fridge, and you’re in a cheese shop! Just wait’ll it warms a bit in your bag, and you’re outside in fresh air!”

Awesome.

Comment on They’re here! by Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:16:46 +0000

Also, high in farts! heehee

Comment on They’re here! by BIll

BIll — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:11:10 +0000

We got a nice big pile from hockley yesterday!

Comment on Early April at Wychwood farmers market by Amber

Amber — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:34:34 +0000

Try to come on our foraging trip in mid-May! And check my latest post for some ideas…

Comment on One eye by BitMedler

BitMedler — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:17:22 +0000

Oh man was the dog depressed that he did that. Heart in the right place… no idea where his mind has gone

On the white sauce + greens tip, wow! So GOOOOD!

Comment on One eye by Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:29:48 +0000

Poor monty!

White sauce, also awesome on pizza! Especially if that pizza also has bacon and or potato and or rosemary on top.

Comment on Early April at Wychwood farmers market by Shivs

Shivs — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:13:05 +0000

We got a big bag of ramps from friends who were out collecting (Kevin and Melissa). I should talk to you about what to do with them – before we nibble the whole bag away…