Ginger-Garlic Bok Choy with Soba
Posted: April 15, 2012 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Bok Choy, easy, fast, Ginger, Healthy, Soba Noodles, Stir Fry Leave a comment »This final pic is a total fail, but I had a head of bok choy on hand and needed to make room in the freezer so took advantage of using some frozen mixed veg and edamame and mixed it with some soba. I really have issues with cooking my soba noodle so that they don`t clump. You could just do the bok choy and skip the rest of the veg and soba and it would be good with fish I think.
This is super fast and simple and healthy and that`s about all I have to say other than we finally cleaned up last years balcony plants to make way for replanting this year`s balcony garden. It was also pretty dirty out there and now it`s fresh and clean.
Roasted Aparagus and Egg Sandwiches
Posted: April 2, 2012 Filed under: recipes | Tags: asparagus, dairy-free, easy, egg, fast, Healthy, make ahead, peached, pesto, Sandwiches 1 Comment »I saw these asparagus -egg sandwiches on thekitchn.com a few weeks back and they seemed like a good idea, I`m too lazy to find the link, but this is my version. I thought of adding roasted mushrooms to the mix, but had just put the asparagus in the oven, so I skipped it. I`ll try it next time.
This is pretty fast and simple and would be a good use of leftover asparagus, but I usually don`t have leftover asparagus – it gets eaten as it is cooked. Peel the lower stalks on the asparagus, it makes a difference and who wants a stringy sandwich, then again, I don`t understand why people would ever want stringy asparagus, gross. I had some basil-spinach pesto in the fridge that I made the other day, it`s a good addition.
Sea Scallops with Sweet Corn – Summer Squash Hash
Posted: April 1, 2012 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Corn, dairy-free, easy, fast, gluten free, Scallops, Summer Squash, zucchini 3 Comments »I have two confessions to make. One, I like fried rice from Chinese take out / delivery joints. And I ate said fried rice last night instead of cooking. But that’s because I didn’t get to the gym until 9pm and home until after 11. So I ordered. This was faintly exciting as I have not had fried rice in over a year and a half, yet at the same time I was kinda loathe to get it. Whatever.
The other is corn. I like canned corn. I prefer it to frozen which I think has a chewy and odd texture that is not like any fresh corn. I used canned corn in this because fresh corn is not in season.
This is pretty fast and easy and perfect in the summer. It’s a good way to make use of Thai basil if you have it growing, which I did over the summer when I first made this. I stuck with regular basil today.
Chili-Lime Marinated Tillapia
Posted: March 18, 2012 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Chili powder, Chipotle, cumin, dairy-free, easy, fast, Garlic, lime, Tillapia, Tomatillo, versitile 7 Comments »Today was an exceptionally great day at the gym – it was empty, like became completely empty and I was the only person there so I stayed for two and a half hours. There are these really really irritating people who frequent the gym, including this woman who uses the place to train people and takes up half the place and is loud. But mostly takes up half the place and all the mat area and it is really annoying. This may seem like an odd complaint, but this is not a public gym, it is for the people who live in the co-op and there is a small additional fee to use. It bugs me that someone wants to use it as her personal office for her business.
Anyhoo, this tillapia can be used a multitude of ways – fish tacos, plain, maybe with some scallion -pea and lemon zested rice, or on sandwiches. I am doing the latter, since the husband wanted to grill it if we were going to have the fish tacos and it was kinda cold today and we haven`t used our grill yet and no clue if there is propane left in the tank from the summer so I nixed it. It`s super fast and easy.
Tomato-Avocado Sandwiches
Posted: March 14, 2012 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Avocado, easy, fast, fresh, goat cheese, Sandwich, seasonal, Tomato Leave a comment »this is the last of my sandwiches for the week and I had some really nice campari tomatoes and avocados and goat cheese and it`s all on a sandwich and all super easy.
Roasted Portobello Mushroom Sandwiches
Posted: March 4, 2012 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Basil Mint Pesto, easy, fast, Mushrooms, pesto, vegetarian, veggie burger 1 Comment »Nope, didn`t do an On Deck this week. My day was too busy at work and I was not going to cook Saturday anyhow as we went to a dinner party. My plans this week are kinda sketchy, so we`ll see what I do.
I had seen a recipe for a portobello mushroom burger with cabbage slaw online and got some mushrooms to make something similar as I thought they would be a good use for all that basil-mint pesto I made the other day. I was tired since I did not get to the gym until late and this seemed as good of day as any to make this. I roasted some asparagus and made a simple salad to go with.
Polenta with Tomatoes and Artichokes and Some Random
Posted: December 2, 2011 Filed under: Pictures of Food I cooked, random, recipes | Tags: 15 min, easy, fast, Fritatta, gluten free, goat cheese, Healthy, lazy, Low Fat, polenta, Speedy, tomatoes, vegetarian Leave a comment »I am playing catch up this week. Lots of catch up. Worse, I am getting a cold again. For realz this time. But I have a 9-6 event tomorrow so no time for that. The problem with vacations, for me at least, is that I am so used to not eating prepared foods at this point that my immune system goes haywire from the germs or something and I get a cold. That and vacation from work just means more work to catch up to.
I still have some Barcelona posts to catch up on too but here are some things I made this week and I have an On Deck ready for tomorrow. But crap, I will be out of the office all day tomorrow so it may not get posted til Saturday. And I have not gotten to the gym this week. Saturday. *sigh*
Roasted Squash with Sorta Indian Sorta Mediterranean Basmati Rice
Posted: October 13, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: Basmati Rice, Butternut Squash, dairy-free, easy, fast, gluten free, Healthy, oven, Roasted, Roasted Butternut Squash with Rice, Vegan, VEGAN FOOD, vegetarian 1 Comment »I’ve been eating a bit more cheese and wheat than I need to so I decided to revisit this Jamie Oliver stuffed squash. But made some changes. The last time I made it, last winter, I made it by recipe and the rice did not cook as stated, with no water. I was skeptical. But tried. It was good though. Once I got it to cook. It was also kinda futzy.
I wanted a stuffed squash and needed to go to the gym so this worked well by making it separate and roasting the squash while at the gym.
Bucatini with Roasted Tomatoes
Posted: September 7, 2011 Filed under: recipes | Tags: 5 min, fast, oven, Pasta, tomatoes Leave a comment »The weather was almost aces today. Tights and boots and 60-some degrees. Only problem. The rain. I wanted to use the oven today but I wanted to make a recreation of the eggs florentine that I had at a place in Buenos Aires and my truffle oil came but I need new ramekins so that was out. The tofu-artichoke mac and cheese would have worked but I had no silken tofu and it was pouring out and did not want to make a stop. Also. I’m tired. So this standard pasta is where it is at. Fast simple easy oven smells good and my pasta shipment arrived.
And I was soaking wet when I got home, especially since I had to stop to pick up my CSA today. Feta again and pasta share. No, I don’t get the veg share because this is my first time at the CSA rodeo and I wanted to see if it was all kale or not and did not want to commit until I saw and I can’t eat kale anyhow, I can’t digest it. So, yeah, the fresh pasta and cheese but that was of no help today.
