Readers Cooked Like Crazy Last Weekend!

"Ginger Pork Stir Fry" - Amber (Amber's recipe is here)

"Ate a friend's chicken mole that was utterly brilliant stuff. Damn tasty, not very authentic, but who cares when it tastes good?" - DrewB

"I made a lamb tagine with black olives, carrots, chickpeas, tomatoes, and apricots over couscous." - Liz (recipe here)

"I just fried two eggs, put a piece of frozen masala naan (Indian flatbread) under the broiler and made an open sandwich. I ate it with lime pickle, coriander chutney, and yogurt - which I always have around. Time: 5 minutes, maybe less." - Faith

"I made a beautiful beet risotto from a recipe from this month's "Eating Well" magazine. Man, gotta wear gloves next time!" - chrisB

"I doctored up some Trader Joe's mushroom risotto (in a box)..." - Enrique

"Yellow split pea soup - it's the easiest recipe and there is soup for the rest of the week. From VEGETARIAN PLANET by Didi Emmons." - Jennifer

"On Sunday it was cold so we ate a pot of curried lentil soup." - Kristian

Comments (6)

i made the most delicious pot roast last night! took three hours of braising and it was soooo good.

posted by Barbara on 2006-01-31 12:11:23

Allie made the most wonderful beef wellingtons last weekend. (I helped a little.) What a treat!

posted by Doug on 2006-01-31 13:22:31

Got my friend, Mick's mole recipe, here it is:
http://maltosefalcons.com/food/devilishchickenmole.php

Along with the sauce.
http://maltosefalcons.com/food/molesauce.php

Tasty tasty stuff

posted by DrewB on 2006-01-31 14:06:45

I did have my mother visiting for one night this last weekend, so not all of my meals were of the (otherwise admittedly rather frequent) five minute variety.

Earlier in the week both my parents were visiting so I made a roast chicken (Zuni Cafe recipe of course!), a tomato salad, potato gnocchi pan fried in garlic and butter, and bread pudding with a creme brulee-style sugar crust. Very homestyle comfort food.

Later, on the weekend, since my mom is more adventurous than my dad, I made Nigel Slater's coconut/ginger/chile soup with green mugwort soba noodles (I LOVE these) and a spinach salad with Annie's dressing. I also rubbed tilapia with ground coriander and baked it in an impromptu Thai marinade of fish sauce, chili oil, garlic, cilantro and crispy fried shallots. I had fig/date/anise pinwheel cookies for dessert, with homemade masala chai. I am so addicted to homemade chai; I can customize it however I like, and the evening routine of putting it together is soothing.

Sometimes it stinks living alone - I want to make the lamb tagine and beet risotto but would hardly be able to eat it all myself! :-) I wish there were more resources out there for people living alone - cooking for one with leftovers! I am assembling my own little bag of tricks, but sometimes you really have to get creative to cook for one without massive weight gain.

posted by Faith on 2006-01-31 16:11:47

Faith,

I just found a book that I want to get called "Small-Batch Baking"

It's all recipes for single or double serving cakes, pies, and small batches of cookies. I saw it in a local bookstore. I just cook for my husband and I and we have some of the same problem. We STILL have leftover beet risotto! Here is an Amazon link. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761130357/ref=wl_itt_dp/103-1202280-5121424?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=3MTQAHKAU2DTD&coliid=I4K596U6HR8Z6&v=glance&n=283155

Check it out, it looked wonderful.

posted by chrisB on 2006-01-31 18:00:52

oooh! Thanks chrisB! I'll check it out...

posted by Faith on 2006-01-31 19:17:29