Ratatouille: A quick and easy side dish celebrating summer.
Summer Ratatouille: Serves 4 In a pot combine plum tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, herbs, salt and pepper. Let it cook covered on medium low heat for 5 minutes. Add chopped parsley, summer squash and cherry tomatoes, cook for 5 minutes covered. Turn off heat and add spinach. Mix and let spinach wilt from the heat. See? Quick and easy […]
A chocolate a day keeps the doldrums away.
Nutty Buddy: serves one usually. I usually make my one serving cakes by feel, so I have no exact measurements to give you. I also use cake mix because when I want cake, it’s usually a NOW! kinda thing. So fiddling about with multiple ingredients and measuring things is an impediment to my need for […]
Lemony, garlicky, shrimp pasta primavera.
Lemony garlicky shrimp pasta primavera: serves four. Building flavor from the beginning is very important when making a waist friendly version of a dish. So start out by simmering shrimp shells, garlic and a trio of Italian herb stalks in the pasta water. Remove the fore said ingredients and mash the garlic. Pour the shrimp […]
Pepper and herb crusted tuna.
Black pepper and herb crusted tuna steaks: serves two. Divide the seasonings in half and coat each tuna generously with it. Press the seasoning gently yet firmly into the flesh of the fish. Douse in oil (I use canola). Heat up the pan with ample oil (I use bacon fat) till it shimmers, drop in […]
Cabbage patch kids and adults.
People overlook cabbage as a cheap and healthy alternative to leafy greens. On most days, a head of white cabbage is usually less than a dollar where I live. The purple cabbage costs a little more but if you’ve just scored the white one for 0.49 cents the purple one hovering at 2 dollars is […]