Hot-soaked a large pot of dried beans as it towered above our Beano supply. I’ll freeze most of the beans.
Category: Cook
Tuna Salad Musubi
Mmm Mmm Mmm: tuna salad musubi for lunch. Dwight asked me to go easy on the nori.
Overthinking Polenta
Over-thought soft polenta, it’s been a slow day. I’ve been making it 1:3, cornmeal to water. Looked up the basic recipe in The Silver Spoon (1:2) and Joy of Cooking (1:4). Ultimately, split the difference and opted for 1:3, as before. I guess you just make it the way you like it.
North African Dinner
Today we’re going to northern Africa for dinner.
Cinco de Mayo Eats
Beans over rice for Cinco de Mayo. I made the bean dish ahead of time to allow flavors to develop.
Carrot Week
Brainstormed solutions to an overabundance of carrots. Declared this week to be Carrot Week.
Recreating a Recipe
My mission, this afternoon, is to try to reproduce a dish we enjoyed in New Zealand.
Menu Management System
Our new Menu Management System imposes structure on our week, reminds us which day it is, and helps us manage our inventory of vegetables. We shouldn’t need to go to a supermarket until the middle of next week.
Stocking Up
I love grocery shopping, but for now it’s once a week. When outside I keep my phone in a one-pint Ziploc bag, hence this view of Wedge Co-op’s produce section today.
Filling the Freezer
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