Inspiration from the Home Front

Matt has been cooking without me. Last night he ate better than I did. This is a roasted vegetable pasta. On the side is home made hummus with vegetables. I am going to give it a try next week.

One Course at a Time

I cooked my dinner one course at a time and ate them as they became available. This is one of the freedoms that comes with cooking for one.

I started with a tomato salad. Then enjoyed some seasoned and pan (not) fried tofu. Next some seasoned brown rice made with vegetable broth. Next was a pear (peeled and sliced). Then a bit of collard greens but most went in tomorrow's lunch.

The tofu was drained, sliced, and patted dry. Then it was rubbed with cumin and coriander and sauteed in a non stick pan. A couple tablespoons of soy sauce and a mild and smoky hot sauce were mixed and poured on at the end. Sauteed in the sauce till all thickened and brown.

Pumpkins for Dinner

We ate pumpkins stuffed with fake sausage for dinner. They also contained onion, collards, broccoli, some spices, and whole wheat couscous. Baked for an hour and then cut in half. Matt said they were really quite good. I was going to give him credit for just trying them. It was sort of a fun way to clean out the refrigerator.

Lazy Dinner #4

Roasted Vegetables with Apples

2 yellow delicious apples cubed
2 onions cubed
1 large sweet potato peeled and cubed
2 carrots peeled and cut in 1 inch pieces
2 sprigs thyme
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

Put veggies, apples, thyme, and olive oil in pan and toss. Roast in 450 degree oven for 45 minutes. Stir twice during roasting. Remove thyme. Salt and pepper to taste and serve.

I enjoyed this and it was just one dirty pan. House smells like fall.

Simple Dinner

Mushrooms and green beans with a little garlic, salt, and olive oil. Kept putting off making this since I only had local shiitake mushrooms. It is not the same as when I use oyster mushrooms but it might be just as good.

Easy Office Lunch

Loved my lunch today. It was a great celebration of the last big harvests of the summer season.

Local cherry tomatoes, corn cut from one local ear of corn, and a can of black beans rinsed well. I added a little salt, soy sauce, cumin, and red wine vinegar.

Pancakes for One

I ran out of rolled oats and I don't have a blender so my standards of cereal or smoothie were out. I tried a herbivore whole wheat pancake topped with mixed berries and a little sugar. Both pancakes and topping were my own creation.

Pancakes for 1
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbsp flax meal
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup soy milk (need to confirm)

Cook on non stick griddle without adding oil. I think the pancakes are about 500 calories. Topping is more.

Lazy Dinner #3

Some left over rice, a can of white beans, and a bag of baby spinach make for another quick and easy dinner. Some garlic, salt, and pepper is all I added for flavor as the spinach provided most of the flavor.