Tangled Branches: Satiated
riveting tales of how we sustain ourselves
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Clean the Fridge
I have not done any notable cooking yet this week. Or maybe I have, if you consider using up things in the fridge to be notable cooking.
Monday's dinner was a frittata that used up: grilled eggplant slices & some sauteed onions/tomatoes which was a topping for last week's grilled eggplant sandwiches. I chopped 2 slices of bacon and sauteed those medium-crisp and removed them from the skillet; added frozen peas and some chopped seeded tomato; cooked that a bit and added the leftovers, sort of coarsely chopped; cooked that down a bit and then removed all to a bowl which already contained the cooked bacon. Beat 4 eggs; wiped out the skillet and added a bit of butter and olive oil to it; heated over low heat until butter melted; then added about 1/2 the beaten eggs (or enough to thickly cover the bottom of the skillet); then added the filling mixture and topped with the rest of the eggs. Placed in the oven (400 degrees) until puffy and starting to brown. Served with a mini baguette (partially pre-baked from La Brea Bakery), and Trader Joe's California Estate Olive Oil from Arbequina olives (?), with some black pepper ground over the oil. We didn't much like the oil - thought it was objectionably "green" tasting.
Tuesday, DH was not home for dinner, so I snacked (bad, bad, bad).
Wednesday's dinner was also about cleaning the freezer. We grilled some Aidell's sun-dried tomato turkey/chicken sausages (freezer), served on Ecce Panis ciabatta rolls (freezer), topped with (sauteed: red onions and Trader Joe's Roasted Red & Yellow Peppers and Trader Joe's Pepperoncini (fridge) and leftover ketchup-Sriracha sauce (fridge)) and leftover basil-garlic mayonnaise (fridge). Had some Original Terra Chips alongside the sandwiches. We now tend to buy the Terra Potato Chips instead of the orginal mixed vegetable chips, so this was a nice change.
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