My eldest reminded me we hadn’t had fried rice in a while. I had some leftover barbecued London broil to use up so this seemed like a good combo. I’ve made friend rice before with leftover or raw chicken, pork, and flank steak. It always comes out great! Cook up some rice, about 1 to…
Side Dishes
Roast Asparagus
The garden is going! This is only my 2nd year growing asparagus so it’s still not providing enough for us. I’ve been supplementing with store-bought. But I love the idea of “plant once, eat many times.” Perennial vegetables. My simplest preparation that’s delicious is to parboil the asparagus spears for just a few minutes, basically…
Fried Potatoes
You can use raw or cooked potatoes for fried potatoes. Call them “sauteed” if you want to sound healthier! If I have raw potatoes I tend to peel them. If I have (or create) leftover baked potatoes, I just dice them. In fact, I’ll sometimes make extra baked potatoes so I can make these quickly…
Chard from the Garden
Picked my first crop of chard from the garden last night. After washing it, I chopped it up. Heated a bit of olive oil and some minced garlic in the frying pan until the garlic was softened, then added the chard and stirred till it was coated. Put the cover on and cooked for about…
Coconut Rice with Red Beans
I made the Coconut Rice and Beans from The Minimalist Cooks Dinner by Mark Bittman tonight, but the ratios seemed off to me so I adjusted things without even waiting. The recipe in the book calls for 1 and 1/2 cups of rice and I suspect it is supposed to be 1/2 cup. Here’s what…