This week I had three glorious posts scheduled to go up on my blog detailing my amazing POM Wonderful Blogger Harvest Tour experience. But with some technical, er, glitches, I have to put them on hold for a bit. However you can check out the beautiful blogs of the following people to read up on all of the fun we had in Cali!
- Roni – GreenLiteBites
- Coco (Qian) – Balance Joy and Delicias
- Gina – Fitnessista
- Kristy - This Wicked Noodle
- Sagan - Living Healthy in the Real World
- Bren – Flanboyanteats.com
- Pace – Taste of Pace
- Caitlin - Healthy Tipping Point
- Janel – Dine Dish Delish
- Shirley – Gluten Free Easily
- Emily – Visions of Sugarplum
- Eric – Eric Rivera Cooks
- Heather – Heather Eat Almond Butter
- Tina - Carrots n' Cake
So to fill that suddenly blank blog space, I'll share with you the dinner experiment I whipped up the other night. Funk was out on the town, and I use those solo nights to whip up dinners made from random ingredients lying around the kitchen. Sometimes these meals are just...eh...and sometimes they wind up being meals I reproduce, even when Funk is home. Actually, the majority of the meals I create for the two of us are big culinary experiments, but with slightly more planning ahead, but I digress.
Last night I parused my fridge and found: a slice of homemade whole wheat beer bread my mom gave me, a bag of kale, a macintosh apple that never made it into the fruit drawer with the rest of them, and some shredded soy cheese. Minutes later - dinner was served!
I sauteed the cut kale in some grapeseed oil and a splash of red wine vinegar. I also diced up the apple and tossed that in and sauteed until the kale wilted. Meanwhile I toasted the beer bread slightly. When all was said and done, I topped the bread with the kale and apples and sprinkled on some soy cheese which melted on the spot. The only thing missing from this meal was Funk. But for a solo dinner on a busy weeknight, it sure hit the spot.
What are some culinary creations (or disasters) you've come up with using random ingredients?
2 comments:
arrrggh to blogger glitches
this is like the story of my life-tossing together random stuff for dinner for one. but i enjoy it! i get to experiment and just adapt meals to my taste buds. i just read "alone in the kitchen with an eggplant" which is an amusing collection of essays about dining alone. we all come up with some Very interesting combination!
I love random ingredient dinners!!! Usually mine involve something with a soup or pasta dish with leftovers :)
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