A writer with a law degree. A crazy woman in the kitchen. Sometimes able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Posted in Better Half, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, gluten free, photos, recipes, wine on Dec 21st, 2008
Here, chez BLC, the joke with grocery shopping is to be extra careful with the bag with the eggs. “Hey, be careful, there’s eggs in there!” is the invariable caution. Which makes every other “be careful” warning turn into “hey, there’s eggs in there.” Yep. One line, one trick ponies.
So when I was contemplating the [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, links, low carb, photos, recipes on Jun 3rd, 2008
Sauteed salmon with lime butter leeks and pea tendrils, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
Salmon, seasoned with lemon pepper seasoning from Penzey’s, and salt, sauteed in 1 tbsp. grapeseed oil, 1 tbsp. butter, on both sides. Served with 2 Boston Organics leeks, softened in 2 tbsp. butter, salt, pepper, and Penzey’s powdered rosemary. (I would bathe in [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, Uncategorized, cooking, flickr, food, gluten free, links, photos on Feb 27th, 2008
GF Pasta with pesto, potatoes, & green beans, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
Lest there be any question of my ability and/or willingness to cook a vegetarian meal, I present to you tonight’s supper, based upon an idea from a Mark Bittman recipe in one of his The Minimalist cookbooks. It’s pretty straightfoward, and made with [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, gluten free, links, photos, recipes, wine on Feb 2nd, 2008
Yet again, I find myself besieged by carrots. I somehow got a five pound bag of carrots in my Boston Organics box that I know I didn’t order, but there it was, and there it remained. I have slowly begun using them up, but I think I am going to have to add [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, gluten free, photos, recipes on Jan 27th, 2008
The end of the goat milk incident, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
You may recall my abject failure at making goat cheese. I therefore made lemonade, by making a bacon & (Boston Organics) potato gratin with thyme, salt & pepper, and a pint and a half of thickened goat’s milk. Who says failure is bitter? [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, ham sandwich, links, photos, recipes on Jan 17th, 2008
Mujadarra, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
More pantry cooking. Canned Goya lentils, 1 1/2 large caramelized onions & 4 peeled Boston Organics carrots, warmed with chicken stock, a tbsp. each of lemon juice & pomegranate molasses, with 1 tsp. garam masala, a mild sweet curry powder. Served over basmati rice, cooked in chicken stock [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, gluten free, links, photos, recipes on Jan 16th, 2008
Navy bean and bacon soup, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
A purely pantry cooking product, using up some of my Boston Organics vegetables, inspired by a recipe at Beyond Salmon. Brown two chopped carrots, 2 chopped celery sticks, 1/2 large chopped onion with two chopped pieces of bacon until softened. Add one can of drained [...]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, cooking, flickr, food, photos, recipes on Dec 27th, 2007
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Sausage & lentils vinaigrette, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
Trader Joe’s beluga lentils (cheaper, as tasty, and easier to find than du Puy) cooked with some of the bajillion carrots I got from Boston [...]
Posted in Better Half, Pantry cooking, cooking, dad, food, friends, links, recipes on Dec 26th, 2007
I swear, I’ve got pictures of what I made for Christmas, I do! But first, I had some other cooking to do.
FRIDAY:Our friends A. and P. came over, A. arriving almost an hour early. She was on the phone with P. as he was calling me, at the T station down the street. [...]
Posted in Pantry cooking, baking, cooking, food, good things, links, photos on Dec 21st, 2007
Pine nut cookies, or pignoli cookies as my Italian (say it like an Irish-American, “Eye-talyan”) friends might call them, are something I have always wanted to try. Martha Stewart published a recipe that looked do-able, so I gave it a go the other day. The verdict? What a pain in the ass for [...]