I think it’s time to throw out my favorite (albeit faded) fortune I have gotten from a fortune cookie:
Over the years, it has given me great glee to display it. Because seriously – who can look at it and say, “Oh, yes – that’s clearly me.” WHO?
EEP! I have a lot of miscellany right now, so I might need to add to this randomly
Dairy
1pt (+ a little) half&half
1qt 1% milk
gorgonzola
sharp cheddar cheese
cream cheese
small bit of plain yogurt
larger bit raita
scallion cream cheese
Meat
Turkey deli meat cubes
a few scraps of deli meat ham
lots in freezer
cooked strips of bacon
Harry’s beef leftovers
Bread
Pita (mostly gone)
biscuits
english muffins
bagels out the wazoo
pie crust in fridge
Produce
fried leeks
baby bok choy
bean tops (greens)
red leaf lettuce
lemongrass
parsley
shredded chinese cabbage/lettuce
habanero peppers
broccoli
orange juice
coconut/pineapple juice – opened
Miscellany
a few mini samosas & indian spring rolls
asian dipping sauce
Tuesday, January 30
pack up all frozen leftovers and take to work – store in upstairs freezer
8-6 work
Dinner: greens! Something with greens! Ummmm… greens cooked with garlic and oyster sauce and eaten in pitas?
Buy stuff for moot: chicken breasts
Wednesday, January 31
do dishes!
return those two books to library
8-6 work
Dinner: whatever GeeksDoItBetter wants
Crafty night:
Put chicken in fridge to thaw
Buy for moot: lettuce
Thursday, February 1
pack for moot before leaving work – possibly put outfits in individual bags, so the rest can stay in the car – pack the Vellux blanket
take box with handles to work
8-5:30 work
Needs to be in car for moot: my clothes; my laptop (plus E drive); things hopefully in a cooler (chicken thighs, chicken breast, lettuce, blue cheese dressing, extra pack of frozen mini samosas); blanket
Friday, February 2
moot
Saturday, February 3
moot
Sunday, February 4
leaving moot
Monday, February 5
9-5 new job OMG
Dinner: broccoli?
etc. etc.
Friday, February 9
9-5 new job – decide if I am trained enough for the evening shift
Saturday, February 10
take in dry cleaning
get suit jacket hemmed
3pm linner @ Cherry Hill Buca di Beppo
Sunday, February 11
go out to dinner for Peking Duck at Yang Ming – Woo!
Okay, so I need finger food stuff.
Here’s my food list. In addition to that, assume I have most basic ingredients and some nifty condiments.
I am thinking that the corn bread muffins should be split in half and toasted. Then topped with fried leeks and something else. What is the something else? I could maybe buy ham and have a chunk of that on each, but that’s the best idea I’ve had so far.
I’ll probably just slice some garlic on the pita bread, drizzle it in oil, and toast it into pita chips. Should that have a dipping sauce? If so, what?
I have meatballs in my freezer. I could also pull them out and put them on skewers.
Additional suggestions from comments:
corn muffins + leeks + goat cheese
Spring roll wrappers filled with habaneros, cream cheese, goat cheese, then fried
Spring roll wrappers filled with cabbage, leeks, lemongrass, with or without chopped pork, and fried
So the library recently accepted two huge cookbook collections on donation, and this is a source of joy for me. Some of them are more fun to mock, however, than to actually use.
Case in point: James Beard’s Casserole Cookbook
The back cover says:
Remember — cooking casseroles is an ego trip. Broil a fine steak and people say, “What a good steak!” Whip up a scrumptious casserole and people say, “What a great cook!” And they are right.
But what is even better is that each recipe has a little blurb/quip to match it
Food I Have:
dairy
some half & half
gorgonzola
pepper crusted goat cheese
cream cheese
meat
chicken stock
3 chicken thighs, thawed, marinated in soy sauce and rice vinegar
pork roast leftovers
bread
2 english muffins
3 hamburger buns
several pitas
corn bread muffins
biscuits
bunch of nifty noodles and spring roll wrappers
produce
leeks
habanero peppers
lettuce
baby bok choy
bean tops (tasty greens)
parsley
broccoli
chinese lettuce/cabbage
lemongrass
Meal planning:
Tuesday, January 23 – bring rice in from car – freeze stock in ice cubes
cook the chicken thighs with some onion, garlic, and ginger
Make half of the bean greenery, sauteed with garlic
cook short grain rice with lemongrass
freeze leftovers
Wednesday, January 24 – pick up laundry – buy potatoes & tortillas
make samosa filling
eat some for dinner
salad: lettuce, gorgonzola, grilled onions, toasted almonds
Thursday, January 25 – buy greek yogurt
stir fry broccoli, pork leftovers, shredded cabbage, onions, garlic, habanero and then toss with slice noodles
freeze leftovers
Friday, January 26 – assemble samosas. freeze some, refrigerate some – make shrimp dip
dice pork, freeze bone and skin in one bag, and most of the meat in another
cook some pork & what greens are left with a bouillon cube and a can of tomatoes, eat over rice in pitas.
Saturday, January 27 – bridge
samosas, shrimp dip & crackers… I need at least one other finger food option.
Okonomiyaki?