Salads in the summer are wonderful because they involve no cooking and can be constructed using really fresh ingredients. This was easy to throw together with red leaf lettuce (from our garden), medium sized shrimp (drefrosted), chunks of avocado, a sliced hardboiled egg, some shredded carrot, and a handful of roasted pepitas. I like to toss the salad with Trader Joe's Cilantro dressing and chill right before serving. Good serving of protein too!
One tip I learned from my sister-in-law Liz: boil a half dozen eggs at once, then peel and store in the fridge. It really makes them so much easier to use.
It has been in the nineties here for over a week. Here are the most refreshing drinks I often turn to, using limeade (lemonade works just as well) as a base.
Limeade with a splash of tequila tastes remarkably like a margarita.
A radler is a German drink involving half lager, half limeade.
In order to make a rock shandy, take a glass with half seltzer water, half limeade, and add a few dashes of bitters.
I love food. I love making it, eating it, looking at it, listening to others talk about it, planning a menu, and writing about it. When I travel, I take food photos. Food brings me joy and it I only have a little money left to spent, I want to buy good food with it. Lately, I began thinking I should write some of my meals down so I have an easy reference. The one place where I can't lose them is the internet, and thus a blog is born.
We are committed to healthy eating. My husband and I always thought we were eating well. In retrospect, it was not as good as I thought. Russ had a heart attack at age 43 which completely changed our food trajectory. We rarely, if ever, eat meat now. Our diet is mostly vegetarian with lots of fish, eggs, and the occasional chicken. Our only dairy is nonfat plain Greek yogurt and sprinkling of a hard cheese for flavor (not melting). Bread is at a minimum. We eat lots of greens, fruit, and nuts. If someone thinks that this sounds awfully boring, it rarely is and we are not draconian in our eating. The trick is to know when to splurge (on a homemade piece of bread or a good piece of chorizo) I use lots of seasonings and am not afraid to use good fats.
I will not be using annoying acronyms like EVOO and it will not take long to see that I am a big Trader Joe's fan. What I am not a fan of is following long complicated recipes. More often than not, I don't even use one. Sometimes it flops but most of the time it turns out pretty darn good. I will not be counting calories but have always looked for ways to trim fat and sugar without sacrificing taste. Not everything will be perfect or lowfat, but that is what treats are for.
I am inspired by Julia Child who was the epitome of simplicity and grace. By my mom who taught me to cook by letting me cook myself and can put together a superb meal without cracking a cookbook. By my sister-in-law Sue who makes the prettiest poached egg I've ever seen and believes in the importance of plating well. If it looks good, it will taste even better.
Because I am still a step or two behind technologically and because most of the time I cook, I am hungry, I will most likely not take photos of every meal in this blog. However, hopefully I can provide enough of a descriptive narrative so that the reader can almost see and taste it!
We are committed to healthy eating. My husband and I always thought we were eating well. In retrospect, it was not as good as I thought. Russ had a heart attack at age 43 which completely changed our food trajectory. We rarely, if ever, eat meat now. Our diet is mostly vegetarian with lots of fish, eggs, and the occasional chicken. Our only dairy is nonfat plain Greek yogurt and sprinkling of a hard cheese for flavor (not melting). Bread is at a minimum. We eat lots of greens, fruit, and nuts. If someone thinks that this sounds awfully boring, it rarely is and we are not draconian in our eating. The trick is to know when to splurge (on a homemade piece of bread or a good piece of chorizo) I use lots of seasonings and am not afraid to use good fats.
I will not be using annoying acronyms like EVOO and it will not take long to see that I am a big Trader Joe's fan. What I am not a fan of is following long complicated recipes. More often than not, I don't even use one. Sometimes it flops but most of the time it turns out pretty darn good. I will not be counting calories but have always looked for ways to trim fat and sugar without sacrificing taste. Not everything will be perfect or lowfat, but that is what treats are for.
I am inspired by Julia Child who was the epitome of simplicity and grace. By my mom who taught me to cook by letting me cook myself and can put together a superb meal without cracking a cookbook. By my sister-in-law Sue who makes the prettiest poached egg I've ever seen and believes in the importance of plating well. If it looks good, it will taste even better.
Because I am still a step or two behind technologically and because most of the time I cook, I am hungry, I will most likely not take photos of every meal in this blog. However, hopefully I can provide enough of a descriptive narrative so that the reader can almost see and taste it!
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