3 posts tagged “lunch group”
For lunch last week, I gathered some pasta salad ideas, and then changed them completely.
I bought:
- 1 pound of pasta
- 2 cans of black beans
- 1 can of fire-roasted diced peppers & chiles
- 1 red pepper
- 1 lime
- 1 bunch of cilantro
- 1 ear corn
I dirtied extra dishes for this picture, but I didn't care. If I were not Documenting for Posterity, I would just dump all the bits and pieces into one large bowl.
2. drain beans
3. cut red pepper into ribbons
4. cut corn off of cob
5. open can of tomatoes; mix in some plain yogurt (enough to temper the spice of the chiles); chop up lots of cilantro and stir it in. squeeze in some lime juice.
6. combine & enjoy either room temp or chilled.
Whee!! There's a new baby in my life. Welcome baby Kaelyn, and thanks for cooking fully, rather than coming early like certain older siblings. I can't wait to see her in the dress I made for her, and gave to her parents last month:
Aside from new-baby, not much to report. I'm feeling tired, and am now blaming it on the dirty air we have (fires in the region) rather than on, I don't know, going to bed too late. For the last few weeks.
I started watching Battlestar Galactica with Kristin - we're on season 3 now, but it's been ages and ages since we finished 2.5, so I'm finding that I don't remember too much about it. I should've re-borrowed all the seasons from my sister.
Money spending is going well: I'm about to close in on the second month in a row of spending sharply less than I had been. Which is great, but it also means I'm putting off buying my two December plane tickets (Portland & RI) until July, which means I'm pre-hosing that month. Ah well.
I made my best lunch ever for lunch group yesterday, both recipes courtesy Mark Bittman: SPICY chilled mango soup
and radish salad (which I used as a topping on salad greens, along with some garlic-rosemary white beans). We've been doing lunch group for over a year, and I've kept a list of everything I've brought in. Cool stuff on there!
Finally, I'm over 500 miles for the year so far. Which is only half-way to my biking goal of 1000 miles by August 24. eek.
I'm still participating in my work lunch group - I feed myself and four friends a vegetarian lunch on Wednesday, and they bring in lunch the other days. It is BRILLIANT.
It's fun to peruse cookbooks and see what I feel like making. Tomorrow's lunch is Sopa Seca ("dry soup" in Spanish), and I got the recipe from:
Sopa Seca sounds fancy, but my friend took one look and said "That looks like spaghetti casserole!" so it's not pretentious at all. Basically you use the following ingredients:
Break the vermicelli in half and saute in some oil for about four minutes, then set in casserole dish.
Saute the onions, then add the garlic and cumin for about 30 seconds, then add the tomatoes, two diced chipotle peppers, the beans, and the broth. Bring to a boil.
Pour the HOT HOT HOT liquid over the noodles and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. Then sprinkle with cheese, let melt for a couple minutes in the oven, and enjoy.
