6 eggs, beaten 2 ounce-ish Monterey Jack cheese diced small 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Pinch salt 1 teaspoon butter or olive oil 2-3 slices of cooked bacon, chopped 1/2 cup chopped red pepper 1/2 cup chopped scallions 4 sprigs chopped cilantro or parsley leaves Preheat your oven to broil. Mix eggs, green pieces of the scallions, pepper, and salt. Heat up an oven safe saute pan over medium high heat adding oil or butter to warm. Saute the red pepper…
The Frittata is a great dish on it’s own merits but what I love about the humble frittata, especially Friday night, is that it’s a great place to use up bits of things that have accumulated in the fridge over the week. This week I’ll throw in two slices of bacon from blts, half a red pepper leftover from yesterday’s salad, four mushrooms, a small chunk of Monterey Jack not used in grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids and some…
Basic Compost Soup: This is vegan but if you’d like, just add any leftover meat, chicken or fish to it and simmer away! 2 onions roughly chopped 2 cloves garlic minced 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or 2 sprigs fresh 3 cups chopped (or more), soggy or fresh veggies 8 cups water or veggie stock 2 teaspoons salt (more to taste) 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 bay leaf Oil for sauteing Optional Ideas to make it your own: Any…
Spring cold snaps bum me out. Droopy daffodils, brown magnolia trees and down coats out of storage. Ugh. Since the bottom of my vegetable drawer looks a little like my daffodils-sad and droopy, it’s time to make soup. Making soup is one of the best ways I know of, to reduce home food waste and create a delicious, wholesome meal. Soup can be so inexpensive and full of nutrition. Soup can include meat or be totally vegan and be equally…
Some of my favorite kitchen tools are the most straight forward. Just like a t-shirt and jeans, these things just work. Plain and simple. A mortar and pestle can get you out of having cabinets full of electric gadgets and doo dads that are hard to store and hard to clean. Anyone with a small kitchen will appreciate the storage dilemma of a food processor, blender, mixer, etc. and all of the blades and parts that go with them. While…
Italian Flavors Pantry Items Onions Garlic Oregano Basil Canned plum tomatoes Bread crumbs or dry bread crushed Cannelini beans Parmesean cheese Mozzerella cheese
Well Fed Peasant Pantry: The Pantry is a list of items to have on hand that will help you create simple meals from different international cuisines. Once you know what you enjoy you can turn a portion of leftovers into a family meal without another trip to the market.
At the heart of the Well Fed Peasant is the belief that home cooking and eating well is important and possible for everyone. Simple, inexpensive ingredients and items often thought of as waste can be used to create delicious meals by anyone. Yes. Even you. Essentially, going back to the principles that our ‘peasant’ grandmothers cooked by – extending meals by adding vegetables and grains, making the most of every animal protein or vegetable they used and often using less…