Since this blog is about cooking and especially about cooking for/with my family and with my friends and clients, I'm going to start some regular features. Today I'm introducing "What's in my Fridge" really I mean what's for dinner?
The goods: I have ground beef, kale, carrots, Feta, goat cheese, pizza dough, little sweet grape tomatoes, arugula, cucumbers, cauliflower, eggs, lemons, limes, mushrooms, bananas, grapes, chicken breasts, whole wheat bread, fresh parsley and cilantro.
The givens: in my pantry I keep these staples pretty much always: flour (whole wheat, AP, Semolina), Rice (basmati, brown, jasmine), quinoa, garbanzo beans (usually in cans), canned or frozen (when I still have last year's haul left over in the freezer)tomatoes, garlic, onions, shallots, potatoes (waxy most often), lots of spices, sugar, olive oil, baking soda and powder, peanut butter, coconut milk, butter, canola oil, vinegar, tomato paste, black beans, while beans, pasta (at least one tube, some size spaghetti, and something orzo-like), walnuts, almonds, dried apricots, raisins, coco powder, chocolate (chips and maybe a bar), salt, tea (green, oolong, black). Cold staples: eggs, milk, half & half, tofu, vanilla yogurt, plain yogurt, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, corn tortillas, jam, yeast, mayo, ketchup, mustard (yellow & Dijon).
We had a great dinner! We made Greek spiced burger patties (beef with oregano, corander, cumin and a bit of cinnamon), fresh made pita (from the pizza dough), greek salad (cukes, tomatoes, feta and parsley dressed with olive oil and lemon juice), yogurt salad (plain yogurt with grated cucumber, garlic lemon and parsley) and oven fried potatoes (because the kids had been asking for them). My 5 year old twins cut up the cucumbers, mixed the salad and rolled out the pita. They are really getting in to helping cook these day which makes for fun in the kitchen.
Next night I made a fritatta from the leftover burgers, and sauted kale - topped with goat cheese, more pita (kids favorite easy bread) and fresh salsa with the rest of the tomatoes and cilantro. Two great easy dinners for about 15 dollars. My oldest dayghter even surprised me by loving the kale frittata (the twins complained about the green stuff).
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