my boyfriend cooks for me

Thursday, September 24, 2009

This is how my boyfriend and I differ: when I say I don't have a lot of energy to make dinner, the result is some variation of "cheese melted on something", sometimes fresh, often hailing from the freezer; when my boyfriend says he does not have a lot of energy to make dinner, we still get something original and delicious.

Mexican-inspired chicken hash: chicken, green pepper, green beans, tomato, cilantro and aged Mexican queso

Roasted potato, parsnip, garlic, acorn squash and butternut squash

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Mom MoSeptember 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM
This beats the bowl of cereal or grilled cheese sandwich I have when I have no energy to make dinner-which is quite often.
Yummy!
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GaureeSeptember 26, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Looks delicious...
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Simply LifeSeptember 26, 2009 at 5:47 AM
Ha, I'm impressed by what he can throw together!
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hearts81September 26, 2009 at 9:14 AM
That is impressive. I'm a tomato soup and a grilled cheese when I'm not in the mood. My husband uses every ingredient in the house... not to mention leaving the kitchen for me to clean up!
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chow and chatterSeptember 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM
lucky you looks great
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My boyfriend loves to cook and is very creative in the kitchen. Although the internet is often consulted, he doesn't use recipes. He does most (ok, just about all) of the "heavy lifting" documented here. He also happens to be an amazing artist - which may contribute to his excellent food plating and presentation - so check out his art store on Etsy (and see some samples at the bottom of the page).

I perform important tasks (mainly peeling and chopping onions) and provide ideas gleaned from hours of reading food blogs, recipes and menus online, as well as gentle suggestions (i.e. "Isn't the [ingredient] going to go bad soon? Maybe we should use [ingredient] tonight..."). I am also Head Photographer and Blogmaster.

About Our Blog

In an article in the New York Times Michael Pollan said that we spend more time watching "sport" cooking shows than we do actually cooking. And he said this like it is a bad thing. We hope that this blog proves that these shows, while not explicitly instructive, can be a wonderful inspiration.

Of course no one has the time or resources to cook like an Iron Chef all the time. Sometimes we decide to be adventurous and try more elaborate dishes, but generally we want to show that it isn't difficult to put together interesting, creative, and healthy meals any night of the week. We don't make a weekly plan, we don't decide what to make and then go get ingredients. We buy random fun and interesting things that catch our eye at the grocery store, and then figure out how we can use them.

So don't look here for recipes (for the most part the description of what we ate is all there is to it - "mashed turnip with horseradish" is mashed turnip with horseradish!), look here for everyday ideas and inspiration.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

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