dinner for 2, for a while.

my girlfriend is visiting me, these two weeks. she's what i call a healthy vegetarian:

it's not enough to abstain from eating meat, but one should eat lots of fresh vegetables. so in the last few days we've been visiting and revisiting the produce section of the local supermarket.

it also seems our habit to cook more and eat out less, so i've been doing my best with switching up my recipes.

so far, what we've made:

garden pasta: sauteed squash/zucchini with tofu, tomato sauce from scratch, whole-wheat penne.

curry: red potatoes with green lentils and onions and peas, over quinoa-brown rice pilaf. as a side, there was sauteed kale with tofu and .. er, something else. i can't remember.

mediterranean-ish: hommos on bread, good cheese, fruit, sliced vegetables.

tentative ideas, for future meals:

southwestern: black bean veggie chile over fresh-baked corn muffins, chopped salad.

stir-fry: tofu with shittake mushrooms and peas, sauteed greens, with brown rice.

noodle bowls: miso soup with rice noodles, gyoza, napa cabbage and sliced bell peppers

something which involves an eggplant, 3/4's of a tin of tomatoes, mushrooms .. so i suspect something italian is in order.

more ideas are welcome!

a 3-ingredient late night snack, good with tea.

it's been a while, hasn't it?

since the last post, i've been applying for grants, writing, proctoring, and grading a midterm, and subsequently running damage control for those students i've spooked.

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anyway, i've no new recipes yet, unless you count this one. i prefer to think of it instead as an excuse to use two disparate ingredients:

• two slices of whole-grain wheat bread, lightly toasted,
  
  
• natural peanut butter
  (the kind which, on the ingredient label,
  reads only: peanuts, peanut oil)
  
  
• freshly ground black pepper!!!!
  

the directions can be easily surmised. (-: