Washington Park, Pdx: first blooms

Rainy day walk in the woods

Broadway bridge raised. Friday afternoon.

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two Signs in my lobby

Funny or sad?

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relearning the stir-fry and slaw

in the last few days i've been trying to remember how to eat fresh foods well and differently. its funny how you fall into habits in cooking and eating that are hard to break out of.  for a long time i forgot how to make pasta - by this, i mean that the act of selecting ingredients and putting together a sauce fell out of my culinary vocabulary - i just didn't do it for so long that when i walked into the kitchen in the evening, and thought about what i wanted to eat, pasta didn't cross my mind. the same was true of stir-frys.  well, this past weekend i ate pretty well by pulling out a few old, easy recipe that should never have been put away:

5 veggie stir-fry (plus garlic and ginger)

slice up in small, equivalent sizes:

1/2 large onion

2-3 carrots

small head broccoli

1/2 red pepper

1/4 head red cabbage

3 cloves garlic

a bit of fresh ginger (equivalent to 2-3 cloves of garlic in amount)

heat 2 tablespoons light olive oil on hot.  add ingredients one at a time, cooking for a few minutes before adding next ingredients, starting with onions, then carrots (with garlic and ginger), then broccoli, then red pepper and and cabbage.  stir constantly - it'll probably smoke, but thats ok, keep at it!  its done when veggies are cooked but still crunchy.

add ~2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp maple syrup, 2 tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tbsp chili/garlic sauce, and some herbed salt to taste.  stir up again and serve over rice.

red cabbage and beet slaw

shred:

1/4 to 1/3 red cabbage

2-3 carrots

1 medium beet

add ~4 sliced scallions

1 teaspoon dried garlic, or a couple cloves fresh garlic

add and mix in:

2-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1-2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1-2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

herbed salt to taste.  

play around with the dressing to get it as you like, but it should make a great slaw!

dog sit me

i need a dog sitter to feed me, walk me and take me to the dog park from time to time, from dec 31 - jan 5.  let nathan know if you are interested.   (p.s. i am not a little monster)

Sunset on sandy

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