I’ve a particular dinner for these uncommon evenings I cook dinner for simply myself. When my (cabbage-shy) daughter and (dairy-avoiding) husband aren’t house, I’ll deal with myself to a pan of tacky, spicy cabbage. I sauté shaggy slices of the crucifer in olive oil with garlic or onion, after which end the dish with chile, both flakes or freshly sliced, and a handful of grated whatever-cheese-is-around. Piled onto buttered sourdough toast or topped with a fried egg, it’s an ideal meal that completely feeds one.
Genevieve Ko writes concerning the pleasure of cooking solo meals in her newest piece for The New York Occasions, accompanied by a recipe for curry roasted half hen and peppers. Half a roasted hen is a hearty meal for one, with some leftovers for the following day. Genevieve makes her hen additional savory by coating the hen with a garlicky curry rub, after which roasting it on a sheet pan filled with candy bell peppers that caramelize within the oven and take in the rendered hen fats. She suggests simmering the leftovers in coconut milk for a straightforward curry, or tossing the additional meat and peppers with mayo for a deluxe hen salad.
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Extra glorious leftovers are within the offing after making Eric Kim’s silky, umami-rich doenjang salmon and rice bowl. Eric likes to eat his leftovers within the model of the TikTok star Emily Mariko, with chile sauce, mayonnaise, avocado and gim. Then once more, based on a recipe word by Dinner Dude, this might be moot: “Adopted just about as written with a bit of additional onion and broiled for final two minutes to caramelize a bit. Don’t know what ‘leftovers’ they’re speaking about!”
Leftover greens can discover a house in Kay Chun’s spring cleansing ribollita, a tasty vacation spot for any carrots, peas and greens that could be loitering round your fridge, to not point out that hunk of day-old bread. Simmer all of it with herbs, canned beans and tomatoes till you’ve bought a effervescent, fragrant brew, able to be showered with Parmesan.
I additionally love the look of Kay’s new Southern broccoli salad, which will get a great deal of tangy taste from grated Cheddar cheese, cider vinegar and mayonnaise, in addition to candy pops from golden raisins. And alongside those self same sweet-savory strains, Yasmin Fahr’s roasted eggplant pasta salad is topped with sliced dates, which style honeyed and wealthy subsequent to the salty feta and contemporary mint.
You could be available in the market for a candy deal with this Memorial Day weekend. Samantha Seneviratne’s scotcheroos are full of Rice Krispies, peanut butter and, naturally, chocolate. They’ll knock your socks off, even for those who’re carrying sandals.
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Sheet-pan meals make the prettiest one-pots, particularly once they function crescents of plump, pink shrimp. Living proof: Mark Bittman’s sheet-pan shrimp with tomatoes, feta and oregano, which is much more eye-catching if you use a mixture of purple and yellow tomatoes.
