What’s for Dinner
I like to cook, I just don’t get the chance very often. When I do, it’s usually just for two, so it isn’t usually a whole meal. I try to find a relatively Starr friendly main dish and we are good!
Since Starr is home for the summer, there might be more cooking than usual so I thought I might try to share once in a while. I didn’t take pictures, I’m sure that they would pale comparison to Ree’s at The Pioneer Woman, Ryan’s at This is Reverb or some of the many food bloggers that I have fallen in love with. I am NOT a food blogger, like I am NOT a music blogger, but when my pain levels allow, I do like to cook occasionally! I have been trying to transition into a more vegetarian diet, but while Starr is home it is cheaper and easier to include meat. However, I will be trying to sneak in as many vegetarian dishes as she will allow!
So far this week, I made the following:
Jerk Style Turkey Burgers with a side of Fingerlings with Sliced Garlic. Starr was skeptical about the turkey burgers, but loved them! The potatoes? Best ever, she said.
Jerk Style Turkey Burgers:
It started with this Rachel Ray recipe for Jerky Turkey burgers with Papaya Salsa. I didn’t have many of the ingredients so I went with pressed garlic, red bell pepper finely diced, onion finely diced, salt and pepper, some nutmeg, allspice, ginger powder and a decent sprinkle of jerk seasoning. I didn’t measure a thing, so who knows if I can recreate them in the future? I didn’t make the salsa at all. I served them on toasted buns with a slice of colby cheese.
Fingerlings with Sliced Garlic:
Adapted from a recipe I found the other day in this cookbook, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
. I made just enough for us and didn’t follow the recipe exactly, they were basically roasted potatoes with garlic and a little butter. Tasty.
Last night we (I mean I!) made pizza, I used the recipe for White Pizza that I found in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
Starr’s Favorite Pizza Sauce
I never measure anything, but it goes a little like this.
1/2 cup Prego Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 t honey
sprinkle of basil
sprinkle of cayenneStir and taste. She loves the hint of sweet along with the heat of the cayenne, so I make sure I can taste both. Adjust this to your tastes. I topped the sauce with fresh mozzarella slices and baked at 500 degrees until bubbly and browned in just a few spots. I didn’t add fresh basil to this after baking, but we both thought it would have been lovely if I had.
White Pizza
The White Pizza was just the homemade pizza dough brushed with olive oil, topped with fresh mozzarella slices, brushed again with olive oil. Baked until just bubbly, adding a sprinkle of parmesan and baked just a minute longer. After removing it from the oven I added fresh ground black pepper and fresh basil chiffanade. We will be doing this again!!
oooh the turkey burgers sound fab!
Yum, white pizza! I hate cooking for two (when one is a 12 year old) I can’t wait until I can start cooking for my mother, myself and Tara…
Mmmmmmmmmmmm, I love it.
I keep thinking I want to transition into a vegetarian diet. But then I don’t.
YOU ARE SO SWEET TO ME!!!!
I love that Starr is home with you for the summer and am looking forward to hearing about your adventures in dining and otherwise. And I think your advice is SOUND and honestly, it IS the only thing workable. I hope your pain is abated and you can truly enjoy every minute together.
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