Winter salad
February 5, 2010
Who says that winter is a wretched, terrible, not at all good time for salads?
Well, I do, most of the time. But look! This combo is pretty darn tasty. And it’s so good for you that you can feel mighty righteous after eating it and justify just about any kind of dessert afterwards.
Winter salad
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 carrots
- 1/2 small red cabbage
- 1 thimble-sized bit of ginger
- 1-2 cloves garlic
- gorgonzola
- curly parsley
- olive oil, salt, pepper to taste
Of course, you know how to throw it all together without any help from me. So I’ll just contribute this one nugget of wisdom: once you’ve cooked the quinoa, toss the chopped ginger and garlic in right away and let it all steam under the lid for another couple of minutes with the heat off. This takes a bit of the zing out of the garlic. Your coworkers will thank you for that if this ends up being your lunch the following day.
Our “Lost” treat
February 3, 2010
We have a tradition of eating fiercely hot, seriously doctored up ramen while watching “Lost.” So here’s how we rang in the start of the final season:
“Lost” ramen
- 1 package Shin Ramyun per person
- 1 poached egg per person
- 2 shredded carrots
- a touch of shredded ginger
- a fistful of spinach leaves
- 4 chopped scallions
