Well, team, we did it. Our blog has been so successful that we had our first (albeit only) “Dear Wingo” letter: a request for a recipe using forlorn kale and dejected eggplant. Who am I to judge the state of your vegetables? The following is a Facebook Messenger exchange between myself and someone we’ll call […]
Category: Leftovers
Dregs of the Fridge Pasta
The bones of this recipe are simple and repeated over and over on this blog: Dredge your fridge. Rifle through your freezer. Pull out all the things that still look like vegetables. Sauté them up with a [insert sauce type here] sauce. Add [pasta type]. My specific recipe is as follows: Pour 1/4 cup water […]
The “My Back Hurts” Lunch
My back hurts. Could have been anything really: actually sitting at my desk for 8 hours a day for the first time in my life, also sitting on my couch for 8 hours a day, aging 32 years in the past week. I dunno. Regardless, my back hurts. This meal is brought to you by […]
Pancake Saturday
Saturday started with fluffy, delicious buttermilk pancakes. It ended in fire. More on that later. The only acceptable recipe comes from The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer. Do not be fooled by any other recipes. They will tell you that there should be more flour and less butter. They are wrong. Once, in a […]
Floppy Squash Fried Rice
We are trying to support a local restaurant once per week during quarantine. A few days ago, we ordered Chinese takeout. We got tofu and stir fried mixed vegetables in brown sauce, Szechuan string beans, egg rolls, and cheese wontons. It was tasty and delicious. But there was too much rice. Fried rice is the […]
Reheated Scones
Welp, it’s day 2 of the delicious apple scones from yesteryear. How does time work in quarantine anyway? No one knows. It’s still a mystery. On Day 1, we ate the scones directly from the pan. We used plates, but it was just to maintain some semblance of civility. I was in day 4 of […]