Hi John,
It’s getting easier to come up with recipes for this extra low-fat regimen. I miss cheese and the ease of drizzling oil into the pan. I would’ve fried an egg instead of soft-boiling it. And I do miss the pies and ice cream and brownies. Also hummus.
But we’ve figured out risottos. And made pizza from scratch with me weighing out the cheese so I actually do go as lightly as I should. (It still beat the calzone.) Actually measuring the oil at the beginning of a recipe, and using a fraction of what the recipe calls for, has brought back the pasta dishes and fried rice. It seems worth documenting that my salad dressings have been replaced with no-fat yogurt. Yogurt with salt and lime. Yogurt with turmeric, paprika, and cumin. It’s not the same as a version with fat, but it’s working.
Today’s Box
- Italian plums
- Mini Red Seedless Watermelon
- Red Bartlett Pears
- Baby Green Bok Choy
- Banana Peppers
- Green Beans
- Green Zucchini
Things I think are in the fridge
- Peach
- Cantaloupe
- Watermelon
- Nectarines (farmers market)
- Blackberries (farmers market)
- Roma tomatoes
- Eggplant
- Cranberries
- Celery
- Sweet corn
- Greens: Kale
- Spaghetti squash
- Jerusalem Artichokes
Coming in from the Garden
- Basil
- Kale
- Tomatillos
- Roma tomatoes
- Occasional ground cherries
- More peppers?
- Dahlias and marigolds
- Papalo when we want it
- Rosemary
Open Preserves
- Preserved eggplant
- Lacto-fermented green cherry tomatoes
- Lacto-fermented blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
- Pickled banana peppers with oregano, basil, and black pepper
- Pickled fennel stems with orange
- Spicy pickled fennel stems
- Radish kimchi
- Green tomato chutney
- Applesauce
- Probably still more uninventoried
Low fat ideas to eat the veggies
- Banana peppers are already pickling. One batch in reused brine. One batch loosely following this.
- Plums will become prunes.
- I really want to pair the pears with nuts and cheese. Maybe wine. And while we could try poaching them, even that wants a dollop of whipped cream.
Instead, let’s get the ice cream maker out of storage. Invite friends for a porch hang where we make pear sorbet. Molly Moon has a recipe. You decide if we go electric or hand crank. - Green beans and tofu turmeric-pepper stirfry! Make extra rice to become…
- … bok choy fried rice.
- Zucchini corn tacos with refried beans and rice.
Love you,
Sarah
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