Pan Roasted Corn

This is a summer time favorite but you can make a creditable version with frozen corn

6 ears of corn (or 2 cups frozen)
1 bunch scallions, cleaned and sliced thinly
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes
1-2 jalapenos
½ stick butter
Oil
Salt

Cut corn off ears and discard cob.

Heat oil in pan until hot

Saute scallions until they begin to brown.

Add Jalapenos and stir for one minute.

Add corn and stir to mix and then sit over high heat until they start to make popping noises and burn a little.

Stir and cook for 3 more minutes

Add tomatoes and stir until they start to soften.

Add butter, stir to melt and let flavors marry.

Salt liberally and serve.

4-6 servings

20 minutes

You can also add chopped cilantro with the butter.

Not Quite Nicoise Salad

Quick and easy salad assembled from Salad Bar

From Salad Bar:
Two cups romaine
1-2 boiled eggs
4-6 tomatoes slices
¼ cup chopped onions
Cucumber slices
¼ cup chick peas
Cooked green beans, asparagus and or peas

1 Can light Tuna in oil

EVOO and good vinegar

Cut eggs in quarters

Drain Tuna and toss with EVOO and Vinegar

Serve with good bread

1-2 servings

2 minutes (after shopping)

Use Best Salad Dressing Ever, if you want

Potato cubes with Garlic and herbs

Could be a side, could be a meal

1 potato, peeled and cut into 1" cubes
1 TBS Butter
6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed and left whole
Salt
Fresh chopped herbs (parsley or sage or oregano)

Rinse potato and dry on paper towels

Melt butter in pan at medium heat, add potato, stir to coat and cover. Stir every three minutes for 9 minutes. Add Garlic, turn heat to low and stir every three minutes for 9 minutes

Add liberal amount of salt and herbs and serve


1 serving

20 minutes

Roasted Cauliflower with Pork and Black bean sauce

Cauliflower is kind of a blah vegetable but roasting it keeps its flavor and gives a nice texture. Cauliflower better a little underdone than over done

1 small head of cauliflower, stemmed and broken into flowerets
½ pound ground pork
3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tsp fermented Chinese black beans, rinsed and chopped
1 TBS corn starch dissolved in ½ cup chicken broth
Red pepper flakes
Oil

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In oven proof pan, swill oil, add flowerets and stir to coat with oil.
Place in oven and roast 20- 30 minutes, turning every 5 minutes, until cauliflower begins to browns and become tender. When cauliflower is done, remove from oven.
While Cauliflower is roasting, heat oil in skillet and brown pork well, breaking up into small pieces. You want pork to be well browned and crunchy. Drain, leaving fat in pan and set aside.
When Cauliflower is out of oven, Heat oil in pan and add garlic, black beans and red pepper flakes. Stir for one minute.
Add corn starch mix and stir as it thickens. Add Cauliflower and pork to pan to warm and coat.

Serve with rice.
Serve with Asian chili garlic sauce like Sambal

2-4 servings

30-40 minutes

Ranch beans

Great for breakfast with eggs or for cheap dinner

Not good for vegetarians as the Bacon is critical

1 14 oz. can kidney beans
Onion, chopped
1-2 strips thick bacon, chopped (buy at deli counter or buy a pound and wrap and freeze the rest)
Water
Pepper

Chop bacon into ¼" strips

Heat pan over medium and saute bacon until well browned. Leave fat in pan. Add onions, stir to coat and cover. Cook for 3-5 minutes until softened and starting to brown. Add undrained beans and 1 can water. Add LOTS of black pepper.

Bring to boil and then simmer for 15 minutes until beans are soft.


1-2 servings

Can serve over toast to stretch it further.
OK to use hot sauce.
NOT good left over

1-2 servings

Frittata for Breakfast or Dinner

This basic recipe can be used with many variations. Buy eggs by the half dozen. you can chp leftover and serve on a salad.

2-6 eggs
2 TBS Butter
I cup chopped onion
2 TBS Parmesan

Break eggs into bowl and set aside

Preheat Broiler with shelf on highest rung.

Melt butter in pan over high heat.

When it starts to brown, stir in onions and cook, stirring occasionally 3 minutes.

Beat eggs in bowl and pour over onions.

If using gas stove, turn heat down to lowest. If using electric, turn heat to lowest and remove pan from burner for one minute, then return for 4 minutes. Let sit in pan for at least 5 minutes, until bottom of eggs set. If you do not have a broiler, put lid on pan now and wait for egg mix to set on top.

Place pan under broiler for one minute until top sets. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.

2-4 servings
15 min

Variations:
With onions, you can add:
Chopped tomatoes
Jalapeños
Basil
chopped ham from deli

Good with Mexican bottled green sauce

Microwave risotto

Not the real thing, but way easier!

Olive oil
Byutter
1 onion chopped
1 cup Abrorio rice (you can use regular rice in a pinch)
2 14 oz cans broth

1. Put two TBS oil and 2 TBS butter in flat bottom casserole and Nuke for 2 minutes.
2. Chop one onion and stir in oil/butter and nuke for 4 minutes.
3. Put one cup Arborio rice into casserole, stir to coat and Nuke for 4 minutes
4. Add two 14 oz. cans of Chicken broth to casserole and nuke for 5 minutes. Stir and repeat. Stir and repeat again.
5. Now timing gets a little tricky. Should only need another 2-8 minutes. You judge by amount of liquid and consistency.
6. Added ¼ cup grated Parmesan and any other flavor ingredient (sautéed mushrooms, sautéed tomatoes, shrimp, radicchio, etc.)
7. Let sit for 3-5 minutes to settle and cool.