My kitchen cabinets are filled with healthy foods. I have all kinds of beans, quinoa, lentils, miso, and bulgur. I also have gourmet items - sun dried tomatoes in special oils, risotto, flavored vinegars and oil and a variety of exotic rices. Problem is, what I buy, and what I actually eat, have little relationship to each other. The pantry cabinet is so stocked with stuff I should eat that there's no room for the food that I actually do eat. So...as a part of the drawer-a-day project, I'm trying to eat my way through the food clutter. Each day this week, I've made it a point to plan a meal that uses at least two of these orphaned food items. Tonight we're having the tortilla soup mix which came in a carton that's about the size of a shoe box and its passing will free up a lot of valuable real estate. I'm just hoping it's better than the lemongrass corn soup we ate on Monday.
If anyone has a recipe for a meal that includes bulgur, pumpkin pie puree, coconut milk, sun dried tomatoes, mincemeat and black eyed peas in one dish, I'm all ears!
2 comments:
Hysterical! I see a new reality show in this...Food TV meets unhappy family members, faced with eating the abandoned food combos.
Kitchen CleanOut: Meal Impossible
For one meal, make Bulgur and Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Sun-Tomatoes, Onions, and Pomegranate Dressing, and for dessert, serve Pumpkin Coconut Panna Cotta. Read More http://www.epicurious.com
Throw the mincemeat away.
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