PrintFried Rice (Cooking for One) Total Time: 30 minutes Yield: Serves 1 Ingredients2 TBSP peanut or coconut oil 2 green onions, chopped, including green 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped 1 tsp fresh garlic, finely chopped 1 cup cooked rice 1/4 cup frozen peas and carrot combination 6 jumbo shrimp, cooked 1 scrambled egg,…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Frittata (Cooking for One)
There are several frittata recipes in “Recipe” archives. They’re such a great way to have a quick, delicious meal, it’s worth talking about a little more. I’ll give you some combination suggestions, but really you can use anything that sounds good to you. Remember it’s a great way to finish your leftover meat and vegetables,…
Okra Patties
So, I now have lots of okra to use. I usually do Sauteed Okra, but I’m tired of it. Don makes fried okra, but I’m not a fan of fried food, as you can tell from the recipes on this site. Okra patties or cakes seem to be the thing to make, and a perfect…
Squash Anna
Most of our squash plants have died back, but we started new plants that are doing really well. I had four Italian squash I needed to use and this recipe is easy and really good. The long Italian squash have little or no seeds, and what seeds there were I scraped out. PrintSquash Anna Total…
Pizza (Cooking for One)
Pizzas are a great way to use little bits of leftovers, if you don’t have a specific plan ahead of time. There are endless ideas for what to put on them. You can make your own crust or buy a good quality pita or flatbread. If you make dough, you’ll probably have too much, so…