Day 21: For Instance I (bacon fat sauté with herbs & vinegar)
Yippeeeeeeeeeeee! From now on, when I think about vegetables, I want to be FED: Fast, Easy, Delicious. It was a clean-out-the-freezer night and somehow I happened onto a great dish -- and, maybe, a new concept. First, the dish: a simple sauté with bacon fat, some frozen vegetables and at the end, a splash of vinegar. Second, the "for instance" concept: Perhaps the trick for cooking vegetables night-in-night-out is to have a few techniques, each one that works with several vegetables. For instance ... tonight I cooked a mixture of beans, carrots and peppers but it might as easily have been fresh broccoli or cauliflower. I'll continue to test this concept and report in! FOR INSTANCE I (bacon fat saute with herbs & vinegar) Tonight, For Instance, MIXED BEAN, CARROTS & GRILLED PEPPER MEDLEY Active time: maybe 5 minutes Time to table: maybe 10 minutes Serves 4 1 tablespoon bacon fat (see ALANNA's TIPS) 16 ounces frozen vegetables (see FOR INSTANCE)