Fried Mango

i had half a mango left over in the fridge and decided to see what happens if you fry it. It was delicious. here's what i did:

1. i had to thin the leeks in my garden because they were growing too close, so i took out the skinny ones. they were about the thickness of my index finger. washed them and cut off the top green tough parts. left them in strands. if they were thicker, i suppose i'd cut them lengthwise into fourths.

2. cut up mango in bite sized chunks.

3. fried the leeks in olive oil on their own for a while. when they started to brown, i added the mango and fried longer (another 15 min?), until the mango began to caramelize a little. it got golden brownish on the edges. that's it. delicious.

the other part of the dish is much like the one in the previous post except with carrots instead of celery root -- potato, carrots, dandelion greens with olive oil and salt. The starchy texture and subtle taste went well with oniony leeks and sweet mango

What's In My Fridge

I am considering renaming this blog to What's In My Fridge.

Here is one dish that I recently made, loosely following a recipe found on Amy's FB video post. It basically calls for:
1. Dandelion greens that you blanch for a few minutes in boiling water, chop and add them to
2. Coarsely mashed potatoes with olive oil and salt. See the video for more details. Oh, and instead of two potatoes I used one potato and one celery root.
I had the potatoes and oil in the house and dandelion greens as weeds in my yard. You have to get the leaves before they flower. It was delicious.


Another delicious dish that was the result of me not having gone shopping in a while.
1. Cook Soba noodles according to package instructions. Rinse with cold water.
2. Saute chard in some water, soy sauce and lemon juice.
3. Steam and cut up some broccoli.
4. Mix chard and broccoli into noodles.
5. Squeeze in lemon juice, press in a couple of garlic cloves, add anything tangy like marinated mushrooms, sun dried pickled tomatoes and salmon caviar (yes, well, you probably don't have that sitting around in your fridge) into to noodles.
6. Optional: add some miso or chicken broth.
7. Mix it up and eat.