推薦年輕忙碌的家庭5種食物

推薦年輕忙碌的家庭5種食物

With a packed schedule and limited tools, dinners these days are simpler and faster, but still delicious.

由于日程安排緊湊，工具有限，如今的晚餐更加簡單快捷，但仍然美味可口。

Life has been feeling pretty crazy these days. Soccer has started up again for the season, which means a frenzy of practices and games that has us on the field four nights a week. (It's the only organized sport my kids do, so I can put up with it for three months.) Combined with my own late-afternoon workouts and my stubborn insistence that the kids be in bed no later than 7:30, dinner hour has become a frantic rush.

這些天生活真是太瘋狂了。這個賽季足球又重新開始了，這意味著我們每周有四個晚上要在球場上進(jìn)行瘋狂的訓(xùn)練和比賽。(這是我的孩子們做的唯一一項(xiàng)有組織的運(yùn)動，所以我可以忍受三個月。)再加上我自己下午晚些時候的鍛煉，以及我固執(zhí)地要求孩子們在7:30之前上床睡覺，晚飯時間已經(jīng)變成了一個瘋狂的時段。

©. K Martinko – Tempeh stirfry with rice or noodles is a family staple.

Making it even more challenging is the fact that we're living in a rental house while our own home undergoes a major and badly-needed renovation. The rental kitchen is fairly well-stocked, but it's missing some key tools that I typically use on a regular basis, like measuring cups, a food processor, an immersion blender, a stockpot, a big mixing bowl, and all my cookbooks except one. My cooking style has adjusted to these limitations and our meals have become noticeably simpler and faster – not necessarily a bad thing! Here's what I've made in the past week.

更有挑戰(zhàn)性的是，我們住在租來的房子里，而我們自己的房子卻在經(jīng)歷重大而急需的翻修。租來的廚房備貨充足，但缺少一些我經(jīng)常使用的關(guān)鍵工具，比如量杯、食品加工機(jī)、浸泡式攪拌機(jī)、湯鍋、大碗，還有我所有的烹飪書，只有一本除外。我的烹飪風(fēng)格已經(jīng)適應(yīng)了這些限制，我們的飯菜已經(jīng)變得明顯更簡單和更快——這并不一定是件壞事!這是我過去一周所做的。

1. Black bean quesadillas

黑豆油炸玉米粉餅

I used to make burritos every week, but now I'm on a quesadilla kick. They're so much easier and just as delicious and satisfying. I mix cooked beans, chopped red pepper, minced jalapeño, scallions, salt, cumin, and a generous pile of shredded cheese in a bowl, then scoop filling into the tortilla and fold in half (much easier to flip than a full round). My husband started adding butter to the pan, which is probably not authentic, but it adds wonderful crispiness to the outside. We serve with pickled jalapeño slices and sour cream. The kids can't get enough.

我以前每周都做墨西哥卷餅，但現(xiàn)在我吃起了油炸玉米粉餅。它們簡單多了，同樣美味，令人滿意。我把煮熟的豆子、切碎的紅辣椒、墨西哥胡椒末、蔥花、鹽、孜然和一大堆碎奶酪放在碗里混合，然后舀進(jìn)玉米餅里，對折(比一整個圓餅容易翻動)。我丈夫開始往鍋里加入黃油，這可能不是正宗的做法，但它增加了鍋外的酥脆感。我們配上腌墨西哥胡椒片和酸奶油。孩子們總是吃不夠。

2. Tempeh noodle stirfry

豆豉炒面條

No one in the family is terribly keen on tempeh, but it goes down with the least amount of resistance when it's in a stirfry. I use whatever's on hand – bell peppers, zucchini, broccoli, red onions this week – and always cook the vegetables separately to keep them crispy-tender. I brown the tempeh and a generous handful of minced ginger and garlic, then add the cooked vegetables, cooked chow mein noodles, and a few spoonfuls of black bean garlic sauce. I serve with roasted peanuts, sprouts, Sriracha, and shredded fresh basil if I have any.

家里沒有人特別喜歡吃豆豉，但在炒菜時，它的抵抗力最小。我用手邊的任何東西——本周的青椒、西葫蘆、西蘭花、紅洋蔥——而且總是分開烹飪，以保持它們脆嫩。我把豆豉炒成棕色，加入一大把姜末和蒜末，然后加入熟蔬菜、熟炒面和幾匙豆豉蒜醬。我會配上烤花生、豆芽、Sriracha和切碎的新鮮羅勒(如果我有的話)。

© K Martinko – Eating my saag paneer while watching soccer practice

3. Saag paneer with rice

印度奶酪配米飯

Paneer is a firm Indian cheese, similar to tofu, that can used in a variety of ways. I used a very simple recipe (not my usual favorite, as my cookbooks are packed away) that involved steaming and blending the greens, then mixing with the browned cheese and spices, and cooking for a few minutes. It was good, but not as flavorful as I like. I ate it with lots of mango and lime pickles to add some kick.

印度奶酪是一種堅(jiān)硬的奶酪，類似于豆腐，可以用多種方式使用。我用了一個非常簡單的食譜(不是我通常最喜歡的食譜，因?yàn)槲业呐腼儠即虬昧?，包括蒸和混合綠色蔬菜，然后混合棕色的奶酪和香料，煮幾分鐘。味道不錯，但不像我喜歡的那樣可口。我在吃的時候加了很多芒果和酸橙泡菜來增加一些刺激。