推荐年轻忙碌的家庭5种食物

推荐年轻忙碌的家庭5种食物

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

由于日程安排紧凑，工具有限，如今的晚餐更加简单快捷，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.

这些天生活真是太疯狂了。这个赛季足球又重新开始了，这意味着我们每周有四个晚上要在球场上进行疯狂的训练和比赛。(这是我的孩子们做的唯一一项有组织的运动，所以我可以忍受三个月。)再加上我自己下午晚些时候的锻炼，以及我固执地要求孩子们在7:30之前上床睡觉，晚饭时间已经变成了一个疯狂的时段。

©. 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.

更有挑战性的是，我们住在租来的房子里，而我们自己的房子却在经历重大而急需的翻修。租来的厨房备货充足，但缺少一些我经常使用的关键工具，比如量杯、食品加工机、浸泡式搅拌机、汤锅、大碗，还有我所有的烹饪书，只有一本除外。我的烹饪风格已经适应了这些限制，我们的饭菜已经变得明显更简单和更快——这并不一定是件坏事!这是我过去一周所做的。

1. Black bean quesadillas

黑豆油炸玉米粉饼

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饼，但现在我吃起了油炸玉米粉饼。它们简单多了，同样美味，令人满意。我把煮熟的豆子、切碎的红辣椒、墨西哥胡椒末、葱花、盐、孜然和一大堆碎奶酪放在碗里混合，然后舀进玉米饼里，对折(比一整个圆饼容易翻动)。我丈夫开始往锅里加入黄油，这可能不是正宗的做法，但它增加了锅外的酥脆感。我们配上腌墨西哥胡椒片和酸奶油。孩子们总是吃不够。

2. Tempeh noodle stirfry

豆豉炒面条

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.

家里没有人特别喜欢吃豆豉，但在炒菜时，它的抵抗力最小。我用手边的任何东西——本周的青椒、西葫芦、西兰花、红洋葱——而且总是分开烹饪，以保持它们脆嫩。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、熟炒面和几匙豆豉蒜酱。我会配上烤花生、豆芽、Sriracha和切碎的新鲜罗勒(如果我有的话)。

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

3. Saag paneer with rice

印度奶酪配米饭

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.

印度奶酪是一种坚硬的奶酪，类似于豆腐，可以用多种方式使用。我用了一个非常简单的食谱(不是我通常最喜欢的食谱，因为我的烹饪书都打包好了)，包括蒸和混合绿色蔬菜，然后混合棕色的奶酪和香料，煮几分钟。味道不错，但不像我喜欢的那样可口。我在吃的时候加了很多芒果和酸橙泡菜来增加一些刺激。