Nana told me that after she changed her hairdo from a French twist to this short, 70′s permed ‘do, one of her friends called her ‘The albino Aunt Jemima’. This hairdo was all the rage for ‘women of a certain age’ in the late 70′s and early 80′s. I guess they had finally had it with going to the beauty parlor weekly and wrapping their hairdo in toilet paper before going to bed. I guess that would be kind of a pain in the ass. I’m not sure I would or could rock the poodle hair though.
Man, am I tired of sweets and rich food. Time to get back to the simpler things in life. I pulled out a side dish recipe–one with actual fruits and vegetables, and very little else. Just what the Dr. ordered. And, I always have carrots and apples in the fridge so that was a plus.
I deviated very slightly from Nana. I used a small shallot in the recipe where Nana calls for none. I think I would also use less butter, and did liberally salt and pepper everything.
Nana has you use 2 pans to do this–I say just use one. Who want to wash the extra pan? Not me, and surely not the kid who will really do the dishes. So, the first step is to put the carrots into a saute pan, add water to come about halfway up the vegetables, and a liberal few pinches of salt. Bring to a boil and let cook until crisp-tender, 5 minutes or so. Drain any excess liquid and put them on a plate.
Add butter and shallot, let cook a couple of minutes, then add the chopped apple. Saute until the apple is tender.
Return the carrots to the pan.
Squeeze in about 3 Tbsp of lemon juice.
Toss together, and add a small handful of chopped parsley. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
That’s all. Really. Simple, but nice with that unexpected kick of apple. I like it. In fact, this is one you could save for your next Thanksgiving.
You don’t have to use the shallot if you don’t wanna.
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