Deb’s House Concerts

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I may be overstepping the bounds of lazy cooking when I suggest pistachio nut butter, but it really can be easy to make. It’s also one of those foods you’ll want to eat in moderation. It’s especially good on garlic triskets.

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Pistachio Nut Butter

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1/2 cup shelled pistachio nuts

Buy a bag of pistachio nuts. Pop enough out of the shell to fill a 1/2 cup measuring cup. If you don’t want to make that effort, put one in the cup for every one you eat while you’re watching TV.

Olive oil (from 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon)

Grind the nuts in your blender or food processor.

Dribble enough oil on the ground nut meats to make it into a paste.

You can decide how much oil is enough. Measure it if you like, or just dribble the olive oil onto the powdered nuts until you can see it turn into a blob. Be careful not to add too much, or you’ll have to remove the shells from more pistacios!

Spread it on your favorite crackers.

I suppose you could put it on bread, but that would require making a larger quantity, and that would be entirely too much work!

Deb’s House Concerts

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I’ve been thinking of creating this topic for some time now. I rarely cook a normal meal. I rarely prepare a variety of foods at the same time. I tend to make a lot of something and eat it over several sittings, or have something to eat and take the left-overs to work for my dinner.

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Over the years, I’ve found ways to cut corners and cook quickly while preparing foods that are actually quite tasty. Some of these foods don’t even involve cooking, they’re all about taking food out of the cabinet, refrigerator or freezer and putting it into the bowl and eating.

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Do you do the same thing? What are some of your ‘recipes’? Remember, we’re cooking for the motivationally challenged. You might call us lazy cooks, or not cooks at all. But, we still like to eat. How do we get there?

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