A Pregnant Lady Tells You What to Make for Dinner

If you don't really use leeks that much, you should. If you put them in a dutch oven or saucepan with a little butter and olive oil and cover them until they are soft, you have yourself something very nice indeed. I feel like I may have been overlooking leeks all this time. No more. Now I will buy them without even having anything in mind for them and still manage to use them up before they go bad. Nothing I have made with leeks has ever been less than delicious.

The other night I did the following: I halved and chopped two leeks (be sure to run them under water after halving them, they tend to hide some dirt). I heated about 2 TBS of butter and the same amount of olive oil in a saucepan. I added the leeks and put the cover on.

I boiled some water for pasta. When the leeks were soft and velvety, I added them to the drained pasta and threw in a bunch of things from the fridge: cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, frozen peas, a tiny amount of heavy cream, and salt and pepper. It was ready so quickly that Bill hardly had time to change into his after work clothes.

I ate the leftovers for lunch today and they were quite satisfying for a 15 minute meal made two days ago.

You don't have to make this, but I do think you should get some leeks and try something with them--anything.

Also, I think that if you drink Swiss Miss or any powdered hot cocoa that gets mixed with hot water you should switch to making it with milk, sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla. It will improve your life considerably. You're welcome.