Barbara Tropp’s Recipe for a Quick Supper

Name: Barbara Tropp’s Recipe for a Quick Supper
Yield: Makes 2 Servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 plum or small tomato, cored and diced or slivered (optional); 1 tablespoon chopped parsley and/or other herbs (optional); 2½ cups cut-up fresh vegetables, such as 1 small red or yellow onion, slivered, 1 red or yellow bell pepper, slivered,; 1 large garlic clove, minced; 2 scallions, trimmed and sliced thin on a sharp diagonal; Salt and Freshly ground black pepper; 1 carrot, cut on the diagonal, 1 or 2 handfuls cut-up green beans, asparagus, or sugar snap peas, or regular peas; 3 cups cooked rice or small pasta; 2 teaspoons flavored oil; 2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional); 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Preparation info

Makes
2
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lighter, Quicker, Better

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

About

Based on the favorite home supper of old friend Barbara Tropp (Barbara and Richard knew each other in high school in New Jersey, before food was a gleam in either’s eye), here is a guide to putting together a healthy dinner in minutes. After feeding other people at her San Francisco restaurant, China Moon Café, this is what Barbara fixes for herself an

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Americas
United States
Main course
Vegetarian

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