Sauteed Peppers and Sauteed Onions for Strategic Cooking

While you are finishing your morning coffee in the am you can prepare some sauteed vegetables for later use. This prepping will speed up your cooking during the week. In the next few posts I will show what I did with these.

Sauteed Peppers
Slice one red, one green, one yellow pepper.

Heat over medium high heat a T of olive oil in a large cast iron pan and toss in  the peppers. Mix occasionally and after it begins to soften, lower heat, cover and cook till softened. If it starts to dry drizzle in a little water and toss. Cool then place in containers in the frig for later use.

Follow the above recipe for onions. Take four medium or two large..slice thinly.. cook til golden but not burned..keep heat a bit higher than for the peppers and cook uncovered adding water if needed to keep it from sticking. Keep in frig for future use.

If I am making braised leeks I always use the greens. I clean the leeks as Julia Child instructs..you make a vertical slice through the greens down to the white, turn the leek a quarter turn and slice again..then under running water, hold the leek parallel to the floor of the sink not vertical to the running water which would press the sand further into the leek. Carefully open the slice, leaf by leaf, and sift out the sand under the water, turn and do again til all the grit is gone.
Then I cut across the leek a little into the green part near where it meets the white. What remains is the white with a small amount of green at the end and the green.

Simply cut the green into pieces and saute as you did the peppers and onions.

I can use this in soups or as a part of something else. I used the leek greens in egg white omelettes as a quick filling. With the rest of the leek I made braised leeks.

Store each sauteed vegetable for use later on in covered containers in the refrigerator.

nutritional content of peppers:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2537/2

nutritional content of onions:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2502/2

nutrional content of leeks:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2471/2