I have not been able to venture far out into the world of culinary experiments lately. In an effort to avoid eating vodka and fried chicken 7 nights a week, I've tried to stick with things that were easy to cook, and didn't require lots of preparation.
Southside was selling 10 pound bags of potatoes for $0.99. How could you not buy that? What else can you buy 10 pounds of for less than a dollar (excluding tax) (unless you live in a sales tax free zone) (or you steal it, which is not advocated by this blog at all so don't even go there) I had visions of hash browns (I SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!), creamless thick soups, and other potato things that aren't worth listing. Just google on your own time.
But all I've really gotten around to doing was this:
Chicken and potatoes with roasted cream sauce. It was pretty good. For chicken and potatoes.
Also, that night involved a turtle and a flip flop. As a creativity exercise, create a caption for this picture.
I cut up enough chicken that night in order to not have to do it again the next night. I had a mad hankering for some silver noodles, so I browned the chicken, cooked silver noodles, stir fried some veggies, and mixed in some teriyaki sauce. FREAKING delicious.
I also cooked for my under-the-weather coworker again, with the help of another coworker. I think I'm ready for iron chef. All those years of being a bossy oldest child have really honed my skills of telling people what to do.
We went to Fresh Market and picked out some veggies that looked good. Beets, green beans, mushrooms, squash, and bell peppers all made the cut.
They were roasted up with some herbs and olive oil and they were perfect.
For the main dish, we made a meatloaf...with a secret. It was also full of vegetables. I processed garlic, onions, celery, green onions, bell peppers, squash, and zucchini and squeezed all of the water out of them. They met up and had a party with some lean ground sirloin, eggs, and milk-soaked saltines. The phrase "milk-soaked", while completely accurate, is also completely revolting. A thousand apologies.
Back to the task at hand...Meatloaf. Now that I have milk-soaked on the brain, I can't describe the meatloaf without gagging. I can tell you that it was deceptively delicious. You really couldn't tell that it was full of vegetables. These other words may or may not apply:
Moist
Purple
Juicy
Flavorful
Skeeter
There, I was able to get the message out without feeling as though I were writing an adult novel or a grindhouse script. We need a distraction.....Oh look! Below is a picture!
So Beautiful!
To finish off the past few weeks, we just recently celebrated a lovely Father's Day. My family came over to my condo and we grilled steaks that were served with a drizzled garlic butter and to accompany it, asparagus risotto and caprese salad. My Mom is a bit obsessed with risotto now. I'm not going to complain. It was really easy to make and completely sinful to eat.
My Daddy left me with a bit of steak for the week, so last night I low-carbed it and made a salad.
And then I ate two cookies. oops.
Ciao!
