A cookbook!!!! From Mimmsical Tammy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!! *very big hug to Mimmsical Tammy*)
It's called Healthy Cooking for Two, and it is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I must warn you that some scary things have started happening to me since I opened that book and began reading.
First of all.... I started to read a list of "should have" spices & ingredients... and since I couldn't find mine to tell if I had them or not... i began organizing a cabinet!
Including the spices! I organized them in alphabettical order on the bottom, and wierd spice mixes (cajun spice, italian seasoning, etc) on the top shelf...
And then, while I was at it, I cleaned and organized my refrigerator!!!!
Then I started reading a little more, and remembered that I had just bought some chicken breasts... and look! Here was a recipe for chicken stock! I could make that! So I did....
And while I was at it, I made a cream of cauliflaur/brocoli/mushroom soup! Quite tasty... (after i thickened it) I'm eating that now!
Then, since I was already slicing and dicing veggies, I decided to get us some salad ingredients prepped and in little baggies for us to take to work!
For James, he choose a bag of Classic Romaine lettuce, and then I bagged up some cherry tomatos, sliced radishes, chopped celery, and mushroom slices.
And for myself, I choose Field Greens, my absolute FAVORITE salad mix!I sliced some carrots, radishes, & mushrooms, and chopped some celery for me... all ready for us to take to work this week! YUM!
Then, since I had one chicken breast leftover, I marinaded it in some Romano Basil Vinagrette while I diced some potatoes.... and then threw them all in a baking pan together, and baked them for an hour... very yummy after I added salt and pepper!
We even made a little menu plan for the week...
Monday: James - Baked Beef Steaks
Tuesday: Jana - Unstuffed Cabbage
Wednesday: Jana - Batchelor's Prize Chicken
Thursday: Jana - Carolina Casserole
Friday: James - Poor Man's Steak
Mmmm... tasty!
5 comments:
Oh yay! I'm glad it arrived and that you like it! :) Looks like it inspired you quite a lot!!
I'm posting (as we speak) a recipe (of sorts) that you guys might like too! :)
Well, I've been away a while - look at all that's gone on, and yet here you are making lovely dinners and clean cabinets and everything...and how funny is it that another Tammy sent you a cookbook! I ran over to her site and enjoyed it, esp the music she has up.
Hope all is back to normal for you.
wow your getting very domesticated
well done Jana
jen
you are making me tired with all you have done - and hungry - please go to my blog - there is a surprise there for you
http://jibaro6543.blogspot.com/2008/01/pink-5-petal-flower-and-award.html
Peace--Ellie
I have tried organizing my spices and usually they stay in pretty good order, however, if hubby is cooking, forget, organization down the tube! Hey! I can't complain though, I didn't have to cook!
Yep, it sounds like you have become domesticated! How does it feel?
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