Cooking
Due to some issues Thursday, we postponed our weekly grocery shopping trip and went out Friday.
Friday was also the day Alex decided he did not, in fact, need to sleep during nap time.
We didn't get started until around six, and had three stores to get to. Alex was cranky (by his standards) almost from the beginning. I knew it was going to be a long night.
Kroger, Earth Fare and Super Target runs finished, we came home with the intent of feeding Alex and getting him to bed as soon as possible. Even that took some effort...the poor little guy was just so tired, all he could do was be contrary.
By this time, Matt and I are were both tired and starving, and I was most certainly on my last nerve. Finally, Matt got Alex off to bed, and I worked on dinner.
Thank goodness for Rachel Ray and her 30 Minute Meals!
Quickly prepared, and just what we needed;
Hazelnut Crusted Chicken with Gorgonzola Sauce.
Chicken (and Veat, of course), coated in a flour, poultry seasoning and garlic powder mixture, then dipped in egg and pushed into chopped hazelnuts; fried in a skillet with olive oil for two minutes each side, and finished in the oven.
Top with a sauce of Gorgonzola, milk and sage.
Reheated potatoes from our Lamb Wellingtons, and a salad of arugula, avocado and hazelnuts, and we have dinner!
Tasty...nice crunchy (the way nuts are crunchy, not bread or other coatings) hazelnut layer, good flavor from the floured seasoning. The sauce was nice, but ours was a bit runny: it calls for whole milk, we use skim. I think it made a difference.
But, it was a good dish. It came together fast, and was full of flavor and filling. Another keeper.
- Wonton Noodles With Chicken & Thai Peanut Sauce
Oh hey...look! Another Asian noodle dish. What are the odds... This is a recipe that called for spaghetti (heck, it's in the name), but I have issues with thin pastas so we opted to use a wonton noodle instead. Turns out, it wouldn't have mattered....
- Cobb-ish Salad
Last week, I decided to read over a few of my Amazon.com blog posts...something I don'd do nearly enough. I'm glad I did, because among the toy talk and techno-babble were posts from Jasper Fforde (won't be long now!) and a mention of a NYT...
- No Rest For The Wicked
And Matt and I are, apparently, very wicked. We had friends over for dinner...scheduled for Saturday night, rescheduled for Sunday. Seven of us (including Alex), and lots and lots of food. Matt and I spent most of Friday night, a small chunk of Saturday...
- Thanks, Ina
Matt worked late Tuesday night (big computer stuff, much too technical for me to pay attention to), and I was busy doing a dozen different things all afternoon and into early evening. Still, I wanted to have dinner for him, whenever he got home, so I...
- Fancy-pants Dinner
I was in the mood for a slightly more gourmet dinner...something special. While browsing through recipes a few weeks ago, I came across Emeril Lagasse's Emerilized Lamb Wellingtons...that's it! First...yuck. I trimmed and sliced and handled the...
Cooking
Maybe not 30 minutes, but close!
Due to some issues Thursday, we postponed our weekly grocery shopping trip and went out Friday.
Friday was also the day Alex decided he did not, in fact, need to sleep during nap time.
We didn't get started until around six, and had three stores to get to. Alex was cranky (by his standards) almost from the beginning. I knew it was going to be a long night.
Kroger, Earth Fare and Super Target runs finished, we came home with the intent of feeding Alex and getting him to bed as soon as possible. Even that took some effort...the poor little guy was just so tired, all he could do was be contrary.
By this time, Matt and I are were both tired and starving, and I was most certainly on my last nerve. Finally, Matt got Alex off to bed, and I worked on dinner.
Thank goodness for Rachel Ray and her 30 Minute Meals!
Quickly prepared, and just what we needed;
Hazelnut Crusted Chicken with Gorgonzola Sauce.
Chicken (and Veat, of course), coated in a flour, poultry seasoning and garlic powder mixture, then dipped in egg and pushed into chopped hazelnuts; fried in a skillet with olive oil for two minutes each side, and finished in the oven.
Top with a sauce of Gorgonzola, milk and sage.
Reheated potatoes from our Lamb Wellingtons, and a salad of arugula, avocado and hazelnuts, and we have dinner!
Tasty...nice crunchy (the way nuts are crunchy, not bread or other coatings) hazelnut layer, good flavor from the floured seasoning. The sauce was nice, but ours was a bit runny: it calls for whole milk, we use skim. I think it made a difference.
But, it was a good dish. It came together fast, and was full of flavor and filling. Another keeper.
- Wonton Noodles With Chicken & Thai Peanut Sauce
Oh hey...look! Another Asian noodle dish. What are the odds... This is a recipe that called for spaghetti (heck, it's in the name), but I have issues with thin pastas so we opted to use a wonton noodle instead. Turns out, it wouldn't have mattered....
- Cobb-ish Salad
Last week, I decided to read over a few of my Amazon.com blog posts...something I don'd do nearly enough. I'm glad I did, because among the toy talk and techno-babble were posts from Jasper Fforde (won't be long now!) and a mention of a NYT...
- No Rest For The Wicked
And Matt and I are, apparently, very wicked. We had friends over for dinner...scheduled for Saturday night, rescheduled for Sunday. Seven of us (including Alex), and lots and lots of food. Matt and I spent most of Friday night, a small chunk of Saturday...
- Thanks, Ina
Matt worked late Tuesday night (big computer stuff, much too technical for me to pay attention to), and I was busy doing a dozen different things all afternoon and into early evening. Still, I wanted to have dinner for him, whenever he got home, so I...
- Fancy-pants Dinner
I was in the mood for a slightly more gourmet dinner...something special. While browsing through recipes a few weeks ago, I came across Emeril Lagasse's Emerilized Lamb Wellingtons...that's it! First...yuck. I trimmed and sliced and handled the...