I mentioned a couple of weeks ago how happy I am to be back in the kitchen, cooking. It’s been ages since I posted any new recipes, but this week saw plenty of successes. Some of the highlights …
Oven fries, braised broccoli, scrambled eggs.
Last weekend, when I braised some broccoli to go with my takeout Thai food, well, that was sort of a happy accident. My steamer basket was in the dishwasher and I hate cleaning it by hand, so I decided to try something new. But it needed to be quick – I was hungry. I loved it! Anyways, the second go-around wasn’t quite as successful, but still pretty good.
But the potatoes were amazing … we ended up having them again Wednesday and Thursday.
My proudest moment in the kitchen, though, was a flank steak. I’m often guilty of making all the vegetables for our meal and leaving the meat for Joel to cook. But this time, I did it all myself, from the marinating to grilling to slicing. I let Joel help me eat it, though, with some fajita veggies and covered with guacamole and pico de gallo. I had corn tortillas, he had flour.
And a couple of work lunches …
Cobb salad
Mixed greens with half a chicken breast, a couple of tomatoes, a handful of green olives, two strips of bacon, a hardboiled egg, and half an avocado. I chopped everything up and drenched it with Annie’s balsamic vinaigrette.
A couple of weeks ago, I fessed up to my chicken salad wrap obsession. Well, my friends, it is still going strong. I do try to make it a little different every week, and this week’s salad was my best yet. Please click here for the recipe. It’s apple-pecan chicken salad and it’s mayo-free (I’m not a fan).
What was your latest kitchen creation?
I love how you kept the broccoli in one huge floret. And how did you braise it? I could use a new method to cook brocc.
Katie – to braise the broccoli, I sautéed in butter for a couple of minutes, then poured about 1/2″ of water into the pan, covered it, and let it steam for about ten minutes. Easy!
They all sounds SO delish (apart from the brown rice tortilla about which I have my doubts 🙂 ). And I LOOOOVE braised vegetables – braised cabbage and sprouts are amongst my fave. I need to try with broccoli. And also try those wedges! Yum! My current obsessions are seaweed salad and (as of this morning) Ive sort of rediscovered bacon sarnies. But Im aiming to keep that under control!
I’m looking forward to trying your potato wedge recipe!
I love seeing/reading about your eats – they are totally inspirational to me, since it’s SO rare that everything I’m seeing is something GF that I can eat! Love it!