a pleasant morning

[KeilCoppes]

After a grueling two weeks of work, with 11 and 12 hour days, it's a day off starting a long weekend. After sleeping in until I couldn't sleep anymore, though still being tired, I woke...

And then it's an opportunity to actually have a hot meal with real food.

This was my mid-morning - Let's see, what's in the refrigerator? 1 Potato, 1 roma tomato, 1 small zucchini, eggs, cheese....

Start with a pan at about 360, add a bit of extra virgin olive oil, add minced garlic... consider. Add some fresh grated romano cheese and a bit of milk. Let simmer. Go over to the counter and cube potatoes and tomatoes. Slice the zucchini lengthwise into short rectangular peices. Add a bit of tarragon to the simmering mixture. Consider. Add some turkey broth starter and some water to start making a seasoned turkey gravy. Add a little salt. Add the vegetables. Cover and cook until the vegetables soften to only firm. Breathe in the smell of herbs and gravy. Start a second pan greased with butter with the tiniest bit of tarragon and fry a couple of eggs in it.

Serve the vegetables with gravy onto a plate, top with the eggs and grate fresh romano over them. Excellent!

It was really good - one of the few blessings of having the time to cook, which isn't often.

 

[fieldmouse3]

Cooking IS time consuming....but worth it!

 

[KeilCoppes]

MMMM - I don't know that I'd want to do it every day, but on a day off I really enjoy it from time to time. The best part is when you start to know the ingredients and flavors and can imagine what something will be like - and then you try it....

 

[TriptychR]

Heh, cool! The only cooking utensil I have in my dorm is a microwave, and that's on the ground floor! They won't even let us have them in our rooms.

 

[gsmithcat]

Wow! You're an amazing cook.

Here's my morning:

Pour cereal into bowl... consider. Add soy milk.

 

[caitlincares]

Keil,

Glad your week is over and you are enjoying your long weekend early.

That is cruel. You still have not invited us over.
wvmtnkid can you swing the bus by Keil's for food.

 

[bubblegirl23]

Quick food is good too.

One egg
chopped onion
1\2 tin salmon

Put in microwave safe tupeware - cook for 1-2minutes

tada! One perfectly square salmon omelette!


Chicken soup:
Chicken pieces
1pk chicken 2min noodles (without sachet)
1-3tablesppons chicken cooking sauce

 

[JPPT1974]

Thanks the recipes should come in handy and help us who don't want to take all day to bake and cook.

 

[KeilCoppes]

Wow! You're an amazing cook.

Thanks, but you're giving me far too much credit! If the bus came by it might be omelettes (perhaps with some creative additions), but much more likely it would be patty melts (grilled cheese sandwiches) and tomato soup
(ok, after the last experiment it'd probably be patty melts with perschutto ham, and the toast enhanced a bit with garlic and tarragon, and I just learned to add minced garlic and herbs to the soup.... :^) )

 

[seangoh]

oh my i can smell your dish from here..lol

 

[KeilCoppes]

Garlic, tarragon, onion, and thyme => God's answer to bland food (and vampires)

As an FYI, I did actually succeed making bread-maker bread from a web recipe. I used olive oil rather than vegetable oil, though, so it remains to be seen what should be done with it... maybe bruschetta? I may still have a tomato in the 'frig. I know I definitely have fresh romano cheese there. :^)

 

[KeilCoppes]

(negative on the tomato... bruschetta will have to wait - I only make the kind with tomatoes so far)

ps - great wisdom from a waitress at Texas Roadhouse - to mix chocolate milk from chocolate syrup and milk it takes just 32 strokes - 16 in one direction and 16 in the other. Oddly enough, it works. :^)