Of Food and Drink
Nov. 18th, 2007 07:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanMy first cup of coffee in almost a week. *has bliss*
(I don't drink coffee when I'm sick. Tea heals faster, plus my taste buds don't like it then. So drinking coffee is a sure sign of recovery)
And here's an Improvisational Chef moment for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
neadods: Last post, I stated my intent to make a stir-fry. Stood in front of the stove and thought...maybe not. Too damn tired to stir or fry.
Made brown rice, as planned. Dumped a pinch of cinnamon into the liquid as it cooked, then, just before the rice was done, I added a few spoonfulls of leftover sloppy joe meat into the grain pan and left the lid on to steam it all together. Good, but not quite right. Added a handful of pignoli nuts. Perfect. And really, really easy.
Dessert was a fresh pear sliced in two and baked with candied ginger and dried apricot in the hollowed-out center. (EtA: forgot the dash of balsamic vinegar splashed on the pears before baking!) Yum. It's a little more prep-effort, but worth it.
(I don't drink coffee when I'm sick. Tea heals faster, plus my taste buds don't like it then. So drinking coffee is a sure sign of recovery)
And here's an Improvisational Chef moment for
neadods: Last post, I stated my intent to make a stir-fry. Stood in front of the stove and thought...maybe not. Too damn tired to stir or fry.Made brown rice, as planned. Dumped a pinch of cinnamon into the liquid as it cooked, then, just before the rice was done, I added a few spoonfulls of leftover sloppy joe meat into the grain pan and left the lid on to steam it all together. Good, but not quite right. Added a handful of pignoli nuts. Perfect. And really, really easy.
Dessert was a fresh pear sliced in two and baked with candied ginger and dried apricot in the hollowed-out center. (EtA: forgot the dash of balsamic vinegar splashed on the pears before baking!) Yum. It's a little more prep-effort, but worth it.
