I have decided that from now on Wednesdays will be my fun recipe day. Well I chose Wednesday to brake up the week but Fridays work too. Beside writing, cooking is my favourite pastime. So last Wednesday I made a prime rib roast baked in red wine (cheap stuff) with some onion, garlic and Applewood cheese. Now I think I was suppose to make a red wine reduction, but instead it came out as a red wine liquidy (is that a word?) sauce. I wasn’t that impressed but it was great over my roasted potatoes. Anything is good over potatoes.
Friday I went to my mothers house and hosted a dinner party. I always brag of my cooking skills so the deal was she buys the ingredients and I cook. It was soon to be my famous Jambalaya, but as all the ingredients simmered in the pan my rice, which I always make separate in the rice cooker, had gone soggy! Ugh. The salad was spinach leaves, dried cranberries, sun flower seeds, fresh black berries, finally balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Which was a big hit. My mom added some garlic/jalapeno French loaf and dinner was complete. Everything tasted great but the texture of the rice ruined the dinner in my opinion. My humble dinner party disagreed, how kind.
Two unimpressive meals in two weeks, its funny when you just throw dinner together all usually goes well and there are no complaints. And I’m not talking about children because they always have complaints. But I when I go out and buy the fresh ingredients and put out the effort isn’t funny how that’s when I fail. That’s ok I won’t give up. Next week I’m thinking maybe something totally new like a crab bisque? But I’ll get some inspiration off the cooking channel first.
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