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I blame it on bettie. And Iago.
For those of you not in the know, these are the user names of two of my favourite posters on the Watcher's Diary forum, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer forum that I have been known to frequent from time to time. [wink]
bettie also has a terrific blog and has started to post some seriously delectable recipes. Iago recently requested cookbook suggestions for his dad who is having to take over the food preparation in his household. Both got me thinking; I haven't been cooking nearly enough lately. That's not to say I don't cook; I cook every single night (well, except for take-out nights), but lately my efforts have been largely pinned to defrosting some chicken breasts and steaming some frozen veggies. I blame some of it on sheer exhaustion...at the end of the day, cooking needs to be fast and easy. But, I have plenty of recipes that are fast and easy, I just haven't been arsed to pull them out.
This started to change last weekend. Grant and I had some new friends over and I wanted to make a good impression, culinary-wise. I made Chicken Marsala, steamed asparagus and red bell peppers with balsamic vinegar and my famous spinach salad. The feedback was very satisfying, as was the meal!
Last night I made Curry Tomato Beef, instead of just throwing some chicken, vegetables and black bean sauce in the wok. Again, a tasty meal and Grant's comments were most gratifying. I am inspired. Tonight I am making Chicken Pie with Bisquit Topping and tomorrow night it will be Deborah Madison's Potato, Leek and Mushroom Soup.
Fear me.
On another note, I not only cooked, I also managed to mark the rest of the essays I have been putting off for ages: 50 concept maps on early exploration and colonization in Canada and a history quiz. That only leaves a visual collage and written reflection on the themes in a short story, a novel study and research questions and posters about the fur trade left to do. All for 50 students. Before Friday.
Teachers work too hard. Yes, they do. But in the immortal words of Comden and Green, "I Can Cook, Too!"
For those of you not in the know, these are the user names of two of my favourite posters on the Watcher's Diary forum, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer forum that I have been known to frequent from time to time. [wink]
bettie also has a terrific blog and has started to post some seriously delectable recipes. Iago recently requested cookbook suggestions for his dad who is having to take over the food preparation in his household. Both got me thinking; I haven't been cooking nearly enough lately. That's not to say I don't cook; I cook every single night (well, except for take-out nights), but lately my efforts have been largely pinned to defrosting some chicken breasts and steaming some frozen veggies. I blame some of it on sheer exhaustion...at the end of the day, cooking needs to be fast and easy. But, I have plenty of recipes that are fast and easy, I just haven't been arsed to pull them out.
This started to change last weekend. Grant and I had some new friends over and I wanted to make a good impression, culinary-wise. I made Chicken Marsala, steamed asparagus and red bell peppers with balsamic vinegar and my famous spinach salad. The feedback was very satisfying, as was the meal!
Last night I made Curry Tomato Beef, instead of just throwing some chicken, vegetables and black bean sauce in the wok. Again, a tasty meal and Grant's comments were most gratifying. I am inspired. Tonight I am making Chicken Pie with Bisquit Topping and tomorrow night it will be Deborah Madison's Potato, Leek and Mushroom Soup.
Fear me.
On another note, I not only cooked, I also managed to mark the rest of the essays I have been putting off for ages: 50 concept maps on early exploration and colonization in Canada and a history quiz. That only leaves a visual collage and written reflection on the themes in a short story, a novel study and research questions and posters about the fur trade left to do. All for 50 students. Before Friday.
Teachers work too hard. Yes, they do. But in the immortal words of Comden and Green, "I Can Cook, Too!"
posted by allison | 1:09 PM
1 Comments:
Can you email me the recipe for Potato, Leek and Mushroom Soup? Of course, I can't stand most mushrooms, so I hope it will work as potato-leek soup.
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