What's for dinner?
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Last night, I had a cookie. Granted, it was a home made chocolate chip cookie with ginger and cinnamon-- and that constitutes a full meal in an of itself, right? And, it was a BIG cookie, so....
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I had a hickory smoked tuna pouch with some doritos. I haven't been feeling good today so I didn't want to over do it.
Last night, I made Butter Chicken, crockpot style. As usual, it was super yummy, and I only had to wait for the rice to cook when I got home.
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I had some spaghetti and meatballs, it was mid. While it wasn't the worst spaghetti I've had I didn't care for it too much.
I tried my hand at making Chicken Marsala last night. It turned out pretty good!
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I had some Shin Black Ramyun for dinner. This is my favorite instant ramen.
Today was a long cooking day that came together in no time at all.
I began at 05:00, after soaking some black beans over night, I pressure cooked them in my Instant Pot for 45 minutes. Then I drained the beans, set them on the counter to cool, and put a single boneless chicken breast in my Instant Pot, along with 1/2 cup of water, some salt, paprika, cumin, coriander, and chili powder. Added a pinch of avocado oil too. Put the beans in the fridge. Slow cooked that for nine and a half hours. Went to work.
Get home from work, and I diced up some red onion, seeded and diced a jalapeno, sliced some cherry tomatoes, and mashed up two avocados, combined the juice from half a lemon, salt and pepper. Made Guacamole.
While I was doing that, I had removed the chicken from the Instant Pot and put it inside a regular pot on the stove. Added the black beans from this morning. Added the "stock" from the Instant Pot. Simmered that with the diced jalapeno, red onion, and juice from half a lemon (yup, total, I used an entire lemon). Simmered that for about 15 minutes as my rice cooked.
Took two huge bowls from the cabinet, and put about four or five wooden spoons worth of rice on the bottom of each bowl. Then split the chicken mixture, added about four diced cherry tomatoes, a couple hand fulls of cheese, half the guacamole, and tossed it. Then added a bout three tablespoons of ranch dressing.
Let me tell you..... These Burrito Bowls were DA BOMB DIGGITY! And now I've got lunch for tomorrow too.
I began at 05:00, after soaking some black beans over night, I pressure cooked them in my Instant Pot for 45 minutes. Then I drained the beans, set them on the counter to cool, and put a single boneless chicken breast in my Instant Pot, along with 1/2 cup of water, some salt, paprika, cumin, coriander, and chili powder. Added a pinch of avocado oil too. Put the beans in the fridge. Slow cooked that for nine and a half hours. Went to work.
Get home from work, and I diced up some red onion, seeded and diced a jalapeno, sliced some cherry tomatoes, and mashed up two avocados, combined the juice from half a lemon, salt and pepper. Made Guacamole.
While I was doing that, I had removed the chicken from the Instant Pot and put it inside a regular pot on the stove. Added the black beans from this morning. Added the "stock" from the Instant Pot. Simmered that with the diced jalapeno, red onion, and juice from half a lemon (yup, total, I used an entire lemon). Simmered that for about 15 minutes as my rice cooked.
Took two huge bowls from the cabinet, and put about four or five wooden spoons worth of rice on the bottom of each bowl. Then split the chicken mixture, added about four diced cherry tomatoes, a couple hand fulls of cheese, half the guacamole, and tossed it. Then added a bout three tablespoons of ranch dressing.
Let me tell you..... These Burrito Bowls were DA BOMB DIGGITY! And now I've got lunch for tomorrow too.
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I had a ramen bowl, my favorite Black Shien Ramyun!
Tonight was a lean night. Hotdogs... but I did fry up some pickled red onion and some added some Washyersister Sauce...
I figured out how to make my own tortillas the other night. I bought a press, and I've tried both flour and corn varieties. The corn worked much better than the flour tortillas-- but, one thing I discovered via research is that you need to add a type of FAT to the dough (which is nothing more than the flour, water and a pinch of salt). Whether that fat is oil (or I'm going to try adding some butter next time)... because it's the fat that allows the tortillas to be rolled!
Anyway. Fresh off the pan, these things are AMAZING. However, after a day in the fridge as leftovers.... not so much.
Homemade Tortillas:
2 cups of flour (or masa)
3/4 cup water
3 tbsp oil
pinch of salt
Combine all the ingredients into a bowl and mix with your hands until the consistency is like Play-doh. Allow to rest for ten minutes. Then cut apart six to eight times and form golf ball-sized balls. You can roll these with a rolling pin. 1/8-inch thickness. Or use a press. Place the ball off center, closer toward the hinge. Press down. flip the dough patty, press again. Carefully peel the dough from the press-plate and transfer into a HOT pan (you'll want around 400°F!!!) Cook for about one to two minutes, flip. Cook for another minute. Transfer to a plate, and cool for one minute before attempting to roll a burrito!! (Yeah, I burned my fingertips because I was hungry and impatient.)
Anyway. Fresh off the pan, these things are AMAZING. However, after a day in the fridge as leftovers.... not so much.
Homemade Tortillas:
2 cups of flour (or masa)
3/4 cup water
3 tbsp oil
pinch of salt
Combine all the ingredients into a bowl and mix with your hands until the consistency is like Play-doh. Allow to rest for ten minutes. Then cut apart six to eight times and form golf ball-sized balls. You can roll these with a rolling pin. 1/8-inch thickness. Or use a press. Place the ball off center, closer toward the hinge. Press down. flip the dough patty, press again. Carefully peel the dough from the press-plate and transfer into a HOT pan (you'll want around 400°F!!!) Cook for about one to two minutes, flip. Cook for another minute. Transfer to a plate, and cool for one minute before attempting to roll a burrito!! (Yeah, I burned my fingertips because I was hungry and impatient.)
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