Although I haven’t felt like cooking, I have stayed true to my post from last week and I have tried out two new recipes so far this week. Sunday night we enjoyed lemon garlic shrimp fettucine, and last night I followed a recipe for salmon cakes that I paired with grits and eggs. Yes, these are fairly simple dishes to whip up, but with my failure to properly follow cooking directions I figured I should probably start off easy if I wanted to stay the course of this challenge. As simple as these dishes are please believe I found a way to screw them up in some way or another.
Sunday: The prep time listed was 10 minutes, it took me 30. The major lesson I learned…READING IS FUNDAMENTAL. I added too much cornstarch (confused tsp with tbs) and the sauce was way too thick so I had to start over. Second time around I realized that I bought the big carton of chicken stock when it only asked for a can. Well how am I supposed to know how much 14.5 oz is…genius, I’ll measure it with the baby’s bottle..gotta be quick on your feet! So I dodge that mishap and the dish actually comes out okay, just a little bland I give it a B-.
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Monday: I actually managed to complete this one in record time. I have prepared salmon cakes before, so I had an idea of how to do it, however this recipe called for chopped bell pepper, onion and potato. Outside of the time it took to do the chopping the execution went well. I had to add a little water to the grits, I either cooked them too fast or didn’t have enough water in them, but I fixed that, and dinner turned out an A+. The Mr. gave props on this one.
Tomorrow, I am going to attempt a banana pudding from scratch,..separated egg whites,etc.. I’ll be sure to take photos, this one should be good!!
Do you have a recipe mishap you care to share!!
