A little bit of a different post today. Not reviewing a restaurant this time...I actually cooked this weekend! It all started with a snowstorm that delivered the biggest snow in November in 19 years! We managed to get out at the start of the snowstorm and made it to the grocery store. The roads were terrible, so we were glad to get back in the safe confines of our home.
Who doesn't remember school days when you were stuck at home on a snow day and mom would bake or make a more "extensive" meal? While my mom used to make home-made cinnamon rolls or beef and noodles, I picked a few recipes from the latest Cooks Illustrated magazine to keep me busy at home. I'll wait for her to make the cinnamon rolls and noodes sometime.
We started yesterday by baking chewy sugar cookies. They were ok, but I wouldn't make them over our family recipes going forward. They had a very metallic taste to them. Our baking powder is getting to its expiration date, maybe that was the issue? We also made roasted carrots. Those were simple but tasty. Just carrots, butter, and an oven. We paired that with a fancy Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Bake. :)
Today was the major cooking attempt. While waiting for football to start, I spent a couple of hours in the kitchen making a tasty Chicken Fricassee & Roasted Baby Red Potatoes lunch. Both recipes were pretty easy for even the experienced dining out person to navigate. The potatoes took the longest but were the easiest - just needed a 500 degree oven, baby red potatoes and olive oil - with a little salt, pepper, and thyme.
The chicken was more extensive in terms of ingredients and preparation but again...extremely doable. Chicken breasts, crimini mushrooms, onions, olive oil, butter, sour cream, egg yolk, chicken broth, garlic, white wine, nutmeg, tarragon, lemon juice. The end result was a browned chicken breast covered with a warm pan sauce with mushrooms. That paired with the roasted potatoes made for a nice comfort food meal on a snowy winter/fall day.
Now...let's hope we can get out after the football game and make it to the gym!!
Happy eating (and/or cooking)!
