Well my good and/or edible dinner streak finally ended last night. It lasted 6 1/2 months (plus if you count all the pre-marriage dinners I made..) so I guess I was due for a little bad luck in the kitchen. Can I just say that I feel like everything I have touched lately has broken, spilled, or made a mess? Maybe I should just stop touching anything in our home until I get over this unlucky spell.
A recap of the disaster that was last night:
I had been busy working on school work all day. I knew our leftovers were finished off the night before so I needed to make something for dinner. It was nearing 5 o'clock and I usually like to have something started by then so Justin and I can eat soon after he gets home from work. Well that wasn't happening because of the assignments I was trying to finish. So Justin gets home around 5:30 and I'm still working, 6 o'clock rolls around and I decide I should probably try to whip something up for dinner. Usually I have veggies, chicken, rice etc to make a good meal but not last night. When I went grocery shopping Monday I apparently got all the essentials and left out all the extras needed to make a recipe. So after looking aimlessly around my kitchen I decided we could have green beans, baked potatoes and chicken marinated in a marinade I got off the Worcestershire sauce (worcestershire sauce + balsamic vinegar + lemon juice + salt)-sounds not half bad right? Well the chicken didn't get a long time in the marinade before it got put on the grill (George Foreman grill that is). Justin was keeping an eye on the chicken while I was trying to cook the potatoes in the microwave. I also had the green beans in a skillet, sauteing with eevo and garlic (these were the only things that turned out edible). After microwaving the potatoes several times on several sides, the suckers were still not getting very soft on the inside. BUT the chicken was already getting burned (I think George needs to create a grill that has controllable temperatures, and if he already has then I need to get one because this one burns everything!). In a last attempt to salvage the potatoes, I pulled out the semi-cooked insides and plopped them in a bowl, adding sour cream, butter, garlic and salt to make mashed potatoes. Lesson learned: nothing can be made from semi-cooked potatoes. A sample taste of the chicken proved that it was pretty bland. At this point Justin and I looked at each other and said 'where do you want to go eat'?
I feel like a failure! Anyone who reads this, any advice? I don't have tons of time to make dinners at night...any quick dinner suggestions? How do you quickly cook your potatoes??
And to my husband, I am sorry I did not feel your stomach full of good home cooking last night. Let's hope my unlucky spell with anything I touch ends soon....
5 comments:
Don't be so hard on yourself! I did much worse when Brandon and I were first married. Meals that can be made in 15 minutes: tomato soup with grilled cheese & tuna sandwiches, spaghetti, Mac 'n Cheese & hot dogs (not healthy, I know, but add a veggie), and I always keep a box of Hamburger or Tuna Helper on hand! Or have breakfast for dinner. Muffins & eggs with veggies in them are a fav of my family! When all else fails, out to eat (usually a $5 pizza for us) is a life-saver! Tell Justin to buck up. When you're stressed with lots of assignments he should offer to bring dinner home for you! (fyi for anyone else reading this, I can say that because he's my brother!)
Ha ha you are so funny! I bet it really wasn't that bad. You are a good cook! I'm trying to think of things I cook quickly...You can make chicken puffs: Get crescent rolls, mix cream cheese, chicken (in a can or grilled and cut up), and green onions. Then put it in the crescent, roll them up and bake them as the directions on the rolls say. They are yummy! Oh and I was thinking, a quick way to cook potatoes is to cut them up and boil them in water. Anyway you don't need to take my advice...It's not like I am some great cook!
Oh and I love the pics you put up from Chicago! It looks like you had a great time!
Hilarious post sis. I too have my-everything-goes-wrong-with-dinner nights. Its all part of learning. Thanks for the chuckles.
Okay Beckett and I discovered this pretty freaking awesome instant potato that is made from real potatoes... you can find it in the canned goods? isle I think. It's called "Idahoan potatoes" and it comes in a pouch. You just stick it in a bowl in the microwave with water and have instant, decent-tasting mashed potatoes! They have different flavors: loaded ones, homestyle, baby red, etc. etc. and it's honestly not possible to make it easier than that. And they're seriously not bad! Plus it's great for food storage. :) By the way, I'm super impressed it's taken you this long to mess up a dinner. For us it's like every other night. ;)
Oh, I forgot one more thing . . . POTATO PEARLS! They use to have them at the cannery, but don't anymore. But if you can find them, they're great food storage and taste GREAT!
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