Day: March 14, 2015

I tried this Beef Stroganoff recipe.

It really wasn’t good.  IT didn’t even taste like beef stroganoff.  We were in a little bit of a rush and I didn’t have time to make some tender, slow cooked beef tips so I tried the ground beef recipe…well…basically it meant we ended up paying about $20 for ingredients to make something that was similar to, but not as good as hamburger helper.  It didn’t even look appetizing.  1/10 do not want.

Here’s a few of the random eats I’ve made recently.  Most turned out really well.

Spinach and kale omelet.  (with cheese) Normally I run the other way when I hear the “k word” but I was really hungry and there wasn’t much in the fridge this day.  Put a tablespoon of butter in the omelet pan and set it at medium.  Came out pretty well.  Would’ve been better with bacon.

Pork chops from Omaha Steaks.  More of what the girlfriend’s mother got us.  Flavor was good, but they were surprisingly thin.  Cooked a little too quickly.  Nothing except butter, salt and pepper, and rosemary.  My new go-to method for pork chops.  Next time I’ll get thicker ones.

Chicken curry.  This stuff is awesome.  I put two frozen chicken breasts in the pressure cooker and set it to high pressure for 30 minutes.  In the meantime, I cut up a tomato and an onion and sauteed in a pan with some oil.  I added a few generous heaps of Patak’s Mild Curry Paste.  Simmer it!  Add the chicken when it’s done…it will already be starting to fall apart.  Let it stew for a little longer (and finish falling apart) and it goes great over rice from the rice cooker.  Curry paste can be found in the international section of the store.  For extra spice I sometimes add some Sriracha Chili and Garlic (slightly different from their normal sauce – comes in a small jar with a green lid – a little dab’ll do ya).