I decided to take lemons and make lemonade today - not literally, of course. With all the excellent pre-made lemonades on the market, why would I do that? No, instead, figuratively. I used some of my non-winning jelly to whip up a little stir-fry.
Now, I've never actually done stir-fry before - because I thought it'd be a colossal pain. But I found a recipe in the September Southern Living that used pepper jelly, peanut butter and soy sauce as the liquid - and the veggies were all readily available at the grocery store, and the meat was flank steak, which is a good lean cut for us Weight Watchers types.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pbj-steak-stir-fry-50400000123174/
So I put aside my reservations and made stir-fry.
Why the hell didn't I do this years ago? So easy! SO GOOD!!!
I'll say this. My favorite aspect of cooking is knife work. I'm pretty solid chopping things, slicing, cutting. It's very pleasant, I think. So this was my kind of recipe. And I had dinner ready in about 30 minutes, all told. We'll be making that again, for sure!
There's something else I want to try. Working with yeast. I've never made a yeast bread of any kind. I may do it tomorrow.
Because being afraid to try new things in the kitchen is just ridiculous. It's not like anything bad can happen. Worst case scenario - I make terrible bread and I throw it away.
Best case scenario - I make some amazing bread - and I just happen to have jelly...
I'm recovering from my defeat. I was hurt yesterday. Hurt, sad, mad, and frankly, just embarrassed. I got some love and understanding from the people on Team Allison, and I'm feeling better.
I did a ton of great work on the kitchen, did some laundry, and bathed Lola. Matt and I had breakfast together and went over to McKay's to look at books, and all told, it was a great day.
And, it's all good.
Really.
Now that I have stir-fry in my wheelhouse, we'll see what I can do with bread.
ae
Now, I've never actually done stir-fry before - because I thought it'd be a colossal pain. But I found a recipe in the September Southern Living that used pepper jelly, peanut butter and soy sauce as the liquid - and the veggies were all readily available at the grocery store, and the meat was flank steak, which is a good lean cut for us Weight Watchers types.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pbj-steak-stir-fry-50400000123174/
So I put aside my reservations and made stir-fry.
Why the hell didn't I do this years ago? So easy! SO GOOD!!!
I'll say this. My favorite aspect of cooking is knife work. I'm pretty solid chopping things, slicing, cutting. It's very pleasant, I think. So this was my kind of recipe. And I had dinner ready in about 30 minutes, all told. We'll be making that again, for sure!
There's something else I want to try. Working with yeast. I've never made a yeast bread of any kind. I may do it tomorrow.
Because being afraid to try new things in the kitchen is just ridiculous. It's not like anything bad can happen. Worst case scenario - I make terrible bread and I throw it away.
Best case scenario - I make some amazing bread - and I just happen to have jelly...
I'm recovering from my defeat. I was hurt yesterday. Hurt, sad, mad, and frankly, just embarrassed. I got some love and understanding from the people on Team Allison, and I'm feeling better.
I did a ton of great work on the kitchen, did some laundry, and bathed Lola. Matt and I had breakfast together and went over to McKay's to look at books, and all told, it was a great day.
And, it's all good.
Really.
Now that I have stir-fry in my wheelhouse, we'll see what I can do with bread.
ae
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