Hump Day = Good Day (Sort of)
Mar. 24th, 2010 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
questcequecestUntil Jared and I give in and purchase a digital scale, Alton Brown and I are no longer on speaking terms. I love his cookbook, but every time I go to bake something and check to see what he has to say on the subject the ingredients are measured in ounces and that breaks my heart. Every time. So for now, Good Eats has been shelved.
Today is our break in the middle of the week. But. Jared had a fever last night and was delirious, and I was up all night in pain from my hip, so we ended up skipping class and sleeping until noon. Then we got up, and it turned into a pretty productive day. While Jared did wall repairs in the laundry room, I made biscuits and gravy. That was where my rift with Alton was discovered. I was looking up his Southern Biscuits recipe, and well, it didn't work out for aforementioned reasons. We relaxed, first watching "Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin", and then Kiki's Delivery Service. It was great to just get to lay down with him, and play with him. Jared went back to finishing the walls, and I went back into the kitchen to make some Alfredo sauce. It's super easy, and I've included it here because well, I can.
We also had burgers for dinner, because I was feeling exceptionally lazy. Oh, we also had that leftover salad that I talked about yesterday, so it wasn't completely unhealthy. There are a couple of tricks to good burgers.
+ Use 90/10 ground chuck. There isn't a lot of fat, so you can taste the meat, not the fat.
+ Salt the burger lightly on both sides.
+ Cook the burgers on med-high heat for 4 minutes each side for the perfect medium-well burger.
+ Create a dimple in the center so the burgers don't puff up and shrink as much.
Today was a cooking day, and plenty of good eats await for me to eat.
Today is our break in the middle of the week. But. Jared had a fever last night and was delirious, and I was up all night in pain from my hip, so we ended up skipping class and sleeping until noon. Then we got up, and it turned into a pretty productive day. While Jared did wall repairs in the laundry room, I made biscuits and gravy. That was where my rift with Alton was discovered. I was looking up his Southern Biscuits recipe, and well, it didn't work out for aforementioned reasons. We relaxed, first watching "Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin", and then Kiki's Delivery Service. It was great to just get to lay down with him, and play with him. Jared went back to finishing the walls, and I went back into the kitchen to make some Alfredo sauce. It's super easy, and I've included it here because well, I can.
Easy Alfredo Sauce
1 pkg cream cheese
Milk
Parmesan cheese
Other Italian cheeses of your choice
Pop the cream cheese in a pan, and heat until smooth and creamy. Add enough milk and whisk to combine, then add about 5-6 more cups milk and stir until it begins to thicken and boil. Take it off the heat and whisk the cheese in. I go with about 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese, and then a cup of the Italian cheese. Whisk until melted and smooth, and then set aside. To spice things up a little, Jared and I cooked some frozen spinach, squeezed the moisture out of it, and added it to the sauce. Later tonight I'll cook some pasta, too. It's for lunch tomorrow, and we will be eating well.
We also had burgers for dinner, because I was feeling exceptionally lazy. Oh, we also had that leftover salad that I talked about yesterday, so it wasn't completely unhealthy. There are a couple of tricks to good burgers.
+ Use 90/10 ground chuck. There isn't a lot of fat, so you can taste the meat, not the fat.
+ Salt the burger lightly on both sides.
+ Cook the burgers on med-high heat for 4 minutes each side for the perfect medium-well burger.
+ Create a dimple in the center so the burgers don't puff up and shrink as much.
Today was a cooking day, and plenty of good eats await for me to eat.