Leftover magic, and other miscellany.
On Monday we all stumbled home, tired from an early morning getting into the airport, and we snagged some Thai food at Saffron when we were back in San Diego. I had some tofu salad rolls, my favorite, and Sami had chicken satay skewers and plain rice.
Needless to say, we had most of the chicken, most of the rice and a splendid abundance of peanut sauce left over.
When dinner rolled around, Ben an I decided that rather than be completely lazy, we’d be mostly lazy and just have pasta for dinner.
What ho! We actually were out of pasta except for a bunch of somen noodles lying about. I cooked them as little as possible, though apparently a 3-minute boil was too much, even so they were a little too sticky.
Next comes the magic. I sauteed up some cabbage, leeks and grated carrots, tossed in the chicken and peanut sauce, and cooked it till it bubbled. then I tossed the noodles with it.
It was way more food than you’d expect to get out of a couple of chicken skewers and some plastic to-go cups of peanut sauce. Slower and more involved than takeout, but probably tastier than the fastest takeout as well. Plus, takeout averted means less money spent and less styrofoam waste generated!
Yum.
In other food news, last night I pseudo-grilled chicken breasts to (dare I say it? yes!) perfection. Pseudo-grilled because, well, we don’t have a grill at the moment. I whipped out the handy, well-seasoned cast-iron grill pan, which has been used for all meat purposes from rendering chicken fat to lean-and-meaning steak and burgers. Nary a dairy product has touched this baby, and it’s full of delicious seasoning.
Well, when I get to downloading the pictures, you will see that these were perfection in chicken breasts – down to the blackened grill marks! Tender and juicy to boot. And I served them with cubed beets and potatoes tossed in a vinaigrette, and fresh salad of Persian cucumbers and heirloom and yellow pear tomatoes from my own wreck of a garden!
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Now I’m hungry for savory.
I’m going to start taking my to go containers to meals out.
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