Hello from the variable weather of today. Yesterday it was so windy and cold that I couldn’t go outside for long because I like breathing without coughing. Our meals lately have been a lot of warm things, soups, and things without dairy as we both have a cold. We’re finally getting over it, although the Husband thinks he’s getting sick again. He better keep it to himself this time! I don’t need a second round, thank you.
I have been making sure to eat a good breakfast, even cooking, when I actually get up in time. I made these double chocolate, peanut butter chip muffins from a Food Network website recipe, but wasn’t happy with them.
They were super greasy, which was pretty disappointing. Normally I have good luck with FN recipes. I won’t post this one though, because it’s not very good.
I even made a fancy breakfast of French Toast for us last weekend. Nothing fancy, couple eggs, a cup of milk, and some cinnamon. I added cinnamon to whipped cream too. We used our friends’ homemade maple syrup as well and had chicken sausages.
I made chocolate chip pecan waffles for dinner one of the nights the Husband was moving his office late. I used Penzey’s Pie Spice in the batter as well, for a little extra deliciousness.
I got excited upon seeing a sale on passionfruit at the grocery store and bought 5 of them to play with. I ended up making passionfruit curd, which was absolutely delicious! Here’s the recipe I used. https://www.theflavorbender.com/make-passion-fruit-curd/
The Flavor Bender website has a lot of popup adds, so I almost used a different site, but it looked like the easiest one and had freezing directions as well. Here’s what the curd looked like on homemade yogurt.
It has a very distinct smell, which when you got a certain whiff was actually mildly unpleasant. The pulp smells like what you think tropical things smell like. It’s hard to describe! I was a little bit doubtful because of that and the Husband almost took the dog for an extra walk to escape it. It’s deliciously tart and has some texture from the seeds. It was amazing in yogurt, as they tamed each other. I felt so fancy!
Right as the Husband started the move in his new office, and coincidently his cold, we had corned beef in the crock pot. I don’t have a picture of that because we ate at different times, but I do have a picture of what I made with the leftovers. We had corned beef hash.
I used a recipe from The Spruce Eats, but left out the carrots and cabbage. https://www.thespruceeats.com/corned-beef-hash-with-cabbage-and-carrots-3054282
It may look homely, but it was delicious. The potatoes could be a little crispier, but they tasted good. The Husband raved about it and requested corned beef again, specifically so we could have this hash. We had fruit for a side as well, of course.
Tequila lime chicken with cilantro rice made an appearance on our menu again. It’s super easy and tasty.
We had burgers a week apart as well; beef burgers first and then turkey burgers.
The Husband requested seasoned fries and we had toasted buns. Mmmm. I used Montreal Steak seasoning in the burgers. I didn’t use a recipe for either burger, just made it up as I went along.
Here’s the turkey burgers with Cajun spices and seasoned fries. I was going to serve chips, but the Husband said that fries would “be good for my soul,” so that’s why we had fries again.
The turkey burgers turned out yummy as well.
We have been using Jet Tila’s 101 Asian Dishes You Need To Cook Before You Die. It’s been good so far, but I will save those recipes for a cookbook review, as there’s a couple more that we want to try first.
The Husband and Fancy are snoozing on the couch next to me and it’s making me super sleepy. It might be time for bed. Hopefully that will help kick the last of this cold!
Have a cozy night!
