One evening I had company for dinner. Since my guest had an allergy to shellfish I had to scramble for protein to add to the meal. All I could find in my tiny freezer was a single portion of stewing beef and a fourth of a President's Choice salmon wellington. I decided to remove the "wellington" part and use the salmon instead. That's why the salmon in the picture below is so minute. I cooked some asparagus with the beef and salmon in a sauce pan on the stove. The new items for me with this meal was the corn, which I baked in the oven, and the pesto macaroni. The pesto sauce came from a jar, of course. They were both delicious!
Baked Corn, Pesto Macaroni, Asparagus, Salmon, Beef
Here's another example of scrambling up a meal. This time it was just for me. I had to have something for dinner and needed to eat up a few items that were getting near expiry in the fridge. So, I took the left-over ground beef and mixed it up with some asparagus, mixed frozen veggies and Thai sweet chili sauce. It may not look overly appetizing, but I enjoyed it.
Ground Turkey, Asparagus, Frozen Corn/Carrots/Peas, Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
One day at Loblaws I came across something interesting in the produce dept. Sometimes they have ready-to-cook vegetables that have been washed, cut, and packaged up with cooking directions. I had tried their squash once and it was really good, so I just had to try their rutabagas. I had no idea what rutabagas are until I looked it up. They are basically a type of Swedish turnip that began as a cross between a cabbage and a turnip. I baked them in the oven hoping they'd turn out like the squash, but no such luck. They don't taste anything like squash. I ate them but I won't buy them again. I never did like turnips much.
Rutabaga
Baked Rutabagas
I'm a big fan of asparagus and Thai sweet chili sauce. I also think that it's always a good idea to have some frozen shrimp in the freezer for quick and easy stir-fries on a day when you've run out of time, ideas, or protein. That's how the meal below came about.
Brown Rice, Asparagus, Shrimp
As I've stated before, I'm also a big fan of sauces. I don't cook with much seasoning so a ready-made sauce is a perfect way for me to add various flavours to my meal. You can basically eat around the world from a bottle or can of sauce from the ethnic section of your grocery store. I really enjoy Indian food but there's so many spices and curries involved that I was quite concerned about how VH's Indian Market Butter Chicken cooking sauce would taste. Anyway, I heated some up with chicken, eggplant, and of course rice and it was surprisingly tasty. I bought a similar bottle of Thai cooking sauce but I haven't tried it yet. I'm hopeful after this one's success.
Butter Chicken Sauce from Walmart
Brown Rice, Chicken, Eggplant, VH Butter Chicken Sauce
When I go grocery shopping I spend the most time carefully choosing my produce and meat for the week. While searching for something interesting in the meat dept., I came across what I'd call a ready-to-cook pork roast. It had been seasoned with herb and garlic and they were even kind enough to give me the cooking instructions. It's like they knew I was coming! I baked it as directed and it was good. Don't you just love it when things are so simple?
President's Choice Herb & Garlic Pork Tenderloin
Cooked Pork Tenderloin
Have you ever had fiddleheads? Fiddleheads are a type of young fern gathered as a vegetable. Some people rave about them. Being from New Brunswick where fiddleheads are commonly harvested, you'd think that I've had them before. Well, if I have they were so great that I lost all recollection of the experience. They had them at the grocery store so I bought some to try. I looked up on line various ways to prepare and cook them and decided to go with boiling. I learned that it's very important to wash and cook fiddleheads thoroughly to avoid getting ill. Although I didn't have butter to put on top of them, I did use a bit of vinegar. They basically tasted the way they look--green and blah. They weren't disgusting but they're weren't great either. I had some of that President's Choice pork roast to accompany my dinner. I liked the pork better. Don't you think the fiddleheads resemble green alien snails???
Fiddleheads & Pork Tenderloin
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