Steak and Pureed Cauliflower and then Cauliflower Soup.

This doesn't need much of an introduction... This was the best pureed cauliflower I've had. Normally it's just a very weak substitution for mashed potatoes, but this stood on it's own as just plain delicious. Steaks were seasoned and then pan fried. I reheated the leftover cauliflower the next day, added some half and half, cut up a baguette, and presto-magicko cauliflower soup for lunch!

Bottomline: 4.0 Stars

Roast Chicken with Parmesan Garlic Rapini

I figure you can't really go wrong with parmesan and garlic. I'm not terribly comfortable with cooking rapini (broccoli raab), I've only done it once or twice in my life, but this looked simple enough. It was and it was suuuuuper tasty. The cheesey garlicky flavor mixed with that slightly spicy quality that rapini has was really good. Chris always looks a little nervous when there are veggies that he's never seen before but he really liked this. Although sometimes I think I could sautee a paper bag and as long as it had garlic on it he probably wouldn't complain too much. :P

My roast chicken is my Mom's recipe and it turns out pretty awesome every time. I'll include the recipe just in case anybody wants it.

Bottom Line: Rapini gets a solid 4 stars, good but not life changing.

Broccoli in Oyster sauce

Last night seemed like the first night this week that Chris and I had a normal schedule. So nice. He's been stressed out with work, which stresses me out, on top of that my uncle is in the hospital so I'm all freaked out about that.

Last night we had pan fried steak and broccoli stir fried in oyster sauce. I really like broccoli, but I usually just steam it so I've been on the look out for something new to do to it. I found this recipe and thought I'd give it a try. I really enjoyed the flavor, I just wish that the sauce was a bit thicker. Still it was pretty good and all that sauce soaked into the rice nicely. Any suggestions on how to thicken Asian sauces? I don't like the aftertaste that cornstarch leaves... 

The only other thing I'd want to do is maybe sprinkle toasted sesame seeds on the top. Bring out the flavor of the oil a bit. No pictures this time. Sorry!

Long day = Simple dinner

Chris and I both had long stressful days yesterday. I had to take our puppy Jaxx to the vet and had to work at the lab, and Chris has a big deadline coming up for work. Not to mention we were out of prawns so I couldn't make what I was planning on.

Instead we just had broiled steaks, sauteed zucchini and pasta for dinner. Really easy. 20 minutes. Zucchini was cooked in olive oil and garlic, seasoned to taste.

Tonight we dine on PRAWNS!