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Alien barf for dinner

  • Posted on June 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Looks tasty, doesn’t it?

Here, maybe this will be a bit better…

Still no?

Okay, okay. The “done” picture should thrill your soul then:

Doesn’t that look taaaasty? I ate three patties. The first one was a taste test – everyone in the house got to try a bite. The other two got salsa and lettuce.

So how did we get here? Thanks to the wonder that is the stumble button, I found Amy at Angry Chicken. More specifically, I found her Homemade Bean Burgers post.

I had beans, oatmeal, garlic, and stewed tomatoes. I didn’t have whole carrots, cilantro/parsley, or green onions. OR a food processor.

Yeah, you read that right. Missing half the ingredients *and* a piece of kitchen equipment I pressed on.

Oh – and I decided not to add the cumin. (Because I didn’t have any of THAT either.)

Amy said to drain everything VERY well, so I did. Tomatoes in the bottom of the colander, pour the beans over and let it sit while I wrapped my brain around the missing ingredients. I decided to go with carrot puree (I keep baby food on hand to make Daniel’s shakes with) and hoped it wouldn’t be too moist.

Then I googled “black bean burger” because I wanted to know what was similar/different about this recipe vs other recipes. The answer? Not a lot…so I moved on to figuring out how to get around the equipment issue.

The answer, of course, was staring me in the face…

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The tatermasher.

I have boys, I have beans that need mashing, and I have this lovely piece of hand-tool awesomeness. There *might* have been an argument over who hasta help Mommy in the kitchen and who gets to keep watching TV.

Frustration helps when you’ve got a pile of stuff to mash, didja know?

I scooped them out of the bowl, stuck ‘em in the waffle iron, and waited. Patiently.

Because y’all know I’m ALLLLLL about the patience.

Especially when I’m irritated over not having help in the kitchen.

Y’know how I mentioned I was worried about the mixture being too moist? So totally not a problem. The resulting patties were enough on the dry side that I chucked my earlier idea of sticking it on a bun. The good news is the salsa added JUST enough moisture back in.

(We won’t talk about the aftermath. WHOMP)

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Sesame chicken and noodle deliciousness

  • Posted on June 17, 2010 at 9:00 pm

I have no pics of this dish because well….I AM A WINNAH!!!!! You’ll just have to trust me on this one. And please, do us all a favor and read the whole thing. I had no intention of blogging this until I said “I cooked!!!” and this general badass said she wanted the recipe.

Recipeish.

Whatever you wanna call it. I proclaim it’s deliciousness, and you don’t NEED no stinkin’ pictures of FOOD good LORD people what’s WRONG with you??!!??

It all started with Aiming Low. We all know I like to have some achievable goals, y’all.

1 lb noodles, cooked – I used angel hair because my kids like skinny noodles. Pick whatever floats your boat as long as it’s a pound o noodles. Fettuccine, linguine, you could even use ramen (though my tummeh churns at the thought).

Dress those lovely noodles with

1/2 C soy sauce (I used Bragg’s Liquid Aminos though.)
1/3 to 1/2 C sesame oil
1/3 C sugar
1/4 C sesame seeds – toast ‘em iffin it thrills your soul. I didn’t this time because I used dark sesame oil.

Shake, whisk, and otherwise make a dressing out of those four ingredents. Last night when I made them I was SURE that 1/2 C sesame oil was waaaay too much for angel hair pasta; the noodles were guhREASY. Today when I whipped ‘em out to add in the REST of the goodness, they weren’t quite so bad but I didn’t add any other sesame oil either.

Set the noodles aside to soak up all that tasty tastiness. This time I let it sit overnight – but I had a small bowl before sticking them in the fridge.

It had to be done. I hope you appreciate the sacrifice my thighs made for you.

OH!!!! Two green onions *minimum*. Slice those delicate lovelies from the bottom up to the tough green stems.

Do not do what my child did: I told him the green leaves were tough and oniony. He immediately chomped, and then spent the next 20 minutes spitting green bits into the trash can and shouting BLECH BLECH EEW EEW EEW MOMMIE YOU TWICKED ME!!!!

Because telling a six yr old “don’t eat that” is an invitation to stuff your mouth, apparently.

I diced up two frozen chicken thighs (boneless & skinless) and cooked ‘em through in my trusty cast-iron skillet, then tossed in steamed broccollllli and cauliflower. And I really REALLY wish I’d added shredded carrots and red peppers.

Yes, there are a gracious plenty of leftover noodles.

I planned it that way.

Now I don’t hafta heat up the kitchen for delicious nomz.

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