Cooking Club Round 2
March 24th, 2006
I know 2 entries in a row. Back off, I’m catching up.
Jenny actually tried this time. I think she’s starting to care a bit more. She made a pasta casserole with meat and veggies. She also made a nice basic salad. I’m not a huge casserole fan, but It was good. I’m just so proud of her that she wanted to do it, she set out to do it, and she did a good job. She must have been wrapped up with the casserole, that I guess she forgot to make some garlic bread or antyhing. At the last minute we just toasted up some wheat bread as a side.
For my turn, I set my goals a bit higher. I wanted to try making something my mother always cooked. I skimped on making the couscous . I just bought that instant just add water stuff. I also made humus from scratch. I made this last second adjustment before pouring it out of the food processor, and I must have done something good. The humus was almost exactly like my mothers. It was a bit salty, but other than that it was great. I also made this middle eastern meat and potato stew thing that turned out to be just like my mothers. I was so ecstatic at how things turned out, that I took my leftovers to my folks the next day and they ate them and loved it. Actually I’m rather amazed that little old me made that. To be honest, I don’t think I be able to repeat the success.
Melanie cooked the other night. She was running late and we ended up eating at about 9:30. I hope the fact that by the time we ate, I was starved didn’t affect my taste perception. She made rice with edamame and vinegar. It was nice with a little subtle taste of vinegar. She made mushrooms sautéed in white whine and lemon juice. She also made asparagus wrapped with turkey filets. Everything was good, but those mushrooms were out of this world. It think the three of us were just sitting there eating the rice and turkey, disappointed that we had finished the mushrooms. I was so ready to tackle the two of them and steal what mushrooms they had left on their plates.
Round 2 winner: ME! for my humus. Fine, Melanie’s mushrooms. I’m still dreaming about them now.
I was going to post a picture of the humus, but I couldn’t stop eating it.