[I Will Follow You Into The Dark, Death Cab For Cutie]
Tonight's dinner was DELICIOUS. 'Twas simple, too. I cut up a few chicken breasts (boneless and skinless, of course), chopped up an onion and some garlic, and began cooking it in a TB or two of e.v. olive oil. Meanwhile, some rice was on the back burner doing it's thang with water. After a coupla minutes I added salt & pepper (we get the grind-it-yourself... I wanted to say "grind-it-yo-damn-self" there... funny... kind from Costco. I highly recommend this.) and then a cup or three- I didn't measure- of chicken stock. I let that reduce for a few minutes, maybe more like 8, and then added four heaping TB of tasty Costco Kirkland Signature pesto. I love that stuff.
At this point I realized it was more of a pesto soup than a pesto sauce so I mixed up two heaping TB of corn starch in 4 or so ounces of cold milk (that's the trick- did y'all know that? Hot liquid + corn starch = Lumpy like a rumpled fanny) and added that. Then I added about 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts and about 3/4 cup feta... yummy! I let it simmer for about 3 minutes while I prepared some fresh, organic flat leaf parsley and thyme.
Here's the final product:
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The sauce itself turned kind of beige when I had to add the milk/cs mixture so it's good that the parsley livens the color scheme up. And yes, I know that's a heck lot of parsley, but it added a really great fresh & light punch to the dish. It was really tasty. We have leftovers for tomorrow.
The great news is that it's totally gluten free! I was worried about us living on meat and steamed veggies, which would utterly stifle my creativity, but this was really good and I completely made up the recipe. Plus, it's super healthy. The least healthy part was the olive oil, and that's not half bad. I do know it would be healthier with brown rice but, sadly, I hate brown rice. Hate it. Ironically, I hate white bread and love whole wheat bread. 'Tis irrelevant now. I kind of wish I loved brown rice, since it's better for you, but I don't so I'll settle for white rice being my "unhealthy" food. Far better than pizza and burgers, that's for sure.
In other news, I threw up today. Not a purge. I am fighting off this cold, and I found a trick for taking Airborne. The stuff is disgusting, so I tried dissolving it in OJ. It just turns to big fat chunks of undissolved nastiness in cold liquid. So, I had a stroke of genius- just a few TB of warm water dissolve an Airborne in like 30 seconds. Then, I add OJ (cold, of course) to it and drink up. 'Tis brilliant, believe me. Sadly, though, the bbq sauce from my lunch was not feeling the Airborne and organic OJ mix so much, and waves of nausea came over me, and I totally puked. I felt so ick that I forgot to eat my skinny cow cone. You know it's serious if I miss my carefully allotted chocolate treat.
On a totally different note, I'm in a very Death Cab For Cutie kind of way tonight. I don't know why. I keep listening to their songs. Transatlanticism is, I think, one of the greatest songs ever written. Very touching. Takes me back to when I was a transplant in eastern NC and my man was back here in the Seattle area. I would listen to the song, on repeat, and physically ache for him.
... I need you so much closer... so come on...
I mentioned to a friend via the genius that is gmail chat my Death Cab leanings. His response was perfect, and how I will end this post. (Yeah, you finally get a shortish one. Enjoy it while it lasts, kids.)
9:33 PM me: I'm suddenly in a very Death Cab kind of mood
9:34 PM Clinton: death cab is SO good in Seattle0
srsly
they've captured the mood of that place
at night
slightly raining
. . . I miss that place
me: Yes
9:35 PM I will never leave this city unless God literally speaks audibly to Jason and I... this is my home until I die
I love it here
It's night and slightly raining, btw. And, for any newbies, I live in Seattle. Actual Seattle, not the 'burbs.
Night... slightly raining... Seattle... Death Cab... Love it.
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