artica's Logboek, 25 mrt 11

Today i cooked. I am not a cook, i mean i can boil water, fry eggs, make instant noodles and basic salads. I have never handled meat. My family mostly consists of vegetarians and meat is usually not prepared at home. Which effectively means that i never got to handle raw meat before.

Recently joined a challenge on here which specified no eating out as a cardinal rule. I managed to stick to this by having instant foods like oat-bran, yogurt and sneakily getting friends to cook for me. Today i craved meat and i had to cook it myself. I managed to trim, season and grill chicken. Not only that i made Cauliflower mash and stir-fry spinach.

Admittedly it didn't turn out fabulous, i burnt the chicken but after some scraping it was all good. Made a major mistake with the cauliflower mash...i added in WAY too much raw garlic it made my eyes water to eat. Its all good though, i can scare people away from crowding me on public transport by turning my near lethal garlicky breath on them. The spinach ....garlic spinach ...how can anyone mess that up you ask ? Well...i bought the wrong type of spinach, i bought chinese Kai Lan, which has a bitter taste if not steamed first before stir-frying. So the greens were bitter, the mash garlicky and the chicken burnt. BUT you know what it tasted amazing, best meal ever, probably cos it was seasoned with pride.

I am making babysteps...one day...i shall be like Nigella Lawson hoepfully with a smaller ass though.

Here is what it looked like
My gourmet masterpiece

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1238 kcal

Vet: 52,43g | Eiwit: 108,19g | Kolhy: 96,43g.   Ontbijt: Grilled Chicken (Skin Not Eaten), Mashed Cauliflower, Garlic Spinach, Herb & Garlic Marinade. Lunch: oat bran. Diner: Ground Beef (95% Lean / 5% Fat), Green String Beans, Chicken Curry, For Me - No Fat - Mango. meer...