The last time we ate at Tempiyaki, I was fascinated watching our chef make the fried rice. It made me realize that we could do that at home. On Monday, I made rice while Mr. Perfect grilled a marinated brisket. Once the rice was already boiling away, I found some potatoes and gravy in the fridge (yes, still edible) that would go much better with the roast. So we had to find something else to do with 4-1/2 cups of cooked rice. Mr. Perfect cried out "Fried rice with BACON!"
He's made it before (there was never any doubt in his mind that we could so do this), so I let him be "in charge" of the operation. He even did the shopping. Gotta love that. It's always fun cooking together, and the rice turned out great. If you want the recipe, click here.
I wonder how it would taste with mushrooms, too. Hmmm....
Did I ever mention what Mr. Perfect got me for Valentine's Day? No? Silly me. He bought me a beautiful food processor. Now, I have gone most of my adult cooking life thinking that food processors were for lazy, lazy women who didn't really know their way around a kitchen.
Boy, was I wrong. And I'm fully willing to admit it. I WAS WRONG! See?
There are way, WAY too many recipes out there that I want to try that all have this previously-phrase-of-frustration: "Put XXX in food processor and XXX." I'm very happy to report that seeing this line in a recipe will no longer cause me to sigh with great sadness.
To inaugurate the new kitchen toy, we crushed graham crackers for Mr. Perfect's pie crust. Next, we tackled the remaining carrots in the garden. Winter carrots are incredibly sweet. But they are also HUGE. And carrot juice stains (I'm just saying). But we now have 15 cups of shredded carrots in the freezer to use throughout the coming seasons until the next carrot harvest. And I have a once nice and white bowl that is permanently orange. Well, I guess I could try a bleach bath on it. *shudder
After that, it was fresh salsa. Oh yeah, baby! This was definitely the funnest thing that happened with the new toy. And it was delicious! (Posted on the cooking blog.)
So, you want to make your wife a happy, happy woman in the kitchen? Get her a food processor. Pronto!
That is all.
Tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day. As is family tradition with the Parkers, we will be going to my parents' home for corned beef and cabbage. Now, I have to admit that this is a dish I did NOT like as a child. I was never forced to eat a full serving, but I did have to try it. It wasn't until long after my mission that I found I actually LOVE corned beef and don't mind the soup. Mr. Perfect LOVES the whole thing.
Well, this year we've been assigned to bring dessert. I promised my mom that I would make her a blueberry sour cream pie after making one for a Relief Society social a few months ago. Mr. Perfect suggested that we use a graham cracker crust instead of a standard pastry one. So, I researched and found an easy-peasy one online (thank you All Recipes!).
When it was time to pat the mix into the pie dish and "create" the crust, I handed it over to the man who suggested it. As you can see, he did a beautiful job.
(Please forgive him the slightly bug-eyed look. He was trying hard to not have his eyes closed while I took the picture.)
When talking with Little Big Sis, she did admit that she's not very fond of pie. Well, not fruit pies. She likes Jell-O pies, so I will also be taking a lime (it IS Saint Patrick's Day, after all) Jell-O pie. Also in a homemade graham cracker crust lovingly formed by Mr. Perfect.
