Half Bottles and Leftovers Piling UP!
With Tues. being a day for plowing through leftovers (food and wine), I was back in the kitchen on Wed. improvising mayhem. I'd never say that I'm a great cook (or even a good one), but I am very capable of following recipes. This week has been the total flipside-- almost all shoot from the hip... This one actually worked.
Greek Chicken Thighs with Roasted Veggies, Mint Rice, and Mushrooms in Rosé sauce-
Chicken Thighs (On Sale)
2 Carrots, 2 Stalks of Celery,
1/2 pack button Mushrooms
Brown Rice
Mint, Feta, Green Onion
I marinated the thighs in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mint and oregano for about 90min (should have been 2-3x as long) Browned the thighs in a pan, and then baked for 45 min with the carrots and celery.
Rice and Peas came out of the latest Cook's Illustrated.
My mushrooms, were cooked in a Rosé wine pan sauce (from leftover Rosé) and I used some mushrooms that were starting to look a little sad.
Total: Per meal, just under $2.25 (will make 3 meals w/ 2 Chicken thighs per meal)
Wine.
2007 Dominio de Eguren Vino de la Tierra de Castilla Protocolo Blanco
(Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla) Airen and Macabeo blend. $5.99 at Ansley Wine Merchants . Jorge Ordoñez Selections
With Tues. being a day for plowing through leftovers (food and wine), I was back in the kitchen on Wed. improvising mayhem. I'd never say that I'm a great cook (or even a good one), but I am very capable of following recipes. This week has been the total flipside-- almost all shoot from the hip... This one actually worked.
Greek Chicken Thighs with Roasted Veggies, Mint Rice, and Mushrooms in Rosé sauce-
Chicken Thighs (On Sale)
2 Carrots, 2 Stalks of Celery,
1/2 pack button Mushrooms
Brown Rice
Mint, Feta, Green Onion
I marinated the thighs in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, mint and oregano for about 90min (should have been 2-3x as long) Browned the thighs in a pan, and then baked for 45 min with the carrots and celery.
Rice and Peas came out of the latest Cook's Illustrated.
My mushrooms, were cooked in a Rosé wine pan sauce (from leftover Rosé) and I used some mushrooms that were starting to look a little sad.
Total: Per meal, just under $2.25 (will make 3 meals w/ 2 Chicken thighs per meal)
Wine.
2007 Dominio de Eguren Vino de la Tierra de Castilla Protocolo Blanco
(Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla) Airen and Macabeo blend. $5.99 at Ansley Wine Merchants . Jorge Ordoñez Selections
Yellow straw- Aromas of mixed tropical fruit- crisp apple, banana and a little rock. Medium bodied, citrus, good acids, and a medium acidic finish.
Not hugely complex, but for under $6.... This is pretty dang good. This would make a solid, crisp, house white for the Spring / Summer. Case price about $70... That's a pretty sweet deal.
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Toast and cereal have been my breakfasts, and leftovers lunches and dinners. This is a good exercise, but it is definitely challenging.
Weekly Totals:
Food: $15.80 (12 meals total-- including 1 coffee at Octane)
Wine: $22.00 (with 1 half bottles of Protocolo Blanco, and 1 glass left of Rose)
Leftover chicken thighs for lunch and dinner tonight.
Food: $15.80 (12 meals total-- including 1 coffee at Octane)
Wine: $22.00 (with 1 half bottles of Protocolo Blanco, and 1 glass left of Rose)
Leftover chicken thighs for lunch and dinner tonight.
