Sooo, we had pizza for dinner. And not the homemade kind. The kind that comes in a greasy cardboard box. I went into the kitchen this morning to get the crock pot down so I could put the ribs on and dropped the lid from on top of the fridge. It shattered. It shattered into thousands of tiny shards of glass. It was such an unbelievable mess. It doesn’t help that I feel crappy and that it took me a long time this morning to get Avery down for a nap. I could have fashioned a lid out of something I suppose and I will probably do that tomorrow but in the moment I just couldn’t cope. I had been grumbling all morning about my ill-fitting bra but didn’t think about it anymore after the glass explosion. Shards of glass all over the kitchen trumps ill-fitting bras on the annoying scale.
The picture is dinner from last night. The lemon chicken, roasted tomatoes and risotto cakes. It was by far the most successful meal of the weak. The chicken was really yummy even though Ben proclaimed it tainted with thyme (which it wasn’t). I guess it wasn’t seasoned to his liking. How rude. I thought it was delicious. I can also see the appeal of cooking rice specifically to make risotto cakes, YUM! Way better than the actual risotto. The tomatoes had great flavor too. I’ll make the tomatoes again particularly while they’re in season over the summer. I’ll be making risotto cakes again too with the rice I still have in the cupboard. I have chives out back too so I won’t bother making the actual risotto next time and I’ll follow the recipe she gives for the cakes. I wish I had a crispy, hot risotto cake right now.
Everything feels like a disorganized disaster right now. Rather, I should say, everything IS a disorganized mess right now. Maybe getting back on track with dinner tomorrow will make me feel better.
(Raising hand quietly – we ordered from the greasy-box place last night, too. It happens, my friend)
Would love the recipe for the risotto cakes. We are stuck on rice and noodles and would love a change of pace!
Here you go! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chive-risotto-cakes-recipe/index.html Take a look at the comments, looks like it might take some tweaking.
I’ll be the third to join the pizza for dinner last night club :) Though we did go out for it and it was super yummy…scott had pizza with duck confit and i had “antipasto” pizza. mmmmm. I love fancy pizza. Plus it meant to dishes for me to clean! Now we’re back to reality.
I meant to respond to your earlier post about risotto. Have you ever tried the americas test kitchen technique? They have you add like half the stock at one time and it still comes out just as creamy and wonderful…with a lot less work. Risotto is such a treat. I think I’ll have to add it to my menu list for next week. We have a TON of homemade chicken stock begging to be used up!
can i join your grumbles on an ill fitting bra??? BLURGH.
I went to a blogger get together sponsored by Giant food a couple of years ago and the chef made risotto. And he said he definitely does not expect his chefs to be chained to the stove stirring it, and it still comes out great. I think using the right rice makes all the difference. And I definitely want to try those risotto cakes!
If it makes you feel any better, I had a crazed morning too. The cat puked in like 5 different places and none of it was anywhere it would have been easy to clean up. I dropped a contact lens down the drain and had to search for a new one while half blind. When I opened a cabinet, an open bag of quinoa fell out and went everywhere. And my bra doesn’t fit either.
I’m eating pizza right now!! Spinach and mushroom! Yum yum….frozen, of course (I’m not superwoman like you!!) That sucks about the lid- happened to one of my 9 x 13′s and I was not happy so I understand. Kiss the girls from their auntie. xoxoxo