Top of the mornin’ to ya, Cheryl. Um well, shortly it will be afternoon!
Cheryl, your sausage and roasted squash edits saved your dish, I am certain. My green beans were too old so I had to throw them out. I did have butternut squash, but duhhhhh, didn’t think. But YOU did, brilliant girl😀
My big issue was the shrimp. Wrong ones clearly. I saw these frozen, cooked, small, wild from North American waters. I thought, these should work. Ummmm. No. Tasteless. Like chewing on rubber.
In fact my dish was so boring, I threw most of it out. NTWC. (not worth the calories) I hate throwing food out and even more hate it when my cooking sucks. Sausage and an interesting roasted veg woulda saved the day. Like your version did!
Although…my runny yolk from my lightly fried easy over egg was a lovely topper and addition. Mixing the yolk into my the bowl of cauliflower rice made an interesting creamy taste, but not enough to save it from the bland shrimp. Again that yolk and egg would have been awesome in a sausage version.
I hate to admit it though, getting my fried egg properly warm and still with a runny yolk is tough. I fail more than I win. Any tips?
Last night it was late when I started to consider dinner. I had to do a fridge raid again. Something quick and easy.
I alway keep lightly breaded, wild Atlantic haddock fillets in my freezer. I put some of those in the oven.
I had some Napa cabbage in my crisper. I love that cabbage. Do you use it? So I sliced some cabbage in about 1/2 inch strips (maybe a bit wider). Rinsed and dried it. Threw it in a mixing bowl( used about half of a good size cabbage). Then I tossed in about 1/3 cup sour cream, salt and pepper, 3 or 4 tablespoons( probably 4) of sesame oil and some diced hot peppers in oil (from a jar) to taste. Mixed it all up with the raw cabbage and added more of any of the ingredients to taste and consistency. It still seemed a bit dry so I added some olive oil till it looked right( maybe 3 tbsp).
Woman! I put the salad in big individual bowls first. Then put the just-out-of-the-oven fish on top. It was fantastic. The crunch of the battered fish with the mild crunch of the salad. The flavours blended beautifully.
But then for dessert we shared this piece of chocolate cake ( was saved in the freezer) and our tummies were not pleased. No idea why the cake was the decider, but it was. This morning I promptly threw out the one remaining slice from the freezer. Ugh.
Great chatting with you. Love sharing the cooking stuff. I say “eMeet” only because we have met electronically rather that in person. No idea if eMeet is a “word” or not!!
My email again is ccrsuzecue@gmail.com. Since we both have crazy full day jobs and stuff, let’s agree that it might take us a bit, sometimes, to reply. But it’s all A-oK and we will converse whenever time permits. Deal?
Have a wonderful weekend, you.
P.S. I have this idea in my head for a quick and perfect Caesar salad hack using the Napa cabbage again. Will let you know if it works. Normally I make this amazing recipe from a cookbook from the original Fog City Diner in San Francisco. ( original owners of fog city diner sold it a few years ago)
That recipe (with romaine lettuce) is bit of work but so worth it. Plus I do some to-die-for homemade garlic croutons. If my new Napa cab idea works it will save a lot of time but taste like I spent hours instead of minutes! Yay!
