Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Rest of The Week

So this is a week of experimentation brought to Chez Plaidsneaker by Real Simple. The current issue has four weeks of weekday meals and I have kind of cherry picked it down to a solid two. So first if something listed in the plan sounds good checkout the source. I'm not going to log the recipes unless I think we find a keeper for at least semi-regular rotation. But I thought I might review the experiments anyway.

Last night we had the Salmon with Ginger-y Green Beans & Bok Choy, which honestly could have been more flavorful. The salmon was fine, but basic. I'm not sure if the error was mine or the recipe but for all the ginger and garlic I threw in that pan before the veggies, I would have expected the more zing in the taste department. This is not an uncommon concern for me with magazine recipes, cautious with the bold flavors equals boring and bland.

So the rest of the week is already off. We ran to Five Guys Burgers and Fries tonight. I had to have wrist x-ray-ed this afternoon for a possible break that I have been attempting to ignore as a sprain since Thursday. Now that my right wrist is all wrapped up, I have kind of lost interest in powering through a bunch of chopping, stirring and dishwashing. I'll have stronger meds tomorrow so perhaps I can recover my macho/pioneer woman mojo and get back to Chicken with Bacon, Potato and Cabbage.