Cooking

I am no longer eating out as much as I used to. This is partly because, I am home a lot more and have the time to cook and partly because, due to sky-rocketing inflation in this country, eating out has become very expensive.

I do like to have things to make my taste buds happy so, I have looked up a marinade recipe yesterday. It turned out to be really awesome. Here is the link

I have a roasting pan with a grill rack that I had bought from IKEA. I lined it with parchment paper and sliced some potatoes which I drizzled with EVOO. I put the chicken breast pieces that I had marinated on the grill rack and 30 minutes later, I had dinner! I also had a salad made with grated carrots and red meat radishes. Oh I used some baby arugula too. Lemon juice and EVOO for dressing as always.

I also cooked celery roots with potatoes and carrots in EVOO. That dish is usually served cold but if you like it warm, it is a healthy veggie stew. I start with sauteeing cubed onions and add cut up pieces of the veggies and a little tomato sauce. It takes about 20 minutes on stove top. You have to watch the water you add. It should not be watery at the end.

So now, I have this veggie dish and leftover chicken to last me at least two days with a salad. In order not to eat the same thing on two consecutive days, for Wednesday, I am thinking manti, Turkish Meat Ravioli. And no, I bought it ready to cook. It is too much work. I only prepare the garlic/yogurt sauce and heat the butter with red pepper flakes. Very tasty.

For Friday and the weekend, I would like to eat out of my pantry so, we will see.