Lacking alternate outlets, my creative energy is going into dinner these days. This is an adventure as we are living in a fully furnished rental - complete with "working kitchen", what on earth is a working kitchen? Well it is an excellent tool for discerning what you require in a kitchen. My #1 gadget I am surprised to say it a great pair of kitchen tongs, not the kind that buckle in on themselves when faced with the challenge of grabbing a stinking hot piece of searing meat, #2 a food processor, how do you cook without one? Hummus, curry paste, garlic butter? Trick is I won't have room to take much home with me so I am trying to purchase wisely, is a $14.99 food chopper from Target going to do the trick? So far I am donating beaters, an air popcorn popper and a slow cooker to 1720 Upshur when we leave. And I suppose a great pair of tongs, though they should fit in a suitcase.
The one perk of the working kitchen is the stove- a beautiful Kitchen Aid gas range. It makes up for most of what is lacking in the kitchen and is frankly inspiring to a food junkie like me.
The other source of inspiration here is the groceries themselves: organic fresh veggies for the same price as non-organic back home, and butter and cheese at half the price (and hormone free), and fish!!!! I have decided that grocery stores are like toy stores for me, cooking really is my favorite hobby.
Seared tilapia, with mixed grains, carrots, cucumbers and cilantro.
Beer braised pork with roasted baby portebella mushrooms, and vegtables.
Whole red snapper roasted with meyer lemons, cilantro, with wild rice, red peppers and snap peas.
Man that looks good. It's 8 am here in Madrid and we haven't had breakfast yet.
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