It really was the most delicious thing I've made in ages. The only thing I like the plate (or bowl, even) for is ice cream. So this dinner compares to ice cream and that's a pretty impressive feat.
Okay - the recipe
serves 1
1 tilapia fillet or other light white fish
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons feta cheese
1/2 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon frank's hot sauce
some 21 seasoning salute (this is the best herb seasoning in the world) or mixed herbs
some salt
some black pepper
some onion powder (feel free to use real onions and just chop them up and put them around the fish as it's cooking)
put the fillet on tin foil and cover with lemon juice
wrap tin foil and put in oven / george foreman / barbecue / grill (i used the george foreman)
cook until half way done (about 3 mins for me)
while that's cooking, add the feta, butter, sauce and spices to a cup
mash together with a fork
take your half cooked fish, open tin foil and cover fish with mix (can't really be called a sauce because it's so crumbly)
re-close foil and cook fish the rest of the way
serve with side of your preference (i had noodles - it's all we have left in the house)
enjoy and lick plate if so desired once meal is finished
(recipe cross posted)
20 November 2011
15 November 2011
Engagement
I kind of meant to post this earlier... lordkilljoy and I got engaged on sunday. If not for visa issues coming back into america, it probably wouldn't be happening quite yet, and as it is we are having a rush wedding. 6 months from now we will be married :) It's so exciting. And stressful at the same time. We're supposed to organise the whole thing in half the time as usual. Ah well, that'll be fun too.
First, though we need to focus on moving. We're off to Pheonix at the end of the month. SO I have to spend the next week or so cleaning. I worked on the calcium stuck to the bath and sink today, and used very fine grade sandpaper to get the worst of it off. Sandpaper is amazing. And it didn't noticeably scrape the sink or bath, either. They are made of kind of manky plastic material anyway, so it's not like you'd notice a few scrapes anyway.
Right. Got to go now - it's Skyrim time :)
First, though we need to focus on moving. We're off to Pheonix at the end of the month. SO I have to spend the next week or so cleaning. I worked on the calcium stuck to the bath and sink today, and used very fine grade sandpaper to get the worst of it off. Sandpaper is amazing. And it didn't noticeably scrape the sink or bath, either. They are made of kind of manky plastic material anyway, so it's not like you'd notice a few scrapes anyway.
Right. Got to go now - it's Skyrim time :)
06 November 2011
Coyote
Daylight savings compounded on the tail end of jetlag. My poor body will be awake at 4am tomorrow.
That could be a haiku.
Anyway. One cool bit of news: I saw a coyote in the wash today while walking river. It was amazing - just walking along, all uncaring about the humans around walking their dogs. It looked back at me as I stood on a rise looking down at it, then just turned away and continued walking. I stood there going: "wow, I just saw a coyote." And I took it as a good sign.
In other, less interesting, news: I have a cold for the first time in over a year. Probably closer to 2 years, actually.
In other other, slightly more interesting, news: I tried fair isle out on the loom. It didn't really work out. Too much wool gets dragged behind the stitches and the whole thing turns out really floppy. So that's a bit annoying.
That's all, I think.
That could be a haiku.
Anyway. One cool bit of news: I saw a coyote in the wash today while walking river. It was amazing - just walking along, all uncaring about the humans around walking their dogs. It looked back at me as I stood on a rise looking down at it, then just turned away and continued walking. I stood there going: "wow, I just saw a coyote." And I took it as a good sign.
In other, less interesting, news: I have a cold for the first time in over a year. Probably closer to 2 years, actually.
In other other, slightly more interesting, news: I tried fair isle out on the loom. It didn't really work out. Too much wool gets dragged behind the stitches and the whole thing turns out really floppy. So that's a bit annoying.
That's all, I think.
05 November 2011
Today's Dinner
modified from this recipe
ingredients: quinoa, cut up chicken, chicken stock, 21 seasoning salute or other mixed herb/spice, oil, onion powder, diced tomato, diced green chilli, feta cheese, lemon juice
put 1/4 cup quinoa into a pot with 1/2 cup of cold water and a little chicken stock and seasoning. Cook on lowest setting for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile:
in a little oil (a teaspoon is all you need), fry the chicken. add onion powder when chicken is almost done. if you have real onions, cook then first and add the chicken after. set it aside for a little bit
(or if you have a second pan and don't mind the extra wash-up)
put a little less than 1/2 a can of tomatoes and a quarter of a small can of chilli into the pan. heat. add the chicken back in and sprinkle with feta. squirt on a few drops of lemon and cook for a bit - to make sure the chicken is properly done.
lastly:
add in the cooked quinoa, mix, serve, eat. nom nom nom.
i need a better food icon. this one is simply inappropriate for dinner recipes.
ingredients: quinoa, cut up chicken, chicken stock, 21 seasoning salute or other mixed herb/spice, oil, onion powder, diced tomato, diced green chilli, feta cheese, lemon juice
put 1/4 cup quinoa into a pot with 1/2 cup of cold water and a little chicken stock and seasoning. Cook on lowest setting for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile:
in a little oil (a teaspoon is all you need), fry the chicken. add onion powder when chicken is almost done. if you have real onions, cook then first and add the chicken after. set it aside for a little bit
(or if you have a second pan and don't mind the extra wash-up)
put a little less than 1/2 a can of tomatoes and a quarter of a small can of chilli into the pan. heat. add the chicken back in and sprinkle with feta. squirt on a few drops of lemon and cook for a bit - to make sure the chicken is properly done.
lastly:
add in the cooked quinoa, mix, serve, eat. nom nom nom.
i need a better food icon. this one is simply inappropriate for dinner recipes.
03 November 2011
I'm so tired
I’ve been meaning to update all day, but Lj had signed me out and I'd changed my password sometime in the past and I couldn't remember it, so I didn't get around to signing in. Until now - because I changed my password... anyway.
I’m freezing. It’s freezing outside and I don't want to go walk river. I made this amazing 3 meter scarf while I was home and I have it wrapped about my shoulders. My keyboard is keeping my lap warm :) It's also 24 C in here (I had the heating on earlier), and yet I feel cold. Le sigh. River’s tired too. I don't think she sleeps well in the boarding place. She’s been asleep all day and I even had to wake her for dinner. That’s never happened before. So we're all tired.
The trip home was really good. I didn't do much - got to hang out with mammy and daddy and Askea and it was wonderful. We knitted lots. And I got knitting books. Highlights included the beach, tramping through the dunes of said beach, eating - I ate loads - emm, stuff and knitting :) It was a wonderful trip (I’ve said this already, but it really was). There was nothing mad of big or organised, it was just me at home - where I belong :) oh my god - now I’m making myself homesick. Right.
The trip back here was good - everything went well. We had a bit of an issue at immigration in MSP when I asked for my visa to be stamped for a year. I had to go to this special cases area where we waited for a bit for someone to look into it. Apparently, it is very uncommon to get your visa stamped for one year. I (according to the guy) was the first person to go through msp to get such a stamp. So that took about 40 minutes and he had to go up 2 (possibly 3 levels) to get the okay. He also explained that going through on my visa is just going to get harder and harder. Sigh, again. Anyway, I’m in for a year now. We’ll see what happens.
We had 19 hours of daylight yesterday. Travelling is amazing :) If you had a fast enough plane, and enough fuel, you could just have it be day all the time. Or you could just move to one of the poles in summer... but that's not the point. Abq had the most amazing sunset when we landed. The sky was the deepest shade of orange - just amazing. And we saw the apartment from the plane as we came in to land. That was exciting.
Coming back to the apartment was weird. It felt so generic, or something. Like, I woke up this morning and it felt like I was in a hotel. It was somewhat awful. And I got the feeling a few times through the day as well. I don't know what was causing that. The smell, maybe. Or maybe I’m just tired. We’re going to try to stay up until 10 - so 2 hours to go.
Right, I don't really have much else to say.
I’m freezing. It’s freezing outside and I don't want to go walk river. I made this amazing 3 meter scarf while I was home and I have it wrapped about my shoulders. My keyboard is keeping my lap warm :) It's also 24 C in here (I had the heating on earlier), and yet I feel cold. Le sigh. River’s tired too. I don't think she sleeps well in the boarding place. She’s been asleep all day and I even had to wake her for dinner. That’s never happened before. So we're all tired.
The trip home was really good. I didn't do much - got to hang out with mammy and daddy and Askea and it was wonderful. We knitted lots. And I got knitting books. Highlights included the beach, tramping through the dunes of said beach, eating - I ate loads - emm, stuff and knitting :) It was a wonderful trip (I’ve said this already, but it really was). There was nothing mad of big or organised, it was just me at home - where I belong :) oh my god - now I’m making myself homesick. Right.
The trip back here was good - everything went well. We had a bit of an issue at immigration in MSP when I asked for my visa to be stamped for a year. I had to go to this special cases area where we waited for a bit for someone to look into it. Apparently, it is very uncommon to get your visa stamped for one year. I (according to the guy) was the first person to go through msp to get such a stamp. So that took about 40 minutes and he had to go up 2 (possibly 3 levels) to get the okay. He also explained that going through on my visa is just going to get harder and harder. Sigh, again. Anyway, I’m in for a year now. We’ll see what happens.
We had 19 hours of daylight yesterday. Travelling is amazing :) If you had a fast enough plane, and enough fuel, you could just have it be day all the time. Or you could just move to one of the poles in summer... but that's not the point. Abq had the most amazing sunset when we landed. The sky was the deepest shade of orange - just amazing. And we saw the apartment from the plane as we came in to land. That was exciting.
Coming back to the apartment was weird. It felt so generic, or something. Like, I woke up this morning and it felt like I was in a hotel. It was somewhat awful. And I got the feeling a few times through the day as well. I don't know what was causing that. The smell, maybe. Or maybe I’m just tired. We’re going to try to stay up until 10 - so 2 hours to go.
Right, I don't really have much else to say.
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