and Jim Butcher's "Changes"
... and hey... I just realized those titles are similar... both were extremely good reads even if I did have to wait two extra days for the hubby to finish his copy of "Changes" so we could discuss.... but anyway... meals around here have been easy or repeats for the past two weeks, but hopefully I'm getting back into the swing.... so... back to your not-so-regularly scheduled program....So... I've been a subsciber to Cooking Light magazine since about 2001, I think.
You subscribe to any recipe magazine that long, and you will start to notice that they repeat things.
Cooking Light always apparently needs to repeat/revisit things I wouldn't had touched in the first place. And apparently, they don't bother with recipes that they probably should give another go.
Enter, Meatballs and Peppers.
I was looking for something to do with ground beef. I actually mixed up and baked off the meatballs last night, since my ground beef was nearing the end of the usability period. Threw the cooked meatballs in the fridge, and when I got home I just whipped them out, and then heated them up with the brother and the peppers.
Um.... my... that picture is a little blurry. Sorry about that.
Anyway....
It was easy to do with the already cooked meatballs, and then I finished with some white balsamic vinegar rather than the white wine vinegar.
Very tasty.
And something that changed my world.....
MICROWAVE POLENTA!!!!!
I love polenta. The hubby hates it. So it's really only ever worth making a single serving of it, and it can just be a smidge of a pain for "just one person" even when that person is me.
Cup of water, 3 tablespoons polenta, a pat of butter, then 3 minutes in the microwave followed by a sprinkle of cheese and a little more salt and pepper.... ohmyword. I can do this?!?! Like... seriously..... I can take leftover meatballs with me to work tomorrow, and then just microwave up my own polenta, fresh???
Happy me. Happy, polenta-filled-tummy me.
2 comments:
polenta in the microwave? You so made my day. I'll have to try the meatballs, too. I usually do Moosewood's roasted veg over polenta.
I even did some polenta at work today... a pat of butter, a cup of water and three tablespoons of polenta, cook for a minute and half and then stir, then cook for another minute and a half. It was great!!
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