Hello Readers! I have decided to expand my blog to include a new segment: Card Table Dinners. One of my newly discovered passions is cooking. I love bringing ingredients together to form a final, edible, delicious product. And, someone has to cook in our house. If I left it up to Jon, we would be eating chicken, veggie, rice with a rotating sauce selection. No thanks. So most nights of the week I cook and we enjoy our meal at our kitchen table, a fold-out card table. Jon never owned a kitchen table. As a bachelor, he ate at the coffee table in front of the TV. But, Valentine's day 2010 we decided to have a romantic dinner at his house. He was in charge of dinner, and I dessert. When I walked into his house that night, he had a newly bought card table set up with a red table cloth, red roses, and candles. My heart melted. It was so romantic, although a little ghetto. Still one of my favorite dates.
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| I didn't own a kitchen table either, so we still eat at our card table with the red table cloth. |
Usually we have Meatless Mondays, but due to thawed ground chicken in the fridge it was moved to tonight. I found the recipe last night, and I must advise people to stay away from the Green/Bruckmann household for the rest of the week. I made a vegetarian chili which contained 4 cans of 4 different types of beans. Hence, Gun Powder. I planned to make corn bread muffins with it. However, those require milk which is currently out of stock at our house. So, I improvised and made something much better than cornbread. Pulling ingredients from the fridge, I made a grilled cheese with sliced fresh mozzarella, basil-pesto, and roasted red peppers. Delish!
I needed white beans for the chili, but Aldi didn't have any last night. So, I had to soak some overnight. Quite frankly, I can never get them just right. Any tips? They are just so much better out of a can. My other mishap while cooking is that for some reason I thought it required 8 cups of water. HUGE MISTAKE! Only needed 3 cups! So I proceeded to scoop out a few cups with my measuring cup. Overall, this chili is not that great. I will not be making it again. Even though I did screw it up, I don't think the ingredients worked well enough together. I posted the recipe below if you would like to give it a whirl. There we're plenty of good reviews on the website, so maybe it might tantalize your taste buds. I will be making my grilled moz-pepper sandwich again (I must admit, I did char it a tad. But oh, so still delicious). We always have pesto, red peppers, and moz in the fridge, so its an easy, quick meal.
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| Bringing the chili (but more like soup) to a boil. |
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| Assembling the fancy grilled cheese. |
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| Bon Apetit! |
I hope my next installment of Card Table Dinners is much more delectable. Usually I hit them out of the park. Oh, well. Luckily Jon is a willing participant. Does anyone else serve Meatless Mondays (or Tuesdays)? What's your favorite to make?
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