So I was thinking…

I’ve been cooking a lot more and while it’s not quite eatshowandtell worthy (i.e. fancy), I’d still like to write up on it (in a way) and take photos of the hard work that’s been put into the dishes.

Also, I’ve been noticing that I’m quite a big klutz in the kitchen. When we were making the Wagyu Steaks with Mash and Creamed Spinach, I managed to skin myself on the vegetable peeler whilst peeling the potato not once but TWICE: my left index finger and (I guess thankfully) my left thumb nail. I thought on Sunday that perhaps I should keep a little journal on what we’ve been cooking and how I’ve hurt myself when cooking.

We’ll see how it goes…

Yesterday, F and I made our version of Epicurious’s Greek Salad with Orzo and Black-Eyed Peas. We had it with Red Lea’s Large BBQ Chicken, topping lunch off with Nigella Lawson’s Triple Chocolate Brownies.

Modifications:

• Substituted Black-Eyed Peas (what the heck are they anyways?) with Four Kinds of Beans
• Omitted Parsley
• Omitted Peperoncini
• Omitted Romaine
• Instead of layering, I tossed all the ingredients together.

Injuries:

• Slightly burnt left wrist with pot lid whilst attempting to test how done the orzo was
• Stubbed my finger on the kitchen sink

Near Misses:

• Got my right pinky finger stuck in one of the big grater holes on the grater
• Almost cut left thumbnail with knife when slicing olives (luckily I had long nails)

Last time I helped out in making the orzo, I tried to cold-water rinse the pasta while trying to keep it from falling into the holes in the colander and burnt my fingertips on the super hot orzos in the middle. Stupid to have stuck my hand in there in the first place, I know. Thankfully, we had a colander whose holes were small enough to keep the orzos from falling out this time around.

F adapted the recipe from here.

Modifications:

• Forgotten the Vanilla Extract
• Coarsely chopped up a Cadbury’s Milk Chocolate block and Nestle’s White Chocolate block (well, I think that’s what F used) instead of the little buttons
• Used Whitaker’s Bittersweet Dark Chocolate Block

Injuries:
None – I didn’t make them. Only helped out to pour stuff in while he whisked it. Hehe, yay!

We had enough salad leftover for lunch today and more than enough brownies for my office =D