The difference between a man and a woman are summed up greatly in a book titled Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti. This book basically goes into great detail about how men compartmentalize everything (like a waffle), while women mix everything together like spaghetti. This happened tonight when Jeff made Garlic Chicken and salad for dinner. He ate his side-by-side (see picture), while I stirred mine together to make chicken salad.
This Garlic Chicken recipe is one Jeff found online and we've made once before. It's really easy and makes me feel very grown up because it involves raw meat, which is still an extremely gross substance to me and I must thoroughly wash my hands after touching. We also made a bag salad, which is probably the best invention since sliced bread (funny story: Jeff added the croutons to the bag and went to shake it up, only to throw all the croutons on the floor, along with some lettuce. Luckily I was there to witness it). Also, as an added bonus, we used some leftover french bread from last night and spread some of the leftover olive oil/garlic mixture on it to create yummy bread.
Overall reaction: Still a good one. "Especially delicious for how fast and easy it is" - Jeff. I think a great addition to this recipe would be red chili or cayenne pepper added to the breading. I can see this recipe staying in the rotation for quite some time.
Recipe:
http://www.momswhothink.com/quick-and-easy-dinner-recipes/easy-garlic-chicken.html
"How can five ingredients be so delicious?" - Jeff
Did you know that the first time you use a crockpot, you have to let it cook itself for 30 minutes? And it smells while you do this. Really, really bad.
Anyway, for our first crock pot adventure, we picked a recipe out of the cookbook my mom got us. We decided to go with something easy, and picked Pizza Fondue. As we were dumping stuff into the crockpot, Jeff was flabbergasted at how little we had to do and kept repeating "How can it be this easy?"
We then killed an hour and a half by doing a puzzle...record time for 500 piece puzzle completion. We also prepared the bread. We went with a pre-made french baguette that we cut into slices and toasted in the oven.
Overall reaction: Delicious. This is would be a great dip for a party, but if you're making a meal out of it, get a salad to go with it. It also needs some herb added to it, but we have no idea which one.
Recipe
1 lb ground beef
2 15-oz can pizza sauce (we used Classico)
8 oz shredded cheddar cheese (we just dumped until we were satisfied)
8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese (we again just dumped until satisfied)
1 tsp dried oregano
1. Brown meat
2. Dump everything into crock pot
3. We cooked it on High for 1.5 hours. Recipe says to cook on low for 2-3 hours, but we were hungry.
4. Garnish with cheese
Fix-it and Forget-it: Our Best Slow-Cooker Recipes 2011 - p 39
