Tonight took a different path, all in the fact that we had been picking up our ingredients on Fridays, but this time we found ourselves looking for a recipe and ingredients on Saturday.
Life's twists and turns had us looking at a busy Saturday wondering what to cook and where to find time to do it. Such is life! While at Target picking up a couple of things, we killed two birds with one stone and sneaked back to the book section, perused some recipe books and Pow! There is was: Veal Piccata with Herb Cappellini. After a quick pic on the Smart Phone, we went to Safeway, picked up our herbs and veal, and away we went.
Again, I was learning new things. Kathy taught me how to mince garlic, and chop parsley and basil. I was tasting them along the way and putting it all into my Taste Computer (my brain) so I would know how to make some future concoction of our own. Like Parsley with, uh, Peanut Butter? Nah! Maybe not!
Kathy was trying new things tonight too. She had never had veal before so she was going to learn something during tonight's eating time.
Prep time took us about 25 mins. I floured the veal and cooked it 2 minutes per side while Kathy worked on the pasta side of things. I was checking out what she was doing and sometimes checking her out. ;) Why? Because we like it!
All this to say that the meal took about an hour overall to prepare and cook, but only 10 minutes to eat it. Isn't it funny all the time we take preparing for a few minutes of inhaling food?!
On our food scale, we collectively gave it a 3.
Plus, I learned a Life Lesson: Capers are cool!
Oh, by the way, Mom Wolfe got to experience our delicacy too!
See you next week!
Veal and Pasta Recipe:
Kathy and I chose to start our adventure in food and fun and food this week.
And yes, I said food twice. Why? Because we like it!
We chose out of a recipe book that we had purchased on a night out together a week or two ago when we thought of doing this food blog fun connection thing. The recipe book is called "Taste of Home." It's seems to be full of casserole type dishes. Who doesn't like casserole? Well, I guess some don't and some kind of casseroles we don't.
So here goes our adventure! The only thing to lose is time in front of the TV! That's a winner already! It's time together doing something we both enjoy: Cooking and Eating! We will try all kinds of recipes; classic, ethnic, comfort foods, exotic, wild game, you name it!
The first recipe we tried was Easy Ham Hash. Huh?! Not the most savory name, I know.
Preparation took a half hour but for me it was time spent learning some basics. Kathy taught me how to peel and shred potatoes, peel and dice onions. She wanted a little more horseradish cream than was called for. Why? Because we like it! The casserole took 35 to 40 minutes to cook. It smelled pretty good.
We paired all of this "country sounding" hash casserole with peas, applesauce (a special concoction that we'll disclose later) and Lela's pickled beets. Thanks Lela!
Mom Wolfe was our guinea pig tonight. She liked it!
The scale we'll use will be 0 to 5, with 0 being horrible, like, "I want to find the person who came up with this recipe and......." And 5 meaning it will be on Heaven's Menu. I'm almost sure of it.
So tonight's recipe......rap quickly on a nearby table for a drum roll effect.....is a 2.5! Easy Ham Hash. The name fits the dish. Anything smothered in cheese can't be lower than a 2.5!
By the way, Kathy and I had a blast!
See you next week!
Recipe for Easy Ham Hash:
