Review

My Husband the fearless cook!



















The Machine!


















The wonderful meal!


















This is the second attempt... Yum!
So the veggies were green giant steamers, but the chicken was so juicy and tender! It almost tasted like rotisserie chicken, but less greasy.

So I promised a review of the flat iron steak, well... it was a little red for my taste, but Joe and JJ loved it. I like well done steaks... but if I liked medium to rare it would have been great.

Sous What?

I had felt kind of weird before about posting some of my husband's extreme nerdy-ness, but after I said something about posting about all of his crazy ideas he jumped right on board. I have been given free reign to post about all of his (our?) adventures.

For those who don't know, I have a very nerdy husband who gets on a kick and searches the mess out of it. When he wants to know something, he figures it out to the point of almost becoming an expert. Because of this, he enjoys puzzles and mind games. Any way the latest in a long line of obses... I mean hobbies... is Sous Vide cooking. From what I can understand, sous vide is a style of cooking that originated in the 70's? Any way basically you use Food-saver bags, water, and this sous vide machine to cook your food. It keeps your food at a certain degree to cook the food without over cooking it. You can keep it on for hours and it won't over cook... and because it keeps the water below boiling, it doesn't use much electricity. So after you pull the meat out of the food-saver bag, all that is left to do is brown it and it is supposed to stay moist and keep its flavor. Vegetables cooked in it are supposed to retain their vitamins and nutrients. It is pretty much the nerdiest way to cook that I have seen so far.We are supposed pick it up from Fed-ex this evening since the place we pick up packages is closed for spring break. I'll tell you how it goes. I think the first meal is going to be flat iron steak...

Spring Break

So far this spring break...

We have began to eat healthier. Trying Splenda sweet tea, Greek yogurt, adding more fresh fruit, and trying to eat three balanced meals a day.

Last night we had a Caesar salad but with baby spinach, light Caesar dressing, croutons, and part of a rotisserie chicken shredded without the skin.-- Very yummy!

Tonight we had pesto chicken with spinach and mozzarella pizza.-- Also very yummy, and we were good and had normal portions. There are even left overs for tomorrow.


Anyway, it has been great to have time with Joe and not have to worry about night classes. Next week is going to hit hard, but not too much longer, right?

I haven't posted recently partially because I am pressed for time and usually prefer a nap when possible, but also partially because I have little to post about. The past few weeks I feel I have constantly been going in the most mundane way. Work, home, class, sleep, work, home, class, sleep, homework. Sadly if I get a moment I am usually trying to complete something that has been put off for a while, be it homework, chores, or something for work. Needless to say, running has come to a rushing halt after the second trip to the Dr. (you know the one in between kidney stones). I have been trying to constantly catch up on sleep, especially since the snow day. I am still feeling the after effects of the snow day in my head and chest. I know that I will be thankful when the semester is over, and it will be nice not to have to worry about another semester like this, but at this point I am just trying to survive it. I am trying to be responsible for with my time so that I won't miss work or class, but I feel it is a never ending cycle of getting run down and then sick and trying to get over it. If I had better management skills, I would probably be fine. I could run, work, and go to class and nothing will falter. I don't, I am trying to become better when it comes to planning and being diligent. I think my biggest issue is breaks and break time. I feel I deserve both, and if I am not a productive break taker I feel I still need a break to relax. All this to say... I am falling alseep