So I thought that with Kris gone, and me with a largely unrefined palate, this would be a good chance to try to eat everything in the cupboard that had been there for more than 6months. The goal was to try to avoid doing any grocery shopping during the time that I'm baching it, in deference to my days in The Cave at college, when we only went to the store when the 10# bag of tricolored rotini and block of velveeta were finally finished (and even then, it was just not cool to show up at Cub until 3:30am).
A current, honest inventory of the fridge includes:
1 jar of cucumber slices, 4 slices left.
1 jar of pickled onions, 3 onions left.
1 econo tub of yoghurt, expiration date unclear (smudged).
22 eggs.
1/2 jar of cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving.
Condiments.
Beer (11 cans midstrength, 2 bottles wheat beer, 1 bottle chocolate stout)
Cat food.
There may be some vegetables in the crisper, but, frankly, I'm afraid to look.
So, in lieu of more toothsome fare, I turned to the cupboard shelves to see what they would yield. I am willing to share these recipes with you, if only to keep you from making the same mistakes.
1. Egg McNuthin' -- fried egg on heated, chili-flavored rice cake, topped with "tasty" cheese.
Rated at 3/10 -- flavor unsatisfying, left me wanting more...of anything else.
2. Chili con Quinoa -- Combine 1 can kidney beans, 1 can baked beans, 1 can black beans with 1/2 bottle of worcestershire sauce, 1/2 jar of salsa, then decide to add 2 cups of quinoa (I should put in a hyperlink so that you can figure out what that is -- Andean grain with lots of protein). Simmer. Note the powerful absorptive properties of quinoa has left behind dry muck. Add water (1 cup). Come back in 15 minutes.
Rated at 4/10 -- bland, but nourishing.
3. Awesome burrito -- Heat some vegetable oil in a frying pan, then lightly fry both sides of a flour tortilla. Add cheese when frying the second side, as though making a quesedilla. Then, run the tortilla over so the cheese is basically deep-fried to the outside of the tortilla as you add your ingredients of choice to the inside. The cheese sticks, making a crunchy outside to a run-of-the-mill burrito.
Rated at 8/10 -- mmm, but marks off from the health department.
All in all, it's been an interesting challenge, and one that should only get more intriguing as I get hungrier. Wish me luck!
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3 comments:
That burrito sounds yummy, actually.
Me, I'd clean the fridge and throw stuff away, then order take-out.
tempting, tempting. But then who would find out all the things that don't mix with oatmeal?
I want to know how a recipe with half a bottle of Worcestershire sauce and half a jar of salsa can be bland.
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