FoodB

This last week Jenn and I have been slacking in making a menu and actually going out and buying groceries. It all came to a head Monday when neither of us knew what to do for dinner and she ended up eating some bad rice and I ate hard boiled eggs. I guess inspiration comes and goes.

Last week I had mashed potatoes on the menu and Jenn decided to experiment a little with the recipe. The unfortunate thing was that she was also making pork chops (future post, I promise) and needed another baguette because the one we had could have been used to make bricks out of. So I had to run to the store and the potatoes which had already been cooked sat in the pot. Once I got back and she tried to mash the potatoes the result kind of looked like potato soup and we had to abandon the experiment.

So learning a valuable lesson that potatoes continue to take on water, she tried again on Sunday when we had some friends over. Here is the recipe she came up with:

Parmesan-Garlic Mashed Potatoes

2-1/2 lbs. Red Potatoes
1 Garlic Bulb
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
3 Tbsp Butter
3 Tbsp Heavy Cream

1. Take the cloves of garlic and remove the skin. Peel the potatoes.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add potatoes and garlic cloves. Boil until the potatoes are soft and you can stick a fork through them.
3. Remove the pot from heat and drain into a colander.
4. Transfer the potatoes to a mixing bowl.
5. Add butter and use a blender to break the potatoes apart. Add the cream and continue to blend (you can add more depending on what kind of texture you want).
6. Add the parmesan cheese and lightly fold into the potatoes
7. Add salt to taste and serve.

I have to say that I really enjoyed these potatoes and I'm kinda pissed because it over shadowed my kabobs. That's what I get for trying to compete with someone that can kick the crap out of me cooking-wise. Another thing is that we have discovered how much better it is to grate your own parmesan cheese. We have always bought pre-shredded parmesan and never thought anything of it until the day I couldn't find it in the store and I bought a hunk of it and promised to grate it myself. I always thought parmesan was kind of bland until that night and will never buy pre-shredded stuff again.

On an aside, sorry about the lack of posts. I'm behind the gun right now at work and Battlestar Galatica season 2.5 came out on DVD so my free time seems to be becoming less and less. I've got about 3 or 4 posts rolling around in my head right now so I hope to get those out soon because I hate when things roll around in my head.