just call me rachael freaking ray.
I’m generally not what one would refer to as “domestic”. I buy new underwear instead of doing laundry, I let my room become unlivable before I’ll clean it, and I’ve been banned from using my parents’ new washer and dryer because it took me no less than 5 minutes to figure out how to start it.
Every once in a while, though, I impress myself. Turns out, it’s usually in regards to cooking, so I’m going to call that my “thing” now. Cooking is my thing.
The other day, while grocery shopping, I bought a bunch of random fresh ingredients. While Bee was busy buying Lean Cuisines and 100-Calorie packs, I bought veggies and potatoes and started plotting.
When I got back home and finally made dinner for myself at 11pm, I had an idea in my head about how this all would turn out and I just went with it. It was delicious so I made it again tonight. (I’m easy like that.)
The hardest thing about cooking is the fact that I cook for just one person. It’s tempting to just have a bowl of cereal or make some mac and cheese because really? I’ll eat anything. But now I’ll never have to do that again because all it takes is a couple of ingredients and a stove top and all of a sudden I’m a freaking Top Chef contestant.
Since I was so impressed with myself, I thought I’d share.
Recipe for Jenn’s Made Up Miscellaneous Vegetable Concoction:
Ingredients
- EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil)
- Fresh spinach leaves
- Portobello mushrooms
- Cherry tomatoes
- Red potato
- Fresh shredded parmesan cheese
- Rosemary
- Garlic salt
Process
- Dice a red potato and get that going in a skillet with some EVOO. I have no idea if you are supposed to cook potatoes on a stove but it takes a little while to soften them up so start there.
- As they’re cooking, add a little bit of rosemary and a dash of table salt.
- In another pan skillet thing, add some EVOO and a handful of spinach. It might look like a lot at first, but it shrinks when it’s cooked. (TWSS.)
- Add the mushrooms and tomatoes to the spinach. Tomatoes don’t take long to cook at all so if you’re cooking on a high setting, add those last.
- Throw in some garlic salt to the spinach/mushroom/tomato mixture. If you’re like me and think that garlic salt is the greatest invention ever, you CANNOT OVERDO THIS.
- Once everything is sufficiently sauteed and cooked and all that jazz (I do not know culinary lingo so we’re just going to go with JAZZ), add the potatoes to everything else. Put it all on your plate, top it off with some parmesan cheese, and you’re good to go!
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OMG. That looks delicious. And here I sit with a bag of Cheddar & Sour Cream potato chips. Oh, the shame!
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Dude, I want what you’ve got. Pass that over.
That. Looks. Delicious.
…and I even just polished off a bowl of peanut butter cap’n crunch.
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FAVORITE CEREAL EVER. Good choice.
omg, YUM. i pretty much do exactly this once a week when i realize that everything in my fridge is days away from going bad. i just toss everything into a pan and cook it up. usually works out pretty well. go you, rachael ray
You’re a step ahead of me then. I usually think “ooooh I want that cucumber I bought the other day” and then realize “the other day” was two weeks ago and my food is now spoiled. Grrr.
I would totally eat that.
You know, except for the mushrooms.
Ick. Fungus.
Yes, I am secure enough in my uber manliness to say “ick.”
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YOU DON’T LIKE PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS?!?!
We are no longer friends.
Well I’m also allergic to them, JENNIFER.
Are you trying to make me sick?
Very. Nice.
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-ps This post is adorable.
Peter´s last blog ..she is just doing it
You should basically just drink water and eat ice for the rest of your life because YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING.
And yes, I know this post is adorable. It’s because it makes me seem all housewife-ish and marryable and desirable and such. Little do they know that IT IS ALL A COVER UP.
That looks absolutely freakin’ delicious! (Except I may have to forgo the mushrooms.)
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Mushrooms are ESSENTIAL. YOU HAVE TO EAT THEM. Kidding kidding. Ummm add some chicken instead? I don’t know how to cook. I got lucky with this one.
Yummy!! You might want to throw the potatoes in the microwave for a minute or two before chopping them and cooking them in the pan. You’ll get a much faster cook time and a lovely brown crust on the already-a-little-cooked taters :)
This is exactly the kind of tip I needed! WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT, HUH?! Haha thanks for help darling :)
You know, I can think of a very simple and elegant solution to “I only have one person to cook for”…
I have a lovely kitchen, wonderful new pots, pans and utensils and at least three hungry mouths to feed. I’m just saying…
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Do kids even like spinach? This is my built-in mechanism for never sharing food with my housemates — they eat like 4 year olds :)
going to the grocery today… and making this tonight. for real.
Get some chicken breast and throw that in there too. I forgot to buy chicken (like a dumbass.)
I like pretty much ANYTHING with potato in it (must be the Irish in me) so this sounds amazing to me!
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Starches and carbs are your friend. Best life lesson I’ve ever learned.
Here is something I have only ever admitted to LiLu before. I am mildly in love with Rachael Ray so anything that is compared to her automatically catches my interest.
As I am going vegetarian for the month, this recipe is most definitely going to get tried shortly. Red pototoes, portobello mushrooms, parm, and EVOO. LOVE IT.
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Haha she annoys the crap out of me but I figure I’m closer to that than Martha Stewart or Emeril or someone. Glad she has at least one fan out there though!
And I realized that all I need in life is portobello mushrooms sauteed with some garlic salt. HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
Ha! Random AND delicious, nicely done!
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Haha you don’t even know how proud I was when it turned out EDIBLE. Cooking is soooo not my forte.
you had me at red-skinned, russet potatoes and garlic salt. god bless the creators of garlic salt!!
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AMEN SISTER.
Looks yummy!
My culinary, um, “skills” are on display in my latest blog as well. I think you have me beat. :)
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Haha totally checked that out — props to you though!
Well, you *are* impressive! Can I call you something other than Rachel Ray? You don’t grate my nerves, and make me want to gouge my eyes out with soup spoons. The woman talks with a mouthful of half masticated food! She grosses me the cuss out.
Yeah Rachael Ray sucks but I couldn’t come up with anything better. SO YES PLEASE call me something other than that. Jenn is a good start… Let’s go with Jenn…
Dude, im impressed too cause this looks amazing.
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The amazing part about it is how stupid easy it was. AND how delicious.
that looks amazing!
IT WAS AMAZING AND YOU SHOULD TRY IT.
That looks so yummy! I’ll have to try it out.
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Do it! Let me know how it goes!
That looks fabulous. But of course, I kind of hate veggies so I don’t see it working out… =P
Haha yeahhh hating veggies is probably not so convenient for this one… :)
take out the mushrooms and i am sold, very nice veggie concoction.
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Everyone is hating on the mushrooms! It makes me so sad! haha
Like I said…
we should be roommates. I make random veggie things all the time and dump it over rice or pasta. Yum.
Haha I do that too with the frozen veggie steamers when I’m being lazyyyy
Mmmmm. I love random veggie dishes…but not with mushrooms.
So much mushroom hate!
If I weren’t so allergic to mushrooms, I think I would think this was great.
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Well at least you have a real reason to hate mushrooms :)
Looks deLISH! Save some for me, I’ll be over for tea :)
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Yesss come over! I will make us veggies and tea :)
That looks really yumm-o. And healthy too!
SO healthy! I love it.
This is so how I cook. I LOVE it. And now I’m hungry.
You sound like a pro, lady. ;) Experimentation with cooking really is the best way to go. Some of my best meals have been total mistakes made out of desperation when I just grab whatever I can find in the fridge :)
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Yummy! and I really need to start doing my pictures like yours. I do some food blogging as well, and I like the way you set up your images.
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