So I knew that Jeff was close to the end of his project, which is cooking the entire book in 365 days. I read his graduation post and I wanted to see if there were recipes listed anywhere since I've been a little uninspired to cook anything lately. Since Pete's been gone I've been living on soup, leftovers and whatever I can find in the freezer.
When I first heard about Martha's Cooking School book I was so excited. It was definitely the one that I wanted next, especially since I'd be able to learn real cooking techniques. I immediately looked it up on Amazon to see how much it was. Now being unemployed I'm trying to keep a lid on spending and even though I really wanted it I couldn't see spending $35 on a cookbook, so my dreams of culinary home schooling were put on hold.
Today while I tried to find some pictures for this post I came across a listing for Martha's Cookbook for only $9! I snatched it up and can't wait until it gets here. I knew that it was worth the wait AND since Jeff has already reviewed the entire book I get to use his blog as a reference point.
Now all we need are a few more friends, who eat like normal people, so we can start entertaining again.
I started prepping my dinner early, I made some brown rice for breakfast tomorrow. One of Bethenny's recipes needs it and I've wanted to try it for quite sometime.
For dinner I was making, Seafood Gratin. I started by grilling the shrimp.
Then the sauce, I had to do this twice. The first one was horrible. I used tomato in the second sauce
I chopped the grilled shrimp, and added some sauteed veggies
Added the crumbled crab cake and topped with sauce
I topped it all with parm cheese and broiled it
Next time I know that I need to start with my Bechamel sauce and build it up from there.
I noticed there was a ton of traffic today, so I don't know what happened on 70.
I had made some brownie sandwiches for dessert
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