Food 2: Chew Harder • Page 30

Nothing special at all but prepped pork tenderloin, roasted red potatoes & a potato/green bean thing I had in my freezer for lunches this week. I really think a pan seared pork tenderloin might be my favorite food

 

I really want to get into food prepping so I actually eat lunch instead of surviving on coffee and nicotine until 6 PM when I feel like shit and finally eat dinner.

 

It unfortunately hasn't helped me from snacking like a monster

 

Some chicken, broccoli, peppers, onion, carrot, ginger garlic stir fry over white rice

 

Made roast potatoes with chorizo, avocado salsa, blistered peppers and onions, and standard taco toppings.

It was ugly as shit though so didn't take a picture.

 

Second best condiment (after giardiniera, obviously), Salsa Verde. Cilantro, Kale, Basil, Parsley, Mint, Jalapeño, Red Onion, Lime Juice and Zest, Salt, Pepper, Cumin, Vinegar-Based Hot Sauce.

I don’t know why I capitalized all of the ingredients.

 

Oh, and Olive Oil.

 

That’s paying respect to those great ingredients is what that is.

 

My wife's mom seems to forget who I am each year during Christmas. One year she'll get me something great like a cookbook and the next she'll get me an Alaskan trucker hat (true story), but I made something from an Italian cookbook she got me called "ribolita." It was essentially a white bean stew but it was served over ciabatta croutons.

I was pretty skeptical when I was making it but figured it was easy and inexpensive and it ended up coming together to be something really comforting and really tasty.

I just sautéed onions and carrots until soft, added garlic and tomato paste, cooked the tomato paste down, and then dumped in white beans, kale, and some stock I had kicking around in my freezer. I let the kale wilt and darken and the stew thicken and then tossed it over some ciabatta I had ripped up and tossed in the oven until pretty dry and crunchy. Super easy weekday meal, like maybe 20 minutes of work. Really delicious. Relatively healthy.

Good job Molly's mom.

 

Staying in Mystic CT from Mon-Wed. Any recs?

 

How far you willing to drive?

 

Depends, we’ve got a one year old so nothing crazy. We’re coming from Philly so trying to stop in New Haven on the way. Day 1 we plan on just staying around Mystic. Next day is the Aquarium mid day, but we could drive for an early dinner. Final day we might check out Rhode Island

I’ll take any recs though, we’ll see what we can swing

 

I used to live in New Haven and there's a ton of rad places to eat around there. I've been to Mystic a few times, we ate at the Engine Room once because they had a really good selection of whiskey. Food is pretty standard American but it was good. There's also a bunch of seafood places up there.

Anything specific you are looking for or food you're in to?

 

Engine Room is on our list. We’re both into all styles of food and the baby is pretty good too. Basically anywhere that wouldn’t mind having a kid there at 5:00, veering towards seafood/specialty items. Maybe a brewery/cocktail place that has some outdoor/baby friendly space. Fox Farm and Tox were the two I kept seeing

 

Fox Farm is beautiful but can be a tad crowded sometimes. We used to go their during covid-times because you can bring chairs and sit outside in the field well away from everyone. Tox has better beer and is probably less of a trek.

The Shipwright's Daughter is good but a little bougie. Rocks 21 and Red 36 are on the water so that's a plus. Most of the restaurants around there, in my experience at least, have similar offerings and you probably can't go too wrong with any of them.

 

If you're willing to drive, Fat Orange Cat is pretty rad. But that's a bit far from Mystic.

 

The vegan bulgogi from Trader Joe's is surprisingly good.

Made some Kogi Truck style burritos with it and some kimchi, Cilantro, rice, chili garlic mayo, cheese, and cabbage. Pretty bomb.

 

Went to Fox Farm for the first time a few weeks ago and loved it

 

Nothing fancy but made a ham, mushroom, black olive and cheese omelet.

 

I bought a really good nonstick skillet a couple of months ago and I’ve been meaning to try to make a great omelette

 

Which one? I’d like to get one myself.

 

This one

Thyme & Table Non-Stick 12" Gold Fry Pan with Stainless Steel Induction Base - Walmart.com

I needed an oven-safe nonstick skillet to cook a French onion gnocchi thing but obviously didn't want to spend a ton. I know cookware can get expensive. But I use this one almost every time I cook now!

 

Awesome, thank you.

 

Fajitas yesterday on the blackstone