
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I have the taste buds of a seven year old and I'm a very inattentive cook (by that I mean I boil water and walk away until I remember that I'm cooking).
That being said, this year is the year I change that. Learning to cook and eat well is a goal I've set for myself. There's no specific things I want to make or try eating, but in general to expand my scope.
Monday my office was closed for MLK Jr. Day, so I decided that I'd cook dinner for my mom and Rich. There's a great cookbook I found in a used bookstore that breaks down how to cook staple foods right down to "properly chopping an onion."
Cleaning the clucker was terrifying and I probably would have made a great vegetarian. After rinsing it in cold water, trimming the fat around the cavity (aka its butthole, but this is a POLITE blog) and patting it dry with a paper towel, it was placed in the pan.
My mom pointed out that I put it in upside down. Thanks, Ma.
After setting the oven to pre-heat at 450 degrees it was veggie chopping time. I used an onion, a leek, a few carrots, a beet, 6 garlic cloves, and about 12 golden finger potatoes. I stirred in some olive oil, salt and pepper.
While chopping veggies I chopped an extra onion and garlic cloves. I stuffed the chicken with the onion and jammed the garlic cloves under the skin along with a butter/salt/pepper mixture. The whole chicken was then smothered in butter and a freshly squeezed lemon (which was also promptly stuck up its butt).
Everything went in the oven for an hour.
Since I knew I couldn't leave the kitchen for awhile so I made some lemon dill rice as an extra side dish: Boil 2 cups of broth and a garlic clove, add rice and simmer until the liquid disappears. Remove the garlic clove and add a few table spoons of chopped dill and butter.





oh yummy, looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteWoo!
ReplyDeleteCooking more is one of my goals this year. Like you, "inattentive" perfectly describes how I am in the kitchen haha. Your meal looks delicious. A job well done!
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yum yum yum!
ReplyDeleteI need to learn to cook for real too. the microwave won't cut it for much longer!
nom nom nom! what a nice dinner! you don't seem like a bad cook at all!
ReplyDeleteGood job, I'm impressed! It's actually pretty easy to put the bird in upside down I find... somehow it just always looks wrong...
ReplyDeleteBoy, aren't you ambitious! I admire your spunk.
ReplyDeleteI love to cook and have cooked for decades but have never attempted cooking meat. Doing that scares me. I had an excuse when I was a vegetarian for 15 years; now, I lack that excuse and must confess to being a chicken about cooking chicken. You have more guts than me!
Mmmmmm... Well done! Looks like you did an outstanding job x
ReplyDeleteThat looks sooo yummy, congrats! =D
ReplyDeleteRich's facial expression in the last photo is great! It looks delicious, Kallie. I only started cooking for myself a year ago and its been a challenge. I still botch recipes I've done before and I'm constantly in fear of cooking meat, but in general cooking is so rewarding. Being able to feed yourself is a really pleasurable skill to have.
ReplyDeleteoh it had to be tastyy ;d
ReplyDeletereally? I never would've guessed that you don't cook...! For someone who doesn't know what she's doing, that's a pretty wonderful job. At least the pictures look good.. when I cook, the presentation of the food is never what I imagine in my head.
ReplyDeleteYUM! Amazing pictures :) What camera do you use?
ReplyDeletelooks delicious, congrats!
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It looks like it tasted great, and kudos on trying something like that!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the best cook, but I can roast a chicken pretty good. Yours looks delish! Bravo :) And thanks for checking out my blog!
ReplyDeleteyum!!! that looks so good! lovely blog you've got!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so darn yummy! I need to brush up on my cooking skills haha I'm far better at baking :)
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Your kitchin looks fab! I love it!
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This post only made me adore you more! I felt like it was me in the kitchen as I suck at cooking! Your attempt at cooking this year has really inspired me! I always felt so bad having my bf cook for me all the time, maybe this is the year I should try a little harder?
ReplyDeletea very tasty lookign SUCCESS. i myself am a pretty terrible cook mostly becasue of my forgetful-ness too burning pretty much everything. but at the end of a long hard day, nothing beats a homecooked meal
ReplyDeletegoodness it all looks so delicious.
ReplyDeletevery cool pics!
ReplyDeleteWow, can I come over for dinner? That looks so good nom nom nom :D
ReplyDeletevery cool pics!
ReplyDeletegoodness it all looks so delicious.
ReplyDeletereally? I never would've guessed that you don't cook...! For someone who doesn't know what she's doing, that's a pretty wonderful job. At least the pictures look good.. when I cook, the presentation of the food is never what I imagine in my head.
ReplyDeleteoh it had to be tastyy ;d
ReplyDeleteI'm not the best cook, but I can roast a chicken pretty good. Yours looks delish! Bravo :) And thanks for checking out my blog!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the best cook, but I can roast a chicken pretty good. Yours looks delish! Bravo :) And thanks for checking out my blog!
ReplyDeleteThis post only made me adore you more! I felt like it was me in the kitchen as I suck at cooking! Your attempt at cooking this year has really inspired me! I always felt so bad having my bf cook for me all the time, maybe this is the year I should try a little harder?
ReplyDeleteThat looks so darn yummy! I need to brush up on my cooking skills haha I'm far better at baking :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower, by the way...I just LOVE your blog!
goodness it all looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteGood job, I'm impressed! It's actually pretty easy to put the bird in upside down I find... somehow it just always looks wrong...
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