Except when it comes to my waistline.
Mom has been cooking lunch and dinner every day. And like a dutiful daughter, I have been rising up to the challenge and eating lunch and dinner, every day.
Of course, now my jeans are trying to rise to the challenge of containing me.
The upside of this is that I haven’t had to cook dinner since she arrived. That is awesome in my book, and the reason I don’t dwell on the downside of this. I have been attempting to cook more Puerto Rican dishes, but let’s face it: they aren’t a patch on my mom’s cooking. Still, my family likes it enough to enjoy leftovers the following day, so that’s saying something. But I can’t let my mom do all the cooking while she’s here. I want her to enjoy her time with the family. So I shall be cooking this weekend for the clan. Not all weekend, mind you. Just dinners and one breakfast, maybe. And first request? Beer braised beef.
Courtesy of The Pioneer Woman.
Because it’s beef, in beer. How can you go wrong???
Anyway, time for me to run. I have to go to the grocery store. Again. And to the liquor store. Again.
It’s for a good cause 😉
July 18th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Mmmmmmmmmmmm….tasty! (the beef, that is)
You know, you might want to reconsider your life when the liquor store has a reserved parking place just for you, and now stocks straws next to the bottles of the hard stuff.
….reconsider? Nah, screw that! Enjoy the crap outta it!
July 18th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
HAHAHAHA!!! You assume I use straws. 😀
July 18th, 2013 at 5:21 PM
Only the silly-straws. Cuz straight whiskey in a regular straw is simply uncivilized.
July 18th, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Crazy straws! Because they emphasize my insanity 😉
July 18th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
I had to donate 6 pairs of defective shorts to the Salvation Army. I know they were defective, because last year, when I bought them, they fit perfectly. This year, when I tried them on, I could choose between fastening them and breathing. Obviously, the shorts were defective. Any of the rest of you have that problem with defective clothing?
July 18th, 2013 at 2:14 PM
All. The. Time.
July 18th, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Trip to Africa. Travel stress, heat and no handy refrigerator or store for junk food. Best diet plan ever. 🙂 Not that I haven’t put most of it back on since I’ve been home… but still.
And the beef and the PR food … it all sounds delish!
July 18th, 2013 at 4:13 PM
Stress is a great diet, isn’t it??
Next time you’re in town, etc., etc. 😉
July 18th, 2013 at 5:22 PM
And never forget the weight-loss miracle that is malaria! Also available in Africa.
July 18th, 2013 at 6:02 PM
😯
July 19th, 2013 at 12:33 AM
Dysentery also works wonders for weight loss. It’s a little hard on the system, but it does result in rapid weight loss, if you just HAVE to fit in that new swim suit.
July 18th, 2013 at 7:19 PM
I don’t often braise beef with beer, but when I do, I braise it with Dos Equis.*
*Full disclosure: I’ve never braised beef. I don’t even know how to braise. But I do like beef. And beer. And bacon too. Can you braise bacon?
July 18th, 2013 at 8:35 PM
HAHAHAHA!!!
*makes plans to try braising bacon*
July 19th, 2013 at 12:30 AM
John, you infidel! You speak blasphemy! Dos Equis should be reserved for drinking. If you want to use a beer for cooking, use Bud or one of the other crap American beers. They are good for using for roasting pork, or cooking beans, or making a beer batter, and if, heaven forbid, you run out of Dos Equis or Tecate, then you can drink Bud in a pinch.
July 26th, 2013 at 5:50 PM
John – yes, you can braise bacon. Look up “chashu”… basically pork belly. Not smoked, no, but still awesomeness.
Here’s something I’ve been meaning to try forever and a day, Aggie. http://norecipes.com/blog/japanese-chashu-recipe/#sthash.Q4PjPwic.dpbs
True bacon should be fried or wrapped around scallops or shrimp, however.
July 26th, 2013 at 7:09 PM
Or steak, LK. Don’t forget that 😀