Today was fun though... well, the end was a little frustrating... and the beginning was nothing to write home about... but the middle there was really great. Mostly because Mom and I got to cook together, but also because the meal of choice was of my making and it turned out awesome. You learn a little bit from each venture really, but when it comes out tasting really great is when you're really happy. Though, I have to admit that, it's probably much more pleasurable now because Mom doesn't have to drag me kicking and screaming into the kitchen :)
I came up with the idea off cooking for Mom and Dad at least once a week, but to tell the truth, Mom doesn't really let me just cook on my own. She says that she's happiest when we cook together, because it reminds her of when she was younger and cooked with her mother. She considers those memories precious, and the making of new memories with her own daughter to be equally precious. So, instead of getting possessive of the meal I'm making, I've decided the time spent learning from her is more valuable. Lately, I try to come up with a meal that she hasn't heard of or made, and run it buy her. Then we buy the ingredients and cook it together. Usually it's me saying all of what I want to do by means of defer to her. If she thinks it will work, we do it that way, but sometimes she has easier (or smarter) ways of doing things. Mom say she's no cook, but she has been doing it longer than I :)
So, I came up with the idea of Texas Toast Sandwiches.... basicly, we got some chicken breast, onions, tomato and shredded pizza cheese, then bought a box of Texas toast from Wal-Mart (it's in the frozen section, and we were thrilled when we found it... even if we had no idea what to do with it). We took a whole onion and sliced it in rings, then we put it in a skillet with butter and cooked it down (for quite a while actually). We also sliced the tomato, and then cut the slices in quarters. We took two chicken breasts and cut them into bite-size pieces. After the onions cook down and are nice and flimsy, we put season all on the chicken pieces and let them cook completely. After they were cooked, we added the tomatoes. We pretty much let everything stay on medium, stirring it occasionally just to make sure everything cooked evenly. But once we had everything in the skillet and it was all fairly well cooked down, we just put a lid on it and turned it on low. We put the Texas Toast into our toaster oven and cooked it until it was nice and golden brown. Then, we put the chicken/onion/tomato mixture onto a piece of toast, dumped a mountain the shredded cheese on top of that before smushing it down with another piece of Texas Toast. Mom had put some frozen broccoli in a pot and let it cook till it got soft, and then she took some of that nice, zesty cheese dip that you usually buy with Tostitos chips for dip, and mixed half of it in with the broccoli. It. Tasted. AMAZING. Mom agreed that the same thing could be done with shrimp (for the sandwiches) and be equally awesome. You could also add mushrooms, or roll up the mixture in a tortilla and add some guacamole and it'd be good too.
Now that I really think about it, I think having her cooking with me not only makes it easier, it makes me more calm about cooking. If I were trying it all by myself, I would be a lot less sure of myself... not only in the execution of the cooking but in the final product. So it's probably best that it's this way :)
So that's the tale of my cooking today. There are left overs and I fully intend to enjoy them ... with or without the Texas Toast :D Night, Sunshines!
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