I had planned on doing a Mostly Meatless Monday with Curried Potatoes and Chick Peas, but by the time I got home from the store with a prescription I was too pooped to want to do anything...thank goodness I had purchased a rotisserie chicken!
Maybe I was setting my expectations too high, but I didn't think a meal based on a recipe from that is actually VERY similar to the McCormick Recipe Inspirations Roasted Rosemary Chicken & Potatoes I have used previously and a recipe from Rachael Ray (yes I had to go back and fix her name after typing it my way 3 times in a row) could disappoint.
Take It Easy Tuesday - I was wrong. The chicken was delicious. A little on the greasy side for my taste, but very tender and very flavorful. The disappointment comes in that the recipe said it would feed 4....It fed 2.....with lots of extra potatoes. Granted, maybe BGS could have eaten less the night I made it, but to have no leftovers? BOOOOO!
The second and most egregious disappointment of the week was the recipe from Rachael Ray's show. It took me 4 HOURS to prep the meal! FOUR HOURS! WITH A MANDOLIN! Then when all was said and done we could't eat it that night because it came out of the oven at 9pm. We had to order take-out in the mean time. So we tried it last night instead....BONE DRY. So that wrecks my plans for the leftovers with the butternut squash and risotto *sob*
Mom suggested cubing the meat and soaking it in a combo of red wine and beef broth and then making stew.....BGS is convinced the beef is beyond repair.
Time to start from scratch and find recipes for next week
Maybe I was setting my expectations too high, but I didn't think a meal based on a recipe from that is actually VERY similar to the McCormick Recipe Inspirations Roasted Rosemary Chicken & Potatoes I have used previously and a recipe from Rachael Ray (yes I had to go back and fix her name after typing it my way 3 times in a row) could disappoint.
Take It Easy Tuesday - I was wrong. The chicken was delicious. A little on the greasy side for my taste, but very tender and very flavorful. The disappointment comes in that the recipe said it would feed 4....It fed 2.....with lots of extra potatoes. Granted, maybe BGS could have eaten less the night I made it, but to have no leftovers? BOOOOO!
The second and most egregious disappointment of the week was the recipe from Rachael Ray's show. It took me 4 HOURS to prep the meal! FOUR HOURS! WITH A MANDOLIN! Then when all was said and done we could't eat it that night because it came out of the oven at 9pm. We had to order take-out in the mean time. So we tried it last night instead....BONE DRY. So that wrecks my plans for the leftovers with the butternut squash and risotto *sob*
Mom suggested cubing the meat and soaking it in a combo of red wine and beef broth and then making stew.....BGS is convinced the beef is beyond repair.
Time to start from scratch and find recipes for next week
