Oh, I am such a failure sometimes. I do dumb things. For example, I take a swig of soda right after a bite of food even knowing that I have a lap band and it is going to geyser out of me in a most uncomfortable way.
And sometimes I take a perfectly nice recipe and destroy it completely. And that's what I did Tuesday. Oh yes I did.
I had been waiting to try out the Cheesy Zucchini Quinoa recipe I saw on Running to the Kitchen. And on Tuesday The CEO was out so I could make something involving cheese, zucchini, and quinoa. I didn't exactly have the stuff for the recipe but I thought....close enough.
Oh Erin...
The Ingredients:
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup quinoa (the recipe use 1/2 cup quinoa and 1/4 cup brown rice but I don't eat rice much so I did all quinoa)
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 cup shredded zucchini
1 cup cheese (I used a smidge of siwss and some manchego even though the recipe called for parmesan.)
salt and pepper to taste
What I did:
Heat the olive oil in a small pan over medium high heat
toss the quinoa in to coat it and roast it a little (no more than a few minutes)
Add in the chicken broth and the bay leaf and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all the liquid is absorbed. Then, stir in the zucchini and the cheese and season to flavor.
The Final Say:
This didn't taste bad, it just made me sick. I think Parmesan is the way to go. I don't know if the rice would have made it better...regardless, I am a failure. Here is the food right before I ate it.
Next up: I am not at all sure.
And sometimes I take a perfectly nice recipe and destroy it completely. And that's what I did Tuesday. Oh yes I did.
I had been waiting to try out the Cheesy Zucchini Quinoa recipe I saw on Running to the Kitchen. And on Tuesday The CEO was out so I could make something involving cheese, zucchini, and quinoa. I didn't exactly have the stuff for the recipe but I thought....close enough.
Oh Erin...
The Ingredients:
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup quinoa (the recipe use 1/2 cup quinoa and 1/4 cup brown rice but I don't eat rice much so I did all quinoa)
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 cup shredded zucchini
1 cup cheese (I used a smidge of siwss and some manchego even though the recipe called for parmesan.)
salt and pepper to taste
What I did:
Heat the olive oil in a small pan over medium high heat
toss the quinoa in to coat it and roast it a little (no more than a few minutes)
Add in the chicken broth and the bay leaf and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all the liquid is absorbed. Then, stir in the zucchini and the cheese and season to flavor.
The Final Say:
This didn't taste bad, it just made me sick. I think Parmesan is the way to go. I don't know if the rice would have made it better...regardless, I am a failure. Here is the food right before I ate it.
I support "close enough". I cook that way all the time. GREG
ReplyDeleteLol...typically I do too but this was just wrong!
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