Day Late St Patrick

Apparently it's been a while since I posted. I know I've cooked since the beginning of the month.

At any rate, today I made corned beef. Boil it to death. Add potatoes, boil it some more. Add some cabbage, carrot, onion, boil again. Take it out, add butter to the veggies, and eat.

Well, simmer after most of the boils.

Either way, I could have done it in the crockpot, but I'm glad I didn't. It would not have fit. It also took a lot less time, obviously. It worked.

It's pretty tasty, but oddly, I like the veggie part better than the beef part. Kind of surprises me, because I usually like meat a lot better. The cabbage was quite good, even. Of course, adding butter to it all probably had something to do with that...

Chicken bean surprise

Crockpotted today. A random mashup of ingredients.

Chicken thighs. A leek. A can of cardoza beans. A few carrots. A large can of diced tomatoes. Garlic. Napa cabbage. Salt, rosemary, thyme, sage.

It's a little bland (not quite enough salt or herbs) but otherwise seems to be quite edible. At least it's got lots of fiber!

And it's a good thing I resisted the temptation to add water or broth to the pot, since when I got home, there was plenty of liquid in the concoction.