splurge?

welp, i gave in to the girl scout mom here at work.

but, i mean, it's food...so it's like groceries.

plus, no one wants to be the only person in the office who said "no" to a girl scout...right?

last night i made some delicious spicey peanut chicken with brocoli and rice. no recipe, just use a frying pan, some chicken breast, peanut sauce spicey thai sauce, red curry paste, ginger powder, (all 3 found in the asian food at the grocery store) soy sauce, salt and pepper and butter.

d made chicken and brocoli the night before that was equally as good...and i'm starting to think that it's extra delish because it's a higher quality. we bought a giant package of chicken breast and another of brocoli at costco, and they're both just better than anything else we've bought before. and at a better price.

also, i'm going to pass along some advice i read once about cooking. there was some article about "what restaurant cooks don't want you to know" on cnn.com. one of the factoids was this: if you ate something at a restaurant, and thought it was delicious, the secret ingredient was salt and butter. whether it was steak, fish, vegetables, whatever.

so, now, i add salt and butter to everything.

and i'll tell you, it's the truth. real butter. and salt. makes everything taste good. i never claimed this was going to be a food about healthy choices.

i didn't get a chance to put the beef stew together last night, so i'll be doing it this evening instead. and, of course, you'll get to hear all about it.

xoxo