I was so excited to get this started!! I told my husband about it at dinner last night and he was supportive too! We also had to figure out what would happen if he felt like cooking one night. Is it cheating? No... because usually when he cooks I play sous chef so no worries - I'll still be cooking!
Except for tonight... I woke up this morning feeling so ill. Turns out my months of zero-sickness is over... I felt like crap all morning, then this afternoon I thought I was better but then I needed to take a nap and slept for 3 HOURS. Ridiculous. Good thing hubby is nice enough to make some dinner for himself (and me if I still feel up to it). Also, good thing we haven't moved yet or I'd be s.o.l. on post two! *sigh*, such is life.
Anyways, hubby is making kielbasa, skillet potatoes, and a salad for dinner tonight. Hubby makes the best kielbasa so I'm totally ok with this arrangement... I'll have to ask him what he used to make it when he's done cooking. He zones when he cooks sometimes. :)
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ok, done eating - it was delicious! Hubby started with potatoes in a skillet with some olive oil and salt & pepper browning them first, then turning heat down and lid on to steam 'em. Then he steamed the kielbasa in beer. Saranac's Irish Red Ale, about half a bottle. He then drinks the rest because it's a waste of beer (obviously). Once kielbasa is cooked, he makes a really good beer mustard sauce. Except today, not as much mustard because we're clearing out the fridge and I didn't buy more. Oops. The sauce is the left over beer, about a tbsp brown sugar, and 2 or 3 tbsp of dijon mustard. Whisked together, reduced down, deliciousness with kielbasa. Then, with the potatoes, once they were pretty much done, he took the lid off, turned the heat up and put some of this grilling cajun rub that we have on them and got a good crust going. It was really good - I highly recommend it.
And, the best part of this dinner? We had everything here from previous shopping trips! (except the salad.. hubby bought that today). Some time ago I had bought kielbasa and it was buy one get one, so I got another and froze it for use today! I also like to have potatoes on hand because a bag of potatoes is cheap and TOTALLY worth it because you can cook potatoes in a million different ways. The only thing bought was a bag o' salad. Which, although you pay for the packaging, is excellent. It's such an easy way to get a veg in when you don't have much time.
Hopefully I'll be better tomorrow and I can make a sunday dinner from whatever's left in my fridge/pantry. We're getting down to the wire - not much left here for us to eat! Happy eating!
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