(pre-oven)
(post-oven)
Today, after work, Jochem left for Brussels to spend time with his family and I stayed home alone. I believe that it is important for everyone to spend some time alone sometimes and I relished the opportunity with both hands (although I'm pretty sure that this is not a correct English sentence). I put on Becoming Jane and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to watch, poured myself a glass of white wine (which I needed for my dinner, so it was totally justifiable to buy a whole bottle for myself), got into my old leather chair and had this dinner. This dinner was amazing. What was perhaps even more amazing, was that I didn't even like the little leftover sliver of chicken the most (and I LOVE chicken, especially now that it has become as rare as diamonds in this household). I had to work till 6.30 PM today, so I picked a recipe that I could make on Thursday, which is my day off. I used one of Jamie Oliver's bag recipes, where you make a little bag of tin foil, put in your ingredients, and steam it in the oven. I had already assembled my bag with the chicken, lima beans, leek, oregano, salt and pepper. I also added these beautiful potatoes that I found at the green grocer's (since I could only afford the one little sliver of chicken and was afraid that my carb-craving self would be hungry with just the vegetables) - I don't remember the name of the potatoes, but they had the most beautiful red skin. The people let me buy two of them for a mere 25 cents. So, when I came home after work, I added some white wine, some cream, and lots of butter and put it in the oven for half an hour and enjoyed the most beautiful symphony of flavors with hardly any trouble. Happy weekend to you too!
Source: Happy Days with the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver
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