The nice thing about my job is that, when the work runs out, I’m free to go home. No wasted time killing hours surfing the internet. No trying to look busy. It’s cool to be at a place that keeps it real. So as a result, my weekend started a bit early yesterday. I made a few calls and it seemed that everyone was already nursing their hangovers. So I suggested a quiet night in with some home-cooked food.
The main menu: fish veracruz, cumin zucchini, herb roasted potatoes.
The drink menu: wine, wine, wine (and a 6-pack of Newcastle).
The desert menu: assorted fruits (kiwi, pineapple, mango, black grapes, tangelos) with Green & Black’s organic dark chocolate - and Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc
The ambiance: yellow flowers from Rachel and tunes mixed by DJ Steph
The attendees: marcella, steph, rachel, dave, and yours truly
Estimated drink units to hangover recovery: 0.5
Best reason to stay up til 2am in Austin on Friday night: to sit outside on the porch drinking wine in warm sweaters and feeling the cold front come in.
5 talapia filets
4 roma tomatoes, peeled** and pureed
3 roma tomatoes, coursely chopped
1 green pepper, sliced lengthwise
1 white onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
4 olives, rinsed and chopped
1 spoonful of capers, rinsed
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp fresh oregano
2 habanero peppers, sliced
1 cup of vegetable broth
The fish gets seared briefly in a frying pan with a bit of olive oil, then placed in a casserole dish. Meanwhile, the onions and garlic get cooked in some olive oil. Add the tomatoes, broth and the bay leaf and heat through. Add the oregano, olives, capers, habenaro, and green pepper. Hope for the best. Poor the sauce over the fish and bake at 350 F until the fish is cooked through (about 15 minutes).
a bunch of new potatoes, quartered
olive oil
salt
italian herb seasoning
Put the potatoes in a casserole dish. Pour enough olive oil to coat. Sprinkle with salt and herbs to spice. Cook in a 350 F oven for about 40 minutes. While cooking, mix them up a bit every 15 minutes or so.
zucchini and yellow squash, sliced
olive oil
salt
cumin
Heat some oil in a pan. Add squash. Add salt and cumin to taste. Cook! Don’t ask roommate “can you cumin me?”
* food was cooked after the consumption of several wine units; actual ingredient proportions may vary.
** to peel tomatoes: make a slice in the skin of each tomato, place tomatoes in a bowl, cover tomatoes with boiling hot water, wait a few minutes, poor cold water over tomatoes, skin peels right off!
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