ast Sunday the Husband and I went for dinner with another couple of foodies to Equus Tavern in Bernardsville, NJ. It was the first time for all of us to this restaurant. The chef is from Le Petite Chateau, a restaurant where we had the misfortune to dine but once. Had we known it was the same chef, I’m not sure we would have tried Equus, but I am very glad that we did.
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dinner: panko wasabi cod
One of the reasons I decided to start writing this blog is to keep track of my cooking adventures. When I was working, the Husband and I had decided that it was a worthwhile investment for us to have a personal chef. Once every three weeks or so, he would deliver meals and sides we could stick into the freezer. As I’m sure you can imagine, this was not a cheap service and with neither of us working, it was the first thing that had to go. I still have some meals left in the freezer, but am hanging on to them for those nights I know I’ll need them.
So the long and short of it is that I have started cooking again. Earlier this week I made chicken soup with matza balls. For the very first time. It didn’t turn out too badly. The matza balls were great, and I intend to keep that recipe. The soup could use some more work so I’ll probably spend some time after the summer tweaking the recipe. I think more salt and less time so the chicken doesn’t practically disintegrate would be a good start. More dill, too.
Tonight I’m making cod. Panko crusted wasabi cod to be more precise. I would have made it with roast potatoes but I don’t have enough space in the convection oven, since it is just toaster oven sized. But damn we love that thing! When we replace the oven, I want a convection one. I hate, hate, hate turning on the oven in the summer. Considering it’s already in the mid-70’s……yech.
Recipe to be adapted from Epicurious’ posting from Gourmet, August 2006.
UPDATE: Dinner rocked! We have a new way to make fish. I cute the cod into 3 pieces and laid them out on a shallow baking sheet lined with foil. Preheated the convection oven to 400. Brushed the cod with a wasabi aioli that’s been hanging around in my fridge and then topped with panko crumbs. Turned them over and did the same on the flip side. Turn the convection oven down to 375 and put them in until the the thickest piece started to flake, which was about 16 minutes or so. Turn on the broiler and brown the panko to get it crispy, another 2-3 minutes.
Next time I think I’ll make my own wasabi sauce and use more wasabi. It really just needed some more kick.
Headaches are a pain
As I mentioned, and you may have read, I suffer from chronic headaches, in most cases migraines. So far, this year has been MUCH better than 2008, thank the Gods. This past week, though, not so much.
In general I’m on a supplement called MigreLief (that you can get from Amazon) that contains magnesium, feverfew and riboflavin which I take twice a day to help prevent or minimize the migraines. I also have a prescription abortive, which I take once a headache starts, but can only take two pills in 24 hours. If those fail, I have another Rx rescue medicine. Past that, it’s the urgent care center or ER. Fortunately, I’ve managed to get by without that option so far.
Today, I’ve already taken both doses of my abortive before noon. At least for the moment it feels like the second one is finally loosening the vice grip on my temples.
I once had a best friend who also suffered from migraines. Her husband didn’t so he couldn’t understand when he told her to ” muddle through” why that was nearly an impossibility. I’m grateful that the Husband -does- understand what I’m going through.
Obligatory geek content
Did I mention that the Husband and I are both IT geeks? Mac geeks more specifically.
This link made its way into my Inbox today and I wanted to share it.
http://alternativeto.net
If you are looking at or for a specific software package, this will give you lower cost alternatives. And they divvy it up by platform, so it’s not just Windoze focused.