Thursday, January 10, 2013

Working from Home and A Day in the Kitchen

I love being able to work from home every now and then.  I feel so much happier and more productive especially after slaving away in the kitchen all day!  I started my day with a trip to Trader Joe's at 8:00am right when they opened and replenished my groceries for the next 10 days or so.  All for a total of $44.

So after taking some tips from Tai sister blogs and some google recipe searches, I attempted to use the oven.  (Note that I have been living in HK for the last 5 years and having an oven in HK was definitely a luxury. I did not have an oven until last year).  I modified the shake and bake recipe slightly by using flour instead of bread crumbs, since that is all I had.

I made enough food for Friday lunch (Chicken avocado salad) and Friday dinner (drumsticks, veggies, rice)

Shake and Bake Chicken , asparagus, and rice

baked asparagus and carrots, marinated Teryaki sauce drumsticks (baked w/foil on top) and left over shake and bake chicken

avocado salad with leftover chicken and cranberries + tomato

2 comments:

Amy said...

very impressive! definitely helps to batch cook and make a couple of items at a time to save you time on a busy day. i try not to cook more than 3 times a week and supplement with some ready made frozen food, some take out, dining out, and using 3/4 cooked food (like the steamer clams). keep cooking and venturing outside your comfort zone!

Jenny Tai said...

That salad does look yummy!