Cooking

I had a very enjoyable grocery shopping trip yesterday and am pleased with the fact that my fridge and pantry are now filled with all sorts of tasty ingredients with which to make several tasty new recipes. I'm also very pleased with the way my tastes have finally matured a bit and I'm willing to try more interesting recipes. Tonight it was Chicken-Chili Stir Fry complete with bean sprouts and peanuts. Looks good doesn't it?


It turned out just like the picture and the textures were great. The flavor wasn't amazing; not bad, just not amazing. Nice and low cal though and filling. I don't know if I'll make it again or not.But at the very least it is something that I never would've even considered trying before.
My next experiment is a barley-corn-spinach-edamame salad. I am again hopeful. It looks great and is filled with all sorts of fresh and lite things. And no meat; I am certainly not against meat, but more and more my stomach is happier if there's not meat involved and recipes that are vegetarian appeal to me. I've not done it on purpose, but that's where my tastes are heading. For instance, I've been really hungry for a good black bean soup like they have at Panera. Anybody got a good recipe? Oh, I'm also making "yogurt cheese" tonight that will be made into a Mexican cheese dip tomorrow. I'll let you know how that goes. I also picked up some greek yogurt yesterday. They've finally started selling some that isn't organic so it's a little cheaper. It's good stuff, mostly just because it's got 22g. of protein in 8 oz. That's a lot. And it's a good sour cream replacer if you ask me. That and I just feel cool and sophisticated eating something that has the word "greek" in it. :D