chicken livers

My mom brought me seven chicken breasts as a sacrifice for her weekend visit. She cooks really well, so they were tasty. But I never want to eat chicken again. I had chicken scramble for breakfast, a chicken, pesto and jalapeno cheese sandwich for three lunches and chicken pasta for dinner. So, many of you were asking why I haven't made the promised dinners, that's why: chicken.

I did get the cookbooks from the library. They are humongous! Good thing I was able to stuff them in my gym bag. I found them a little overwhelming - none have the name college in the title, so you can guess I'm already out of my league. Tonight's recipe was featured from "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian." It was coconut Thai sauteed potato and eggplant over rice.

And it was delicious. It took longer than the suggested 40 minute cooking time. It can be really complicated making a dish if you aren't used to it. All you cooks don't realize that. But there is an art to cooking, and more importantly a correct order. My order was a little skeltered, totally throwing off my swagger.

My potatoes had sprouted so I ran to the market, literally. My red shoe fell off three times and finally I just picked it up and ran without it. The Bush Market didn't have good patats, but I made do. Back in the kitchen, I peeled the tots and eggplant, then crushed the garlic. The garlic went in the pan with oil, but it was too hot, so it burned. Dumped that business and started again with lower heat. The the eggplant and patat and eventually some coco milk, curry paste and ginger. The ginger was a really great addition. Way to go Bittman! Good recipe.

I could totally feed this meal to Roger. I'm on my way to wifehood....