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Continuing our transformation into parents, (complete with “World’s Greatest Dad” tie and mom jeans), we thought it only fitting that we start cooking at home more often so that Annabelle would not grow up thinking food always arrives in over sized portions in a take out container. Since Amanda has been been embracing her new job as a SAHM, she has taken over the food preparation with gusto. Meal selection used to be routine, but recently started to take on an adventurous feel.
Amanda: “What should I make on Tuesday?”
Daniel: “Um, I don’t know, how about tortilla soup.”
Amanda: “I’ve never made that.”
Daniel: “Give it a try. Google a recipe.”
Amanda: “Ok.”
Now given Amanda’s heritage as a Dupla (read: recipe’s are only a suggestion) I was taking a risk by inviting her to venture into culinary experimentation.
However, what I found out is the girl can cook. Let me say that I never thought of tortilla soup as a meal in itself, but Amanda’s version was totally filling and delicious. The next week came French Onion Soup and Croquet Monsieur sandwiches. “Oui Oui!”
Not to get stuck in a soup rut, this week Amanda tackled brisket. Not just any brisket, Anointed Brisket. Amanda’s former church’s pastor’s wife (follow that?) passed along a recipe, that she got from another pastor’s wife - hence, anointed. The brisket turned out wonderful - juicy and flavorful. It was so good as a matter of fact, that it didn’t last long enough to get it’s picture taken.
So now we need more challenges. If there is a recipe that you love, have tried in the past, or have thought of trying, pass it along and lets see if Amanda can continue her streak of hits…
July 25th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Okay, I did not necessarily ask for a challenge from our faithful blog readers. I was just wondering if there were others out there that have tried a challenging dinner and have found that it was wonderful. What have you tried to make?
July 25th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Stuffed Green Peppers. They are awesome. I’ll give you the recipe on Friday!
July 25th, 2007 at 10:49 am
Kelly’s meatloaf muffins!!! The recipe link is on her blog. It loves to be smothered with ketchup…
July 25th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Last night Amanda asked me if she tried meatloaf if I would eat it. I said “Yes.”
July 25th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
In the past, I’ve been adventuresome with my recipes but unfortunately, Jacob has not been impressed…I guess that’s why he cooks so much! However, Amanda, you’ve inspired me to give it another try. I’d love to try your brisket recipe sometime.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
mmmmm…..I’ll have to send some recipes your way when I am downstairs on Jon’s laptop. I can’t access my recipe favorites from up here. I have a 3″ binder with sheet protectors in it. It has 3 categories….1) recipes from my mom and grandma 2) other recipes I have tried and LOVED and wanted to make sure I remembered what I cooked so we can eat them again and 3) Yummy looking recipes that I want to try sometime when I get the hankering. Usually they are from magazines I get or sometimes I get a craving for something like Thai food and find some recipes on allrecipes.com that look good. I love trying new recipes so a lot of times I forget what I cook. There are some that we don’t ever want to forget!
We are kind of in the simple(r), yummy, but on the cheaper side of meal planning. I used to cook a lot more “gourmet” foods but I don’t have the time to do anything super fancy anymore. Sigh…
July 26th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I have a yummy turkey meatloaf recipe and a yummy tomato tortilla soup recipe. Katie’s taco soup is delish…and for AWESOME recipes, you need to become better friends with Heidi….the girl needs to open a catoring business!
Natalie, may I too have your stuffed pepper recipe, please?
August 31st, 2007 at 4:30 pm
I was just going over the blogs about Amanda’s cooking. I was wondering if she is ready to tackle my stuffed cabbage rolls. Be aware it’s not for the amateur. Love, Dad