Sunday, March 29, 2009

I'm a Bad Blogger

It's not that I haven't been cooking, I have. Kind of. I just can't seem to take a decent picture.

So, here's a rundown of what I've been making lately, using photographs that I didn't take (with one exception).

I made fresh garbanzo beans with chili garlic sauce, using the sauce from the Chili Garlic Edamame recipe from 28 Cooks. The flavor was good, of course (it's the only way I make edamame), but the garbanzo pods were kind of a pain in the butt to eat that way.















I made Japanese curry with tonkatsu, using Eat a Duck I Must!'s recipe and Bull-Dog tonkatsu sauce. Hubby used Country Bob's All-Purpose Sauce. They taste amazingly similar.





































I made a sandwich with an everything bagel, salami, American cheese, and an overeasy egg. Obviously not the sandwich in the picture, but I like that picture. And it was a great sandwich too.

















I made a chicken rogan josh, using a packaged Tasty Bite sauce, served with sauteed Swiss chard leaves. It was ok, but I've had better packaged sauces, notably Tean's Chicken Curry Paste from Asian Supermarket 365, which I posted about here. With the Swiss chard stems, I did my go-to "Chinese" stir-fry, and had it over rice for lunch.




















I made Gramercy Tavern's Gingerbread. But I goofed and sugared the pans instead of floured them, and the weather was all weird, so the breads deflated and stuck to the pans. Still tasted good, though.

8 comments:

Bob said...

Not being able to get good pictures can be very frustrating. I have several folders full of crappy picture series that I'm holding onto for extreme emergencies. All that stuff sounds good though, I'm intrigued by "all-purpose sauce".

Vicki said...

I gave up saving bad pictures, don't have enough room on my hard drive :) The sauce is good, kind of like A-1, but a little less tangy.

Betts said...

You must be suffering from photographer's block. I always love your photographs. I hope you have a breathrough soon.

Vicki said...

Thanks, Betts! Me too :)

RecipeGirl said...

Ha- at least you're honest. Getting good pics can be super frustrating, and sometimes you're just not into it anyways. No biggie.

I like that Bob's sauce on a hamburger with a slice of pineapple. Yummy!

Vicki said...

Hey RecipeGirl - Now I'm craving burgers. Time to break out the grill!

Darius T. Williams said...

Wow - you have been cooking up some stuff - looks good. AND, I totally know what you mean about decent pics!

Vicki said...

Hey Darius - At least I don't have to deal with video - too scary!