If wishes were horses

[wiseheart]

... we'd be all riding, right?

I wanted an easy day. Preferably without cooking. So I bought a grilled chicken in hope that it would be enough for the next two days. Which it would have, in theory - only that it was so overcooked there was no way Mum could eat it. So I switched to Plan B, removed all the meat from its bones, cut the meat into microscopic pieces and made our bastardized version of pilaw. Which is a seriously simplified version of risotto, basically rice cooked in chicken broth, pieces of cooked or grilled chicken and, in this particular case, cubed tomatoes. Since it needs to be stirred constantly (like risotto), I spent almost two hours in the overheated kitchen and was close to fainting when the dratted thing was finally done.

In the meantime Mum had a visit from the PT lady, and we both were too tired to eat a cooked meal. So we had a brioche, each, and ice cream. Our diet isn't the healthiest when the weather is hot. But at least I won't have to cook in the next four days or so, I've managed to make such a huge pot of pilaw. It will be a bit boring, but it beats cooking something else. And I've bought more ice cream, too.

Accordingly, I didn't do much else today. Grocery shopping and slave labour in the kitchen have just about done me in. Everything else can wait.

Comments

[meathiel]

You could always add some veggies to the pilaw the 2nd day to make it taste differently.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

if wishes were horses we'd all live in Equestria.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I keep my frozen carrot cubes in readiness.😉

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Pilaw sounds good. But I won't do risotto- takes too much time, needs constant supervising. And there might or might not be veggies. What does not get eaten in the space of two days will go into the freezer, to resurface when I do not feel like cooking.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I cheat. I put the arborio rice in a pan with a lot of stock, let it simmer and just stir it about once every five minutes until it has absorbed most of the stock, and then add a knob of butter, or a couple of spoonfuls of cream cheese. It honestly works just as well as standing over it constantly stirring and adding the stock about 20ml at a time.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Plan B sounds good. Although the ice cream sounds even better.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Wishing you and your Mum the best. Hope the weather cools and your Mum's pain soon goes away. I truly feel for you both!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

How are mum's bruises doing? Is the PT lady happy with her? Look upon your two hours of boiling as having done the next few days worth all in one go.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

The constant stirring has kept me from doing risotte more often. I have to try the cheat!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Bruises are growing and looking more colourful with each passing day. The PT lady wasn't particularly worried, although her previously damaged shoulder works even less now than before (Mum's shoulder, I mean). It will take quite some time yet before she can do what little she's been doing in the last couple of years again.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm afraid the pain will last for a while yet; and the heat doesn't help.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Alas, the ice cream I managed to buy is fairly horrible. I think we'll have to pour eggnog over it to make it edible.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Poor Mum. She must be feeling very frustrated at losing that mobility.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Oh man!