Pea Nutty...

So my style of cooking is more "by the pants"....

I took frozen chicken & firm tofu...
I marinated both in a generic store bought peanut sauce all day...
I got frozen stir fry veggies at QFC..

I flash fried the drained chicken & tofu in veggie oil ....
put in strainer in a deep pan to drain...

Add a tbsp of peanut butter and cook the marinade down into a thicker sauce....about 10 mins

a couple splashes of chili oil & add the frozen stuff and fresh broccoli....

i soaked a thin rice noodle in cold water for about 20 minutes while i did all that ...

Toss the drained noodles into the peanut sauce and cook for 5 mins stirring....

Serve noodle mix & top with chicken/tofu...

People were almost done before they realized that tofu was in the meal.

I do wish i had not added the frying oil to the peanut sauce...

Black Bean Happiness

TONIGHT though, I am absurdly excited about making these black bean quesadillas . I'm not sure if I am just jazzed about making my own taco seasoning or what, but I have been looking forward to this for a few days now. Here are the ingredients - Camel mixed up the beans onion cilantro & hominy - since we didn't have any corn - while I was out walking Greenlake.

About 2/3 cup mixture in each Quesadilla

 All I had to do was Mix in the cheese and the Homemade Taco Seasoning - which I am (as I said before) ridiculously excited about

And Voila!! Black Bean Quesadillas with Sour Cream. I ended up with 10, we ate six and I am freezing 4 for later the way she suggests. I've never done this before, so we'll see how it turns out. Anyway, I am really in love with her blog, budgetbytes.blogspot.com and it was really fun to make these tonight.