There are "four" people who live in my house. I qualify four, because two of the household members eat enough to be considered one person. So, this many dishes seems acceptable.
But how many dishes do we own?
That many.
We could have a dinner party for 28 people with full place settings for each person. Dinner plate, salad plate, soup bowl, bread plate, cereal bowl (because you never know when you'll need some Lucky Charms with your five course dinner), coffee cup, saucer, dessert plate (no, the Lucky Charms do NOT count as dessert), red wine glass, white wine glass, water goblet, not to mention the cutlery!
It seems we were quite ambitious in our wedding registry. "Let's put this [silver china… thing… maybe a creamer?] on our registry. You know, round out the set [of things we can't actually name]." I assumed we wouldn't get everything we put on that crazy list. We did. Apparently, our combined families are not only large, but generous. And a lot of people forgot to say that they were buying a gift off a registry. 30 wine glasses later, I'm thinking I should send them home as door prizes at our next shindig.
A good part of my nesting streak is I saved this myriad of dishes from it's moldy dungeon in the corner of our basement. Now they are resting peacefully in the hutch we brought home from Dixon, IL on top of G's old Jetta. In the winter. During a snowstorm.
Sidenote: that hutch is getting a makeover soon. Door pulls, some paint, maybe some interior funkiness. It'll happen.
And it's Monday, so that means a recipe...
Okay, I don't have a picture of this delicious dish and the name is generic, but it's E-A-S-Y.
Chicken Stir-Fry
- two chicken breasts
- one zucchini (green summer squash)
- one green pepper
- one onion (I like red)
- one jalapeno pepper
- Emeril's Chicken Rub
Cut your chicken into cubes and throw it in a large skillet with some olive oil to cook. While that browns, cut your veggies into bite-sized pieces. If you like spicy food, you can leave as many seeds in the jalapeno as you like. If you're just looking for flavor, cut the pepper into large pieces and get as many seeds out as possible (you can take it out after it's cooked a bit).
When the chicken is almost cooked through, toss in the veggies and cook until the onions start to get a little transparent (5-10 minutes). Season liberally with Emeril's after you throw in the veggies. BAM! You're done.
My bestie came over and made this for me about a year ago and I adore it. I actually eat my veggies! Often, I make it without the chicken and it's still awesome. So green. So good.
