Dub
Senior Member
My bride has had a horrible week at work....and is going to resign from her position. Works for a horrible boss who lacks basic human decency and is very manipulative. I've met the woman....and can agree completely with my wife's assessment and decision to leave. I've managed high functioning teams for over 25 years and I can say without a doubt that her boss wouldn't make it 6 months in my environment.
She called me on her way home and said she was done....done....done with the madness. I asked what I could do to help....and she said, "Cook up something good".
Granted.....the phone call came as she was beginning her commute home.
I'd planned on cooking tomorrow.....not this afternoon.
I was road weary and beat down from a crazy workweek of my own. Mind was cloudy.....what to make on the fly ?
From phone call to the table was 30 mins.....with stuff on hand, including some leftovers.
She said it was great and just what she was hoping for and was grinning throughout the meal. Good stuff for this old dude. Got'r done on the giddyup.
Went a little something like this.....
Grabbed some "pizza" sauce outa the cabinet.....and a box of high protein-high fiber pasta and made it ready. Doctored up the pizza sauce on the fly and it really tasted purdy good...all things considered.
Added some Vidalia, Italian seasoning, parsley, garlic, peppa and bay leaves and got it on the simmer.
Brushed some olive oil & Johnny's Garlic Spread on some bread and heated up some leftover bacon-wrapped meatballs and it all came together. Hit it with some grated Parmesan cheese....
The colander and plate used were given to us by an angel of a woman who is the sweetest woman you've ever met....the wife of my mentor at work, RIP, who we followed to our relocation 20 years ago. She's an amazing cook and her Italian roots come through bigtime. Sweet soul. I can only imagine how much she'd laugh at my rushed Italian meal. She does old school Italian cooking. I'm going to invite her over soon and I'll see what we can come up with in the kitchen.
At least this rushed meal had my wife grinning and smiling the whole time.
Bamsucka !!!!! Workweek just erased. Time for the weekend fun.
For future reference I could use some quickly made meals.....what are your go-to plans ???
She called me on her way home and said she was done....done....done with the madness. I asked what I could do to help....and she said, "Cook up something good".
Granted.....the phone call came as she was beginning her commute home.
I'd planned on cooking tomorrow.....not this afternoon.
I was road weary and beat down from a crazy workweek of my own. Mind was cloudy.....what to make on the fly ?
From phone call to the table was 30 mins.....with stuff on hand, including some leftovers.
She said it was great and just what she was hoping for and was grinning throughout the meal. Good stuff for this old dude. Got'r done on the giddyup.
Went a little something like this.....
Grabbed some "pizza" sauce outa the cabinet.....and a box of high protein-high fiber pasta and made it ready. Doctored up the pizza sauce on the fly and it really tasted purdy good...all things considered.
Added some Vidalia, Italian seasoning, parsley, garlic, peppa and bay leaves and got it on the simmer.
Brushed some olive oil & Johnny's Garlic Spread on some bread and heated up some leftover bacon-wrapped meatballs and it all came together. Hit it with some grated Parmesan cheese....
The colander and plate used were given to us by an angel of a woman who is the sweetest woman you've ever met....the wife of my mentor at work, RIP, who we followed to our relocation 20 years ago. She's an amazing cook and her Italian roots come through bigtime. Sweet soul. I can only imagine how much she'd laugh at my rushed Italian meal. She does old school Italian cooking. I'm going to invite her over soon and I'll see what we can come up with in the kitchen.
At least this rushed meal had my wife grinning and smiling the whole time.
Bamsucka !!!!! Workweek just erased. Time for the weekend fun.
For future reference I could use some quickly made meals.....what are your go-to plans ???
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