Currently the smell of burned eggs is singeing my nose hairs. I was so proud that I was thinking ahead for lunch time and boiling a pot full of eggs. The problem is when you go downstairs, then upstairs and downstairs again. You do thirty tasks in a row -- piano practice, throw a toddler in the air, fix a broken doorknob, check email, print a coupon, fold a load of laundry. Then in the middle of the thirtieth task, you hear a loud poppy explosion, and that's when you suddenly remember the eggs. Initially I thought the pop was the glass lid bursting, so I was relieved when I ran in the kitchen and only found crispy/mushy egg bits all over the place. There was no water left in the now-scorched pot, and the eggs were all very well done. Surprisingly still edible -- don't mind if I do. The twins didn't mind if they did either. At least there is some small scraplet of a reward for the burning stench that won't evacuate the premises.
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What do you do when your original lunch plan goes up in smoldering smoke fumes? Make what you have for lunch every day.
Cue a giant bowl of lettuce and avocado.
Melt goat and cheddar cheese on top of a giant pile of chips and peppers.
Use your favorite kitchen tool: the Pampered Chef Avocado Peeler.
Mix and stuff your face.
What's your go-to lunch?
Do you have a favorite kitchen gadget?
What do you change up if you have a bum leg that doesn't want to feel better?
When I feel slightly injured, I start doing strengthening exercises (hip stretches, leg lifts, etc.) as if I'm making up for the slacking I was doing all the weeks before. :) I didn't know that could happen when you were boiling eggs! I better pay better attention moving forward...
ReplyDeleteGoing to lift weights tonight! Thanks for the advice.
DeleteI know I shouldn't laugh at the eggs, but I am. I sauteed some sausages in a brand new pan the other night and forgot them. Not sure the pan will ever be the same.
ReplyDeleteAnd an avocado peeler? Really? What does it do that a knife won't? Just curious.
I laughed too (after I cried). Luckily my dish wasn't non-stick. Those things don't handle an outrageous burning as well.
DeleteThe avocado peeler is my fav because it's like a knife and spoon in one. It has that genius curved edge so you can scrape out the guts without leaving any good stuff behind. If mine isn't clean, I usually use a knife (to split the whole thing in half) and a spoon. But really, hardly any of my friends believe me that the peeler is awesome/necessary. I'm clearly in the minority on this one.
Spatula is my fav - go figure :) I prefer rubber ones that can wipe clean any tub of nut butter :D yum! and I love avocados I go through waves of eating them though.....it's been far too long since my last one. Gotta get one that :)
ReplyDeleteI love me a nice, William Sonoma spoonula. Except I used mine to poke in the disposal and it took a chunk out of the silicone. I've been following the 'get my money's worth' philosophy at races for some time now. Being slow still drives me crazy though.
ReplyDeleteWe have a giant flipper that is AMAZING for pancakes which is one of the few things Allan lets me make so it's my favorite!
ReplyDeleteMy go-to lunch is cereal, not healthy but really easy. I could probably live off of cereal to be honest.
That avocado peeler is a thing of beauty. Go to lunch is probably eggs if I don't have any leftovers.
ReplyDeleteBoiling all of the water out sounds like something I would do. Had to laugh at that. Funny how I can't think of a single thing that is my favorite kitchen gadget. Sad, since my kitchen is filled with gadgets - should tell me something. As for favorite go-to lunch, I know I am an adult, but my fav is peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sad, I know.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the leg. If you figure out how to get a new one, let me know. Otherwise, when I am injured, I ice a lot, start up the strength again (which I have invariably dropped), and cross-train. Hope it's better soon!