Friday, November 13, 2009

TGIF!!! What a Week!

Well, the last week or so has been a doozie to say the least. First....no shocker here....the flu. Thankfully, I started hitting the vitamins, oranges, tea and whatever else OTC remedy I could get my hands on and it didn't get toooo bad....but bad enough. Second, as of yesterday I have worked 50 hours this week which has just about pushed the princess to the edge of sanity:) It's shockingly funny how I can be so laid back in some areas of my life, but in others --like my day job, I am incredibly rigid and borderline perfectionist. The day job revolves around training and development and I LOVE it....it truly is one of my passions. But boy are there days......This week has been centered around creating online learning modules and it's been maddening! I love the end result, but the amount of work that goes into a 20minute training video is shocking! To date I have close to 60 hours on this one project and it's not over yet:)

That all being said, I've been a bit of a hermit this week and have literally have been held up in my apartment slamming out this project. I have, however, found a little time for some cooking goodness - if nothing else for the release I so eagerly look for at the end of the day. One of my absolute all time favorite meals is shrimp and grits and as eluded to in previous posts, I don't take my shrimp and grits lightly. This time, I was a bit lazy in that I didn't grill the shrimp or veggies first, but still -- pretty darn respectable. Andouille sausage is a beautiful, beautiful thing:) Now --- admittedly, I'm just beginning to embrace the spicier things of life, but I figure it takes baby steps. Sausage with onions, Pablano's (my new favorite pepper....Thank you Bobby Flay!) smoked paprika.....all over what I call "real" grits. OK I don't even want to know the calorie content of these grits because I make them with heavy cream and half and half but allllz I can say is .....uhm.....uhm..uhm. One valuable lesson this time around....grill the peppers and peel them or you'll get the skins in the gravy.

Also this week, I made a stuffed pork tenderloin and it was really good! I've never taken the time to wrap a tenderloin before, but sunshine, when I tell you it's worth it......it's worth it! This tenderloin required no fork and barely teeth to eat - it was sooo tender! I stuffed it with a mixed herbed pesto, sundried tomato and feta. Really impressed with this one.

Today, I don't see a big meal preparation in my future, but I think I do see coffee and an apple coffee cake:) I'll let you know how it goes! OK - maybe a cocktail too........or 8:)

Have a great weekend!

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