i figured it was time for a new post, now that our outing to margie’s has passed. what better way to follow-up a post about margie’s than with a list of recipes? 
sauteed chicken with tonnato sauce: i didn’t try my hand at the sauce b/c, well, it sounded kinda gross. i was more interested in new/different ways to prepare chicken breasts, and this was nom.
fettuccine alfredo with bacon: not as nom as it could’ve been, primarily b/c i misread the recipe and added too much cheese. yes, i know, there’s no such thing as too much cheese, but in this case, it’s true. i’d try making it again, though, with the correct amount of cheese, to see what the difference is in taste.
shrimp and wild rice casserole: i’d tried my hand at this once before and decided to revisit it. glad i did, b/c it was nom. would make again.
butterscotch and black pepper carrots: nom. i didn’t slice the carrots in half, b/c they’re baby carrots and i didn’t really see the point.
weekend brunch casserole: nom. this is one of those recipes that i look at and realize that troy and i like all of the ingredients and therefore we should like the finished product. and we did.
tilapia soft tacos with chipotle cream: i didn’t actually make tacos or the chipotle cream sauce. the tilapia was nom, though. would make again.
chicken with cocoa tomato sauce: meh. i was disappointed with this one. this should’ve been epic nom, right? there’s chicken, there’s cocoa, there’s tomatoes and other yummy things, so therefore, this should be delicious. and it was. sorta. the cocoa taste was drowned out by everything else, and i don’t know if i care enough about this recipe to try it again and adding more cocoa powder.
balsamic pork chops: nom. would make again.
sausage and egg casserole with sundried tomatoes and mozzarella: meh. it was good, but not “omg nom must make again” good. i might try it again at some point.
lemon pasta with roasted shrimp: this, on the other hand, i’d make again. i used a pound of large (31-40 count) shrimp instead of 2 lbs. of the smaller shrimp, and linguine instead of angel hair pasta b/c that’s what i had on hand.
tilapia with green beans: somewhere b/t nom and meh. the tilapia was nom. the veggies, not so much. i think i want to try this again in the summer when i can get green beans and tomatoes from the farmers market, as opposed to when i tried this a couple of weeks ago and relied on the produce selection at jewel.
F***********K. I forgot about Margie’s. I was HOME. WTH! sorry
Oh, crap, I forgot about Margie’s, too. I was on my ass watching TV. Crap!
I, on the other hand, remembered Margie’s but was sitting in class.