that's altogether too much hygiene for me

Things I Love
Cooking

Oh. My. Goodness. I can't believe it took until now for me to realize I love to cook. And not just regular "let's find a recipe and follow it to the letter" cooking, either. I LOVE to cook with whatever I have on hand and make something that sounds good to me. In fact, I have chosen to share my two favorites so far:
Chicken Stir Fry (serves one)
One section of a package of King Soba Sweet Potato Buckwheat noodles
One boneless skinless chicken breast cut into chunks
grapeseed oil
coconut oil
Worcestershire sauce
any frozen or fresh veg you have on hand.

prepare the noodles. Combine grapeseed and coconut oils in a skillet and cook the chicken. Add the veggies and noodles and cook it together. Splash on the Worcestershire sauce enough to cover the mixture

I have not gotten the oil proportions right yet and have ended up with some oily noodles, but for the most part this is pretty good. However, this next one blows the other out of the water!

Really awesome artichoke chicken
1 jar artichoke hearts
1 chicken breast cut into chunks
Green beans
1 half of a medium lime
2 tbsp butter
Worcestershire Sauce
Cookwell & Company Olive and Lemon Vinaigrette

Combine butter, lime, worchestershire sauce, and salad dressing in a skillet and simmer together. Then cook the chicken breast until it is done. Add the artichoke hearts and green beans and simmer it for about 10 minutes. Serve hot!

Again, I have absolutely no idea on proportions. I would do enough vinaigrette to coat the chicken and chokes and enough Worcestershire sauce to brown the chicken, and I think this would be extra great with some linguini and and some sort of cream base for the sauce, though the butter base is good! This had a sweet aftertaste which I think had something to do with the vinaigrette or the artichoke juice.

No pictures this post. I really really hate taking in-progress shots because 1) I have to stop in the middle and wash my hands and then take the picture and then wash my hands again and that's altogether too much hygiene for me; 2) my dear dear camera, Sylvia, might get food on her; and 3) Penny might take the opportunity to help herself to my noms!

Today I roasted bell peppers and then packed them into a jar with some garlic salt, Italian seasonings, and olive oil and then put it in the fridge. This will keep for a week or so, and since I am in LOVE with red bell peppers this won't be an issue. They were on sale today so I bought four to roast and four to freeze for later. I try not to buy them over $1/pc and they've been almost two dollars/pc for a few months! I was in pepper withdrawal. The grocery also was celebrating the new hatch peppers with a sale but I didn't bite. I might try it later though!

Got any delicious recipes of your very own design? Have improvements or suggestions for these recipes? Try them and let me know what you think!