… Smashed Sweet Potato & Fresh Corn Salsa
So I haven’t cooked since Monday … well that’s not quite true. I cooked (yes actually cooked) breakfast on Wednesday and I kind of made lunch today – but it was more just tarting up leftovers that actual cooking. However the point is that I haven’t cooked a 15 Minute Meal since Monday night. I knew I would have to take some time of after my operation, but I was keen to get back to cooking much sooner. I had planned to do one last night … but instead I slept.
My mum has been staying with me for a few days to look after me. Because I felt up to cooking tonight I asked her to choose a meal and she choose this one.
This is the third meal I have cooked in the new house. This one was much harder than the others. I needed three things on the hob tonight. I only have three working hobs. And I don’t have the big one. This was a difficult, I’m still getting used to how the cooker works and I had to keep juggling hobs to get the heat right.
There is a lot to do tonight and pretty early in I know I’d miss the fifteen minute mark. I also can’t move very fast and I have to be a bit carful. I have already stepped well outside of my doctor’s orders with the amount I have been doing and I make myself slow down a bit.
Anyway it was a fun one to cook.
The meal tastes great. I am disappointed with the time. Also I over cooked the chicken a bit. But I have a new cooker to contend with and a sore back.
This meal seems quintessentially southern American. It reminds me of my American trip a little bit. I love the okra. The sweet corn salsa goes down well with everyone. You griddle the corn on the cob and then slice off the corn into the salsa. When you get a slightly burnt bit of corn it tastes just great. The salsa would be great done with corn cooked on a barbeque (I must remember this for the summer in my new garden).
A good meal notwithstanding the overcooked chicken and time. Importantly my mum really, really liked this one and Gavin (my now official house mate and apparent vegetarian) recons that it’s the best meat dish I’ve done.
Oh and by the way having done the photos for this meal I have only just realized I am still wearing the paper bracelet that was put on me in the hospital.
Who with: Mum and Gavin
How Long: Nineteen minutes and thirty seven seconds
