… Avo & Crispy Pancetta
So it’s Thursday night. On Tuesday when I cooked the Beef Kofta Curry, it was the eighth day in a row that I had cooked a 15 Minute Meal and I did nine meals in that eight day period. I did not cook one on Wednesday. My friend Hannah cooked dinner for me.
I was not back till late tonight. I had a meeting at work. Then an accident on my road home meant I had to drive the back roads home, which everyone else was doing so they were more than a little bit snarled up. Then there was shopping to do (in two supermarkets). And then dinner to cook. Cooking did not start until 21:30 ish.
I have previously said that I have 115 meals to cook. That may or may not be accurate. The book contains 119 meals, if you include the four smoothies. I discounted those. I will cook (make) them. And I will write about them. But I didn’t count them. There is also a breakfast section. It contains twelve recipes. I have counted these. I will cook some of them for breakfast. But I cooked one of them for supper tonight. You cannot call a meal you eat after nine thirty at night dinner. I am not convinced that these really are fifteen minute meals. I can’t see that they will take anything like fifteen minutes. But they’re in the book and so they will be cooked.
On one page (page 248) there are four ways to cook avocado on toast. Tonight I cooked the second one. The first one requires you to cook a poached egg as well. I am both nervous and excited about that for reason I will tell you about when I get round to cooking that “meal”. But that’s not tonight.
To me cheese on toast and all its delightful variants is a great supper or late dinner, or occasionally a delightful dinner. This “meal” was a revelation. It was so so good. I cooked it twice. It is a “meal” for one. I cooked it for Gavin first and then I cooked it for me. Had I not been doing the project I would have probably cooked both together. But the recipe dictated that I cook this for one. So for one it was cooked. (Twice).
Easy. Simple. Delicious. Great.
While I was cooking my one I was being distracted by sounds I can only describe as orgasmic from Gavin. Sounds, I have to admit, I repeated when I was eating my supper.
Simply put, this was the antidote to a long and slightly annoying day. Perfection indeed.
I usually always have a bit of good strong cheddar in the fridge for these occasions. Now I will have to have an avocado as well.
You really must try this.
Really.
How long:
1st one: Five minutes forty eight seconds
2nd one: Four minutes fifty five seconds
Who with: Gavin (and a bottle of wine)
