Because I'm driving up to Prime Hook this Sunday, I called it an early day at ended my work day at lunch. While I was at the refuge office I typed up the first draft of a how-to manual on observations to make throughout the refuge. I'm rather pleased with myself, because I got quite a bit done and it was something I started of my own initiative.
Today I also got some exciting news! Thanks to the wonderful support of the SCA staff (shout out to On Lee and Emily!) I'm going to be a part of the Follow Me blogging campaign for the month of August! Which basically means I'll be writing for the SCA world to see, which I am so stoked about, so keep your eyes peeled!
But back to Great Dismal! I took a half day, like I said before. After eating lunch and stuffing myself with nutella I completely crashed. The week and the trip caught up with me, and the second I sat down I fell asleep. Which I know isn't terribly exciting, but it was bound to happen.
When I finally emerged from my slumber, I couldn't decide what to make for dinner. I was going to eat left overs, which seem to be never ending, but then I saw that I had some feta cheese. In order to keep myself from feeling guilty about eating my weight in feta, I made a greek salad.
But to complete this scrumptious dish, I needed tomatoes. All of the tomatoes I got when I went on my grocery shopping spree went into my salsa. So I went into town and tried a new store. I not only found a few tomatoes, I found my holy grail. I found the tortillas. I even got to choose between yellow and white corn tortillas. The balance has been restored. Enchiladas on the horizon.
After dinner, I had nothing to do. With americorps gone, it seemed as though I was to spend the rest of the evening sitting alone and watching public access television while a summer storm worked my nerves over. The rain is coming down in sheets, and in order to keep myself from jumping out of my skin, I decided to cook myself some food to take to the refuge.
I had to get creative, because one package of chicken takes me a week and a half to work through. By the end of the summer, I'm going to be a chicken. So let me share some of my latest inventions!
I didn't actually measure any of my ingredients, so bear with me.
The first invention is a stuffed chicken breast inspired by the fusion restaurant down the street from my school. I lined the bottom of a casserole dish with tomatoes and added a little olive oil and pepper. On a sheet of foil, I threw down with some Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce and opened up a chicken breast. I didn't do too much with this. I stuffed it with feta, cilantro, tomato, and onion and wrapped it up. I put it on top of the tomatoes and lined the pan with some more of the salsa + feta. I threw it in the oven at 350 for 40 minutes. It's delicious, and pretty simple. The bbq might sound a little strange, but the sweetness of the sauce really complements the cilantro. Also, feta, who doesn't love it?
Oh, and if anyone has any recipe ideas that include coconut milk and mandarin oranges, I'd love to hear about it.
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