krafty

I've got a serious problem with Kraft Foods. See, they send me emails (granted, at my initial request) full of recipes that look easy and good and fast. Little reminders to visit their webpage to find more recipes. They're my pusher when it comes to cookery. With email, it's easy to just ignore it, not visit the website, not lose hours scrolling through recipes I may or may not ever make. The problem is their magazine.

It comes to my door 5 or 6 times a year, full of attractively styled dishes that look easy and good and fast. It is not so easy to ignore. Full meals ready in 20 minutes? I've decided not to ignore it anymore. It appeals to the back-of-the-box recipe lover in me.

Last night I made a fake fettucine alfredo. I was concerned about it because the ingredients sounded crazy, similar to the chicken that's marinated with Russian dressing and apricot jam (that is SO good, it's scary). My friend came over to do some computer stuff for me right at the time I finished making it. How convenient. I usually like to test recipes before I feed them to other people, but no luck. But it was surprisingly tasty, despite not having fettucine or parmesan (linguini, shells and Italiano cheese shreds are good stand-ins). So I'm encouraged.

Next on the menu: better-than-ever beef enchiladas. And then miracle skillet chicken. And maybe old fashioned mac-and-cheese. Maybe some meatloaf. It's way easier to grocery shop this way, with a recipe-specific list. I only use a list maybe 3 times a year. Maybe.

FYI: the Kraft Foods website has this neat little feature where you put in up to three ingredients you want to use and up pops all the recipes they have with that/those ingredient(s). But I can only get behind the Canadian one. And I don't even work for them.

Currently listening :
Conversions in Metric
By French Paddleboat
Release date: 28 December, 1999