Last night we decided to eat in. I wanted to try and see if brussel sprouts could be good, because the way Kelly’s mom cooks them (boils) makes them very bitter. Up until having them at her parents place I had never had them before, because both my parents hate them. I found a recipe online for roastied brussel sprouts. I cut them in half, tossed them with olive oil, salt, pepper, and a slice of garlic on each and then put them in the oven cut side up at 400 for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes I mixed up some parmesan cheese with some minced garlic in a jar (with a little olive oil) and put a little on each and put them back in the oven at 375 for another 8 minutes. They turned out pretty good, although I think they were slightly over cooked. Kelly couldn’t believe that brussel sprouts could actually be good, and that was really what I was trying to do. Next time I plan on cooking them at 375 the whole time. They were still a little bitter for me, and I think they didn’t get along with my stomach to well.
Kelly’s contribution to the meal was sautéing up some garlic and onions and cooking up sliced pieces of chicken breast with that. After it was good and cooked she put in some marinara sauce from Whole Foods Market and toasted up some hoagie rolls we had. We basically had chicken parmesan sandwiches without the chicken being fried, and they were delicious. I’d have a picture but I forgot to take one.
Other then cooking dinner, we stayed in most the night, except for grocery shopping before dinner. Kelly watched the America’s Next Top Model marathon that was on VH1 and I vegged around on the computer and installed Office 2007. Then we watched Jeopardy and since we couldn’t find anything on TV we ended up watching Nova last night on KCET-HD, it was a really good episode called "The Mummy That Would Be King".
