Today has been relatively normal in a whirlwind week. I have kept my promise to David today and cooked him one of his favourite meals, enchiladas with salsa.
Sainsbury delivered a fridge full of fresh food and so I was spoilt for choice of ingredients for once. Don't you just feel dread inside when you are driving towards home knowing that all you have in the fridge is half of a mouldy red pepper, some dried up mushrooms and a million heads of broccoli because you forgot to set the quantity to 'units' rather than 'kilos'? It's a testing time alright.
Today though that was far from the reality of the situation for me. Everything I'd want to cook with was available so we had enchiladas made with chilli filling, topped with cheddar and yoghurt (the yoghurt a reminder that too much cheese and sour cream is very bad for the waistline) and salsa made with tomatoes, red onion, babycorn, avocado and coriander....all mixed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Do i sound like someone who hasn't had any good food lately? Yes, it's true - I've eaten the most miserable of diets this week - viewing studio food is not good for you - usually fried, always cold by the time you get around to eating it and always laden with calories. All I hoped for was to come through the week with no weight gain - I achieved that so am very relieved.
Coriander? I've tried and tried to grow it but with no success. I don't know why, it just is one of those crops that eludes me completely. I rationalise it by saying it obviously doesn't like sandy soil but who knows? I wish I could work it out because I buy it almost by the tonne, I love it so much.
Oh - BTW - I discovered it is called cilantro in the USA having spent several weeks tearing my hair out trying to work out what this mysterious ingredient cilantro was that appeared in a chilli cook-book that David brought here with him. This book is so fantastic - it even tells you what variety of chilli to put in what recipe - shame none of them seem to be available here. Still, the meals I've done using the book have all been good with Scotch Bonnets or with Bird Eyes that you can buy here easily!
