I noted in number 5 of my “21 things about me” that I can only cook with a recipe. In contrast, FirstHusband cooks like a mad scientist – he invents. Sometimes the results are . . . disappointing. Like Fish Grits. (He wouldn’t even eat them.)
Many times, the invention turns out to be very, very good. Sometimes it’s “You should become a chef after your mid-life crisis” good. When that happens, there’s always a plea for him to write down what he did so he might possibly be able to repeat it. A while ago, he created a one pot meal that we all loved and he did write down the ingredients. Unfortunately, is seems an engineer’s handwriting is worse than a doctor’s. Check it out. (Click on the photo to see a larger image.)
Can you guess the ingredients? There are twelve lines here. I’ve figured out all but one, but I don’t want to spoil the game, so I’ll only reveal a couple of the easy ones.
1. white wine/sherry
2. (UPDATE – Correct! 3 chicken breasts, cut up)
3. one box spinach
4. (UPDATE – Correct! 1 can of tomatoes)
5. (UPDATE – Correct! 1 can of chickpeas)
6. THIS IS THE ONE THAT I STILL CAN’T FIGURE OUT! Make a guess or a suggestion!
7. (UPDATE – Correct! 1 can of cream of mushroom soup)
8. (UPDATE – Correct! 1 can of cream of celery soup)
9. boil (UPDATE – I’ve been corrected! It is BASIL.)
10. rosemary garlic (seasoning – we have a big Sam’s Club jar of it.)
11.
12. garlic (we keep a jar of minced garlic in the fridge.)
And this is a game after all, so there needs to be a prize. How about a cookbook? It was Whale of a Sale this past weekend, so I picked up a few gently used cookbooks to choose from. Click on the links to read the Amazon descriptions.
If you play the “missing ingredient” game, specify your book choice in your comment.
The California Pizza Kitchen Cookbook
Soups, Salads & Starters: the Best of Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library
OR
Instead of a cookbook, a shrink wrapped hardback copy of the Southern Living Wine Guide and Journal
Enter to win by commenting and guessing a missing ingredient. OR SUGGEST a possible ingredient for #6! Depending on the response, I might fill some in as they are correctly guessed or I might wait a week. Either way, I’ll randomly pick a winner on Tuesday, October 14th, so check back!
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Okay here’s what I could figure out.
1. wine/sherry
2.3 chicken breasts cut up
3. Box of spinach
4.can of tomatoes
5.can of chick peas
6.NO IDEA
7.can of cream of mushroom soup
8. can of cream of celery
9.basil
10.rosemary
11. 1/3 block of cream cheese
12. garlic
I stared at number 6 for awhile and just can’t make it out lol. Good luck with it though. I want to know if you figure it out.
Blessings to you!
Kim
First of all, I love the Scrabble notepad! I have the same one.
2. Chicken (3 breasts cut up)
4. can tomatoes
5. can chickpeas
6. That one is indeed a mystery. I’ll have to think on that one. The fact that it’s 3 cups of something should be a clue.
7. can cream [of] mushroom
8. can cream [of] celery
11. 1/3 block white cheddar
I’ll be back – gotta take the boy to school etc.
Thanks so much for joining Tempt My Tummy party today. I am glad you came back, this week! And, with fun posts like this, you BETTER keep coming back 🙂
2.Chicken (3 breasts cut up)
4. can tomatoes
5. can chickpeas
6. not a clue
7. can cream mushroom
8. can cream celery
11. 1/3 block white cheddar
Here’s all I could make out:
chicken (3 breasts cut up)
can tomatoes
can chickpeas
can cream of mushroom
can cream of celery
too funny… I have NO idea!
good luck with that… 🙂
Gave it my best shot!
1. white wine/sherry
2.Chicken, 3 breasts cut up
3. one box spinach
4.One can tomatoes
5.One can chickpeas
6. 3 cups dry onion flakes ?
7.can cream of mushroom
8.can cream of celery
9. boil
10. rosemary garlic (seasoning – we have a big Sam’s Club jar of it.)
11.1/3 block of cheese
12. garlic (we keep a jar of minced garlic in the fridge.)
1. White wine / Sherry
2. Chicken (3 breasts cut up)
3. 1 box spinach
4. can tomatoes
5. can chick peas
6. 3 cups BRYCE(or A)N P..RY
7. can cream (of) mushroom
8. can cream celery
9. basil
10. rosemary g____ (something like grills)
11. 1/3 block white cheddar
12. garlic
Oh, and your #9 is boil when it really is basil. 😀
Racked my brain, blurred my eyes, best I can come up with is: 3cup big can corn?
Good luck. May I suggest a secretary or writing lessons in you hubby’s near future.:o)
#6 = 3 cups dry crumbs!?!?
(325 Natural Foods Recipes sounds like a great book!)
Is 11 Hard Cheddar?
#6 = 3 cups bay crackers
You’re welcome.
I think it is suppose to be 3 cups of drained can veggies. It looks like dry can veg????????
I’d say it was 3 cups dry crumbs … casseroles are always good w/ bread crumbs on the top 🙂
I’m still working on this!! One thing he DOES do is put spaces in between two words and there are no spaces. It looks like it’s really only one word, although the dry can veg looks plausible if he didn’t use spaces!
Ok this is killing me, could it be 3 cups of some type of pasta? Or rice?
Heavy cream on #6? Inquiring minds are dying to know!