Tonight we had brown rice, broccoli and salmon burgers topped with Hollandaise sauce. The Salmon Burgers were from Omega Foods, purchased at Costco. We probably won't get those again. They weren't bad, but they weren't great either. The hollandaise sauce recipie is from our 1979 Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

2 egg yolks
1/2 lb very hot melted butter
1 Tbsp lemon juice
dash cayenne pepper (we usually use a dash of tabasco)
salt to taste (we don't use any)

Nicole's method is slightly different than the one in the cookbook. Put egg yolks in the electric blender or food processor with lemon juice and hot sauce. Blend at low speed until yolks take a lemony yellow color. Add the butter very slowly in thin stream.

Dinner tonight: Aunt Mary's Eggplant Balls, Whole Grain pasta, Newman's Own Cabernet Marinara Sauce

From AllRecipies.com

Yet another experiment. (I'm off work this week, so I'm a little bored. Also, the checking account is low, so I'm using what we've got around the house) This used up the last of the root veggies we bought for the stew.

1 large Yam peeled
10 small potatoes
1/8 cup curry powder
2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp liquid smoke
1/4 cup sour cream

Cut yam and potatoes into chunks, boil until tender. Drain water add. Add remaining ingrediants and mash the heck out of those suckers. Sour cream amount can be adjusted to get desired texture.

These came out better than I expected, and not quite tasting how I expected. Definitely a keeper in the experiment department.

Another throw-together-stuff-you've-got meal.

2-4 chicken breasts
1 medium onion chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
3 Tbsp Butter
1 small (137ml) bottle Merlot

place chicken in 8x8 pan, place onion, butter pats and garlic on top, Pour wine over all. Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees until done.

Takes about 5 minutes of prep, can be done with frozen chicken, and tastes quite good. And this from someone who doesn't even like wine cooked dishes very much.