Put an egg on it
Friday, March 23, 2012 Due to paperwork delays, red tape and general bureaucratic lethargy, we still haven't gotten the keys to our new home (in case you missed it, we recently relocated from Los Angeles to deep within the suburban depths of Northern California). Luckily, my buddy also lives in town so we've been crashing at his place for the past two weeks. This is the same friend who renovated our old house. The same friend whose old house we also crashed at while all that remodeling took place. Yeah, we follow him around the country and he totally loves us. Insert sacrasm where appropriate.
Since we're only here temporarily, we've been eating on the fly, which means tons of pizza, Cheez-Its and Panda Express. But living out of the freezer isn't entirely a bad thing. Especially when you're a Zatarain's Krewe member and your mission this month is to play with Zatarain's "Meals for Two" frozen entrees.
Zatarain's recently tracked me down at my friend's house and left a box of frozen goodies. Not one to back down from a creative cooking challenge, I would usually have done something absurdly epic with them by now. However, since I don't know my way around my friend's kitchen, I'm going to save that for a post later this week when I can break-in my own new kitchen.
So for now, I just wanted to say...
When you're too tired to fry up a skillet of bacon...
When you can't find all the mixing bowls to make pancakes...
When you want something more substantial than cereal...
When you haven't yet figured out where the McDonald's in your new town is...
Grab whatever you can...
Zatarain's Beef and Mushroom Pasta. Not just for dinner anymore.
AND PUT AN EGG ON IT.
Anything is breakfast when you pair it with runny yolk.
Disclosure: it was friggin good. I ate all of the pasta, even though it's for two. And my kids looked at me weird.
More serious disclosure: Zatarain's sent me those for free. I'm a paid ambassador. After this post, I'm not so sure.
Ok, this time for real: this pasta was so easy to cook. I dumped it frozen into a pot. After 10 minutes and a few stirs, it was done. The beef was surprisingly tender. The sauce was wicked tasty. I'm not just saying that. Try some for yourself, and if you disagree, I will fight you in the Thunderdome.
Reader Comments (13)
Putting an egg on it is an excellent option for a number of culinary dilemmas. Hope you get the keys to your new digs soon. I just finished a move myself and am still looking for parts of my kitchen arsenal.
omgah you mean you are up in my neck o' the woods now? excuse while i go run and hide ;) we almost had the 'getting the keys' dilemma when we first moved into this house, but my husband made sure you got them when they said they were going to give them to us. otherwise, i don't know what we were going to do considering we had our moving truck that day o_O lol the noodles look good, but i'll pass on the runny eggs. but hey, put eggs and rice w anything and you have a filipino breakfast (or any asian or pacific islander breakfast) haha hope everything gets sorted out w your house soon.
I bet Zatarain's never expected this! You are so creative and genius... love it.
A runny egg is also delicious on leftover chili.
(notice how I am totally going with the theme here and not mentioning the fried rice, of which this post has none.)
wow Jim, you've outdone yourself!!! I love fried eggs on everything! -almost.
I like everything about the post except the eggs.
Can't wait to see your new digs, beard looks good, FYI.
jim lin, i read this blog because i've come looking for the funny, and i never leave without getting my fill.
"anything is breakfast when you pair it with a runny yolk," is not only awesome but could make the inside of a fortune cookie. well done.
here's hoping your next post is issued from the confines of your permanent new digs. 'til thunderdome!
Not gonna lie... it looks pretty good!
I hope this existence doesn't make you too hard.
Oh friend. :-)
I miss you ;-) LAUGHING OUT LOUD.
These meals are crazy easy and yummy
Bring on Thunderdome. I would toss a box of Zatarain's and when you turn your back and run to fetch it, I'd take you out.
Runny egg is the solution to everything.
Lemme know when you're all settled in! Would love to have you guys over for din :)
I'm sorry, I got distracted by the sweatshirt. You really are a STar Wars freak, aren't you?