Microwave Adventures: Chicken Tacos

Amy — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:20:12 +0000

Chop onions and green peppers. Place in glass microwaveable bowl with a spoon of butter. Microwave for 1-2 minutes until tender. Stir occasionally.
[I bought a $1 knife, no more switch-blade cooking for me.]
Add one can of Tyson chicken.
[DO NOT try saving a dime on the canned chicken. You can't go generic on some things and canned chicken is one of them.]
Mix in one package of taco seasoning and some water.
Microwave until the chicken is warm.
Spoon onto tortillas, top with salsa and cheese.
Roll up and enjoy another microwave masterpiece.

This has been another additon of Squidoo: Microwave Cooking. Tune in next time for Microwave Meatloaf! [It's cooking right now, and we're a little scared.]

Breakfast Crisis

Amy — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:52:46 +0000

This morning began late. I awoke at the sound of knocking, hearing an unfamiliar voice say, “housekeeping.” Drat. It’s 9am. The breakfast bar closes at 9 at our old hall. It probably does here too. Determined not to make the same mistake again, I walked around the building looking for the breakfast bar and a sign telling the serving times. I couldn’t find any signs or even a place that looked big enough to serve breakfast.

[Later I found out that they don't serve breakfast here. I almost cried. We can't afford to lose that free meal or the free milk. Then I remembered Mat 6:25. No worries. Joel says we can just get up early and drive to a different hall that does serve breakfast.]

I came back to the room and started to plan… We haven’t bought any cooking or eating utensils yet and we’re running low on groceries. [We didn't want to stock up before finding out how big the fridge is.]

People, I need breakfast. I need eggs for breakfast more than coffee. It’s that big of a deal. If you think I’m obsessive about a good cup of joe… you’ve never seen me with a breakfast burrito. This is art.

Step One: Gather supplies.
* small Gladware dish.
* cutting board
* fancy police officer switch blade knife
* scissors
* plastic cups provided by housekeeper

Step Two: Dig through fridge.
* onion
* egg
* margarine [no real clarified butter... sigh]
* tortilla
* salsa

Step Three: Hope the eggs don’t turn green.
*Dice onion with over priced switch blade. Cut plastic cup and create a ’spoon’. Put spoon of butter and onions in Gladware dish. Microwave for around 45 seconds.

*Break egg into Gladware and stir with plastic-cup-spoon. Microwave for 1 minute.

*Top eggs with salsa and wrap in tortilla. Use cutting board as plate.

*Try not to notice that there is no sausage, beans, cheese etc.

Thank God we get paid today. I don’t want to experience life without cheese.

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Microwave Adventures: Chicken Tacos

Breakfast Crisis