Accomplishing

I'm accomplishing a lot today, did my 'limited' weekly housecleaning, laundry is underway. K is due home later this afternoon and likely will have a few more loads to do. L can't find her cell phone at the moment, hopefully she'll be able to locate it. I think she has too much going on. M has misplaced our box of lightbulbs during the move up from the basement, I can't think where he could have put them.

At one point today, there were 5 men working in the basement. I've spoken to at least 3 of them and they all seem quite nice and easy to get along with. When it's all done, we'll have a washroom with a shower down there, a fireplace, a kitchenette complete with an over the range microwave, refrigerator and oven. We'll have a bunch of new storage closets counting the one under the stairs. And yes, our bank balance is receding dramatically these days.

I decided to microwave fish fillets in (what else) arrabbiata tomato sauce and it came out great, not to mention healthy tasting.

2 fish fillets (I thawed out a 1.7 pound package for frozen fillets)
2 or 3 cups of arrabbiata sauce
a pat of butter
salt, pepper to taste

add the butter, salt and pepper to the fish fillets. Pour the tomato sauce on top and microwave for 17 minutes or until fish flakes easily.

Try it with my 'Yellow Rice' recipe (adapted Indian rice recipe)

2 cups rice (white or basmati)
1 tsp turmeric
5 cardamom pods
4 cloves
1 stick of cinnamon
2 pats of butter
1 TBS olive oil
1/4 cup chicken stock or bouillon powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp onion powder

If you have a rice cooker you can mix everything together and cover with an inch of water or else you can bring it to a boil and cover and simmer for 20 minutes after most of the water has been absorbed.

I think it's the pats of butter that help things in the taste department. We had a whole bunch of little butter packs leftover from a recent Swiss Chalet (rotisserie chicken) takeout dinner.

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