March 04, 2013

Cooking Disasters: Dinner on Fire

Yogurt-Marinated Lamb Chops

So do you want the good news or the bad news first? Well, here goes. The good news is that Andrei and I are under contract to purchase our first home together! 

It nice. Chain link fence and everything.



The bad news is that our excitement & fret about this pending financial commitment & looming change of neighborhoods got us in such a frenzy the other night that we caught our dinner on fire. We walked outside & our dinner was literally engulfed in flames. Alas, as Ralph from the Simpons would say, "It tastes like burning".



We have never mastered the art of yogurt marinated lamb chops & we committed to this challenge with a renewed sense of determination. We managed to collect a few scraps from these lambs chops and when they didn't taste like burning, they tasted mighty fine. Basically, we used a Fage whole yogurt, a handful of fresh, chopped mint & a minced clove of garlic to marinate, then lit up the grill, and well the rest has already been revealed. I am tempted to approach this challenge with a re-renewed sense of determination soon.



What did we end up eating for dinner that night you might ask? I scoured the contents of the fridge and found some chicken & artichoke sausages which we sauteed. We paired with sauteed spinach, shallots & garlic. Not bad for a back-up plan, which quickly proved a bit more satisfying than scraps of lamb that taste like burning.

3 comments:

  1. Shoulda left the grilling to the grillmaster...

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  2. Shoulda left the grilling to the grillmaster...

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  3. so the cocktails you guys had that day had nothing to do with it?!? jokes...glad you got this post up, well done!

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