I was going to wait a few days before I tried another of the efood
packages, but because I am very stupid, I ended up making one today.
Dinner was going to be either lemon garlic Cornish game hens
(using up some of the lemons that a friend gave us), or penne pasta with some sort of meat
sauce. I went back and forth between the two all day. The hens weren't quite
thawed, but enough that by the time finished getting them ready, they would pretty much be
just fine to bake.
With the penne, I would normally mix meat with a ready-made spaghetti
sauce, to make things easy, but I didn't have any spaghetti sauce and rather than go to
the store, I would just make my own, which would be no problem, but it would take some
time to simmer.
All afternoon, I debated on which I felt like cooking. The
penne would take less preparation, but required longer simmer time. The hens took a
moderate amount of preparation, but could be cooked sooner.
I hadn't really made up my mind yet and suddenly, as the Final
Jeopardy question was being read, I realized it was 7 p.m. and really too late to start
fixing either of the dishes, so I decided that God was telling me it was time to try
a second efood pouch.
I chose the taco soup and I didn't take as many pictures this time.
It's the same process. Boil the water, add the mix, whisk in, cook 12
minutes, add butter (if you want) and then let sit off the heat for a few minutes. I
knew it wouldn't be enough for a whole dinner for the two of us, so I used some
leftovers for Walt to fill out the soup.
For starts, the smell was great. And as I stirred it, I could
see chunks of chicken in the broth along with beans and other stuff.
It would have been more photogenic if I had topped it with tortilla
strips and/or cilantro, but I just went bare naked. You can see the chunks of
chicken there.
As I said before, I'm always tentative when tasting stuff like
this,but I need not have been. I said that the chicken casserole was good; this taco
soup was GREAT. I just loved it. I was sorry I didn't have a pantry full of
packages. It was spicy, but not too spicy, the chicken had a sweetness to it, and
had a mouth feel like fresh chicken and the whole thing was just great.
We each had bowls and then I filled Walt's bowl again and I had
another scoop. Toward the bottom, things were slightly thicker so I had to take a
picture of my spoon.
(I wish I could share the aroma with you!)
And, as last time, the soup passed the acid test...this time by two
dogs!
Two down one (potato soup) to go! So far efood gets 5 stars all the way.
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