Ahh, precious, elusive sleep. I got maybe 5 hours Monday night. I went to bed before 10, stomped downstairs around 11:15, and finally crashed between 1 and 1:30 Tuesday morning. Fun times, I tell ya. Feckin’ insomnia. All day long, I had that heavy-lidded, slightly sick/I’m-coming-down-with-something feeling that always accompanies a lack of sleep.
Last night I made the decision while I was waiting for the repair guy to come out and look over our washer that I would NOT be cooking, and that we’d be heading out to eat. As usual these days, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings. Tonight, though, I decided we’d get back on track and I’d make a recipe that I came across in this month’s Food & Wine magazine–In an ad promoting travel to Peru, of all things.
Peruvian Steak & Potato Stir-Fry.
A nice twist on the traditional meat & potatoes combo that my husband and child seem to favor, that I’m trying desperately to move us away from, although if I could eat this every other night, I would do so happily. I inhaled a portion twice the size of what’s in the photo.
I would’ve liked to have tried the pickled jalapeños as the original recipe suggests, but I subbed one from our garden instead. It meant doing a tiny portion separate for the bambino, as I don’t think he’d’ve cared for the heat. I also ended up using dried cilantro, as I almost never keep fresh on hand.
It was good. Really good. Like, make-this-now good.
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I seriously cannot wait to get back to the grocery store, just so I can get another steak and make this ASAP. Or, like I told Jay, I’ll get two steaks so I can double the recipe!
Looks great! The sauce actually looks light enough. Yum!
It has been so hot, I have been opting to make pasta with veggies. I load up one cup of pasta with twice as many veggies and I don’t feel so deprived!
3 days to wiegh in, are you still on it? I need some good ideas!
Indeed I am. I started to calculate the recipe out, and I’m going to guess it’s about 8 or 9 points/serving. Not horrible–And there’s a few other veggies in there! I’ve got a few more days till weigh-in…Hopefully I don’t fall off the wagon over the weekend!
That looks really good! And my husband’s favorite type of french fries too. My subscription to Food & Wine just started — I got the October 2012 issue the other day. So much good stuff I don’t even know where to start.
On the sleep thing, I’ve been having lots of issues too…finally started taking melatonin and it’s been helping so much the last couple of days.
It IS really good. I don’t usually get that excited about dishes, but I really cannot wait until I make this again. Ooh, I got my F&W a couple days ago, but haven’t looked through it yet. I find all sorts of good stuff in there!
I probably should see a doctor about my insomnia…I’ve suffered with it for years & it runs in my family. I’ve just learned to live tired!