New beginnings, aka. My salmon is on fire!

Ok, so it's been a little while. I finally have a new job, new schedule and I just may do some more cooking.

The other night I made salmon and discovered a valuable lesson: Don't overspray non-stick cooking spray and have it pool on one side of your cookie sheet AND then put it under the broiler. It WILL most likely catch on fire. That was exciting in a not so good way. Good news though, the salmon was NOT burned in the process, just the pool of oil. Guess I should have paid attention to the note on the can that says "FLAMMABLE!!!"... Whoops.

I made a lemon pepper salmon with marjoram butter. I had no tarragon, but all research listed marjoram as a good substitute. The marjoram lemon butter was a flavorable addition to the otherwise boring salmon. I'm still learning the intricacies of cooking fish so it was probably a bit overcooked.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/1589


I recovered some dignity in the kitchen tonight by making a recipe that I found on the Lakewinds co-op website. The recipe was for an arrabiata angel hair pasta. I ended up altering the recipe a little bit as I had no zucchini or eggplant (I now wish I had them) and I also added chicken that I had marinated in Italian dressing for an hour.


http://www.lakewinds.com/store/Arrabiata-Angel-Hair-W594C7711.aspx

The sauce definitely ended up spicy (I think I may have overdone the crushed red pepper a little bit, though), but it made more than enough to save a jar and a half in the freezer for a later date.

I will add pictures tomorrow of the pasta.