Over the weekend, I picked up Delicae Gourmet Big Easy Jambalaya Slow Cooker Dinner in some store. I figured that it could be the bulk of my meals for the week. It required some other things to be picked up from the grocery store, so I bought some andouille sausages, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken broth to add to the mix.

The first time I made it, I invited Barry over to have some, and it turned out really well. The sausage was so tender...I think I'm never going to pan cook ever again! Although a lot of the "vegetables" were dehydrated in the mix, it didn't really taste too terribly. I took a crappy cell phone picture (but will soon get a new and better cell phone in a couple days, yay!!) on Monday, and today I made it again (because I realized that the mix was for a 4-5qt slow cooker and not a 2qt like I had) and took much better pictures.

The second time I included some shrimp 15 minutes before eating it

The second time was also more...liquidy (it probably wasn't split very evenly)

I'm really enjoying slow cooking my meals...too bad I'm moving back home and probably won't be cooking for myself for a while.

Omaha Steak Burger

My roommate Nicky's sister sent us a huge package of Omaha Steak products, including some apple tartlets, various seasoned chicken, mashed and baked potatoes, and burger meat. It takes her a while to eat all of the food so I help out, hehe! I grilled my burger on my tiny Foreman Grill (which is a pain to clean but a perfect size for a single patty) while slightly caramelizing my onions and mushrooms on a pan. I had also made some guacamole earlier today (to bring to the last class of psych testing, yay!) and spread some on my bun. Top it off with some cheddar cheese (the muenster cheese looked...bubbly...I didn't know cheese could go bad...?) and a slice of tomato and deliciouuus!

Since I infrequently make/grill burgers by myself, I had no idea how long to cook the patty for. I kept spearing it with my knife and blood kept spilling out. It came out pretty well-done so I guess next time I don't have to worry about it so much. Apparently I also cooked too much onions/mushrooms that could fit on top of my burger so I piled them next to it and ate it before taking this picture, hehe!!

Proctoring for the AP's are almost over, as well as the one last class for BU. It doesn't feel like it should be summer yet (mostly just spring) but I guess I'll really start to feel it when I go home!

Update: I made the burger again today (as a main course to the sweet potato fries above) and this time I only changed it from guac to Sweet Ray's BBQ.

The buns also aren't as sqooshed as the picture above haha!