Last week I crossed another wedding gift off my list to use within year 1 of marriage (side note - my anniversary is less than 1 month away....definitely not going to get around to using everything in the next month. Sigh.). My sister had raved about this , said both her and her husband absolutely loved it, so I had to give it a go. It even got a 5 star rating, so I figured it had to be good. I whipped out my blender for the first time, and got started.
Lots of fresh fruit/veggies, and it was my first time ever buying mint for a recipe:
It was pretty simple, just cook the chicken....
...mix together with the peaches and other veggies.....
Then use the blender to mix up this mint concoction. Here's where things went awry. I'm not sure if this is how the mint dressing was supposed to look:
But I plowed forward, figuring I did it right....
Pour the dressing over the mixture, and refrigerate for a while:
Mmmm doesn't this look like a healthy, yummy salad?
Well it's not. For as much as my sister raved about it, I REALLY disliked it. I wouldn't say hate, because I was able to force half of it down my throat, but I just didn't think it was good. Maybe I used too much mint? I'm not a minty person, and to me the mint tasted too overpowering. Jay gobbled it down as usual, saying "this is really good! I love it!"....as he always does when I cook, just to encourage me to keep doing it....but later admitted he didn't think it was that good either.
I had to document the use of my blender (because who knows when I'll be whipping that puppy out again), but all in all, I tossed this recipe and won't make it again. Maybe you guys will love it - I know my sister did!
Ha ha ha! I love that you blogged it even though you hated it.
I finally admitted to Allen the other night that cooking was the one wifely duty I was going to consistently fail him on. Maybe one day… or maybe not. At least you are trying!
Your can always use the blender for milk shakes…or… magaritas!
It looks very tasty, too bad you didn’t like it. Maybe it was the mint; a little bit goes a long way. Live and learn!
Too bad you hated this….now you’ll never take my recipe advice again
This looks amazing – even though I don’t like peaches!! Love the blender action!!
This totally cracks me up! I didn’t realize you were a fellow non-chef like me… one more thing we have in common!
As for the blender though – hilarious. Especially because I use my blender basically every day and between the two of us, sometimes twice a day. We loooooove smoothies! And, they’re great for the non-chef…. banana, yogurt, frozen strawberries, and blend. Easy even for a non-chef to whip up!