As I often do, I called my parents while I was making dinner the other night…
they had to call me back because Dad’s old boss and his wife were passing through town and stopped in to say hello.
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Fast, easy and incredibly tasty.
What could be better?
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Every time I use a pressure cooker, I think of that scene in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’.

You know – the one where Holly has decided to be super domestic and make dinner for Paul. He’s quite impressed by her sudden prowess in the kitchen…until her pressure cooker explodes. Rice and chicken spew all over her kitchen. Pretty little Holly’s dinner is ruined and she’s left with her hair full of rice.
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This is a tough week for cooking.

We leave tomorrow for a wedding and a funeral. Since our expected departure was moved up a day due to funeral arrangements, there was no point in making my weekly grocery run. We did a fridge clean of leftovers on Tuesday. Tonight, I think I’ll let Andrew take me to dinner.
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As much as I love the slow-cooked carnitas recipe I posted previously, this one completely blows it out of the water.
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