You that friend you have who makes you feel better just by being around them? Yeah, you know the one. The one you want to spend more time with in hopes their aura of calm and sweetness sort of rubs off on you by osmosis. Well, Meg is this person. Dinner with Meg is all beautiful-last-books-you-read and did-you-see-this-inspiring-movie and others thing I wish I could spend my whole entire days thinking and talking about over coffee. Instead we did it over my coffee table with plates of supper. It was such a nice Tuesday.
Menu:
Thyme roasted potatoes
Simply steamed broccoli
Because, friends, as you know, I like my pepper, I deviated from the recipe to make this more of a pepper-encrusted piece of meat. You do this by grinding or crushing the peppercorns with a mill or mallet or something very heavy and useless. Like the vacuum. I've never been one to enjoy vacuuming anyway. I digress.
I love these vegetable steamer bags you can buy. Perfect vegetables every single time. I swear. Just put in the bag, fresh or frozen, put in microwave for the minutes specified on the side of the bag, very user-friendly, and voila! Amazing. I highly recommend them. What I don't like is that you end up using a bag that is thrown away, but I can't bring myself to stop using them right now.
Tossing the washed and cut up potatoes in the usual olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme was perfect. I put the baking sheet in with the pork and everything cooked at 400 degrees together. They were crispy and salty and basically glorified french fries, I guess. Overall, another wonderful Tuesday night meal, with an extra wonderful friend. I hope you all know a Meg in your life.
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