Cooking with Master Chef Journey One

My idea is to visit the big WalMart store on my way home from work.  Turns out, it’s not a good idea.  It’s the busiest store in country right before dinner. Everyone from Raytown is there.

Have you ever been to a huge WalMart and looked at their food.  It’s amazing.  This store is way way different than the itty bitty Harrisonville WalMart.This store could feed two divisions of army guys without running out of anything. There are more food in the fridge and freezer than I can comprehend…plus pizza.

So I grazed looking for frozen fish and a couple of apples.

I found two interesting frozen boxes that contained Salmon and Tilapia. They are seasoned with stuff I can eat.  The box said, “Serve in Minutes”.  Perfect I thought!

I took my two boxes and two apples to the shortest checkout line in the store.  I probably waited 30 minutes for a huge snafu that involved two separate visits from the “head checkout problem solver” for the same people.  I could have been born, grew wrinkles and died in that line.

I didn’t make it home in time to watch my favorite TV program.

I turned on the oven for Pizza for spouse and fed the horses.  I got back and started to cook my fish in my new $17 George Foreman Grill.  Yee Haw, Master Cheftess.

Wait the box said, “thaw the fish out for 20-30 minutes in cold water.”  I guess the unfreezing doesn’t count in the “eat in minutes” advertising on the box.   Good GAD

I decided to grill the heck out of a serving of salmon with that great GRILL.  I got the frozen aparagus out of the fridge, cut the top off the plastic and then read the part about steam them in the bag.

Great, my steaming and grilling is seriously flawed.

I did cook the frozen pizza in the oven with great skill.

Eventually my George Forman grill came thru. The fish fillet was truly overcooked enough so I was certain I wouldn’t die and I just heated the aspargus in the bag, minus the steaming.

Both were great.

Life as Master Chef is rewarding!