On last night's Chez Briguy menu: bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin and super-stuffed potatoes with smoked Gouda and caramelized mushrooms and onions (courtesy of a Rachel Ray cookbook).
Now, before you get all impressed, you should know I don't like any of that stuff that's mentioned with the super-stuffed potato, so I made it bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin and baked potatoes (with a side of corn). And then I couldn't find beef tenderloin steaks at the grocery store, so I picked beef filet mignon. I have no idea if they're similar, but I figured it might be. (For someone who is such a fan of meat, my knowledge of it is surprisingly minimal.) So it ended up being bacon-wrapped filet mignon and baked potato and corn. A little simpler perhaps, but still tasty.
On an unrelated public service announcement, we're getting into tax season soon, so beware if you get an e-mail letting you know about a Web form that will let you track your IRS refund. It's a phishing scam designed to get your personal info from you so that you can join the ranks of identity theft victims. This newsletter has more information about it (it's the first item). There is a legitimate way to track your refund, and a legitimate site to do so, but the IRS doesn't send unsolicited e-mails, and the big tipoff to the scam is when it asks for your credit card number, which of course has nothing to do with the IRS or your refund. As with all things you get via e-mail, be aware and be wary. Now you know.
And knowing is half the battle.
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6 comments:
i, too, cook with rachael ray
Do you ever cook in the Zorro costume?
That would be cool.
you should have tried the gouda potatoes. cheese is good. i have 2 of her cookbooks, and everything I've tried from them has not turned out, mostly because i don't follow directions. i applaud your efforts.
Anonymous, no I do not cook in the Zorro costume.
Unless there is a need to conceal my identity, of course.
Hey Bri - sounds like a yummy dinner! Filet mignon is the tenderloin. :)
-Anna
From what I gather, you didn't make (or even attempt to make) the stuffed potatoes. Wouldn't that make your whole first paragraph a lie?
How many garlic bulbs did you have to cut up for that dish?
R
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