Monday, January 11, 2016

Turkey and Green Beans

Ever feel like sometimes Mom is just phoning it in? Not paying attention to the things I like? Yeah, that happens, but every now and then she just shrugs and tells me it's what's for dinner and I end up eating it and liking it. This rare unicorn moment is what life is all about if you ask me.

 

Today's unicorn brought to you by Aunt H. and Uncle J. They always know what I like, whether it's totally obscure Indian cuisine, or roasted brussel sprouts, they just get me. Every time there is doubt in Mom's eyes, I can rely on those two to understand my complicated soul.

The main problem I see with this dish was that it was a little to easy to make. Mom seemed to not know what to do with her time when it was completed so quickly and the girl and I were only halfway through our leg hanging on routine. Also, I know Mom can read, so I'm not sure what's going on with substituting yellow beans for green. They are a personal favorite of mine so I didn't really mind, but I'm a bit worried Mom may be color blind.

I initially planned on just eating the hamburger portion of the meal and then going with the green beans, but then I saw the rice and thought, meh I like rice. So I ate this all in stages, but everything was so tasty.


I scooped and scooped until there was nothing left. The girl even seemed to enjoy this - I was a bit nervous this would be on the spicy side like her. She's not able to channel her inner Batman like I am.

She was getting a bit dramatic with these wrist flourishes and swirling around the green beans. I know it makes Mom nervous when she does that. It may have something to do with the amount of rice that ends up on the carpet around the girl's chair. Our little vacuum just doesn't seem to want to scoop all that stuff up. Silly vacuum!

Anyway, this was a big hit in our house and I'm sure you'll like it too. It's Pete approved. You can make it yourself by clicking here. Mom wants me to tell you that you can even make it with frozen green beans.