All of the
things that I needed to do were either already cooked and needed assembling or
could be cooked in 12 minutes [ground turkey meat and eggs].
The hard
boiled eggs would take the longest, I would start with eggs. I filled a pot
with water, added my eggs and when the water boiled, I set the timer for 12
minutes for them to cook. Only a couple minutes were used off the clock.
Next, the
turkey chili. The meat was browned and cooked in 10 minutes. While that was
browning, the pressure cooker was cooking the first of three rounds of beans.
First round
was navy beans. By starting with the lightest color bean first, I can reuse the
hot water, decreasing my prep time waiting for water to come up to temperature
for the next two pots of beans. Each pot of beans in the pressure cooker was
going to take 5 - 6 minutes to cook. Three sets at 6 minutes each, I would have
2 minutes to spare which I used for draining and getting the next batch ready
to cook. After navy beans, in went the garbanzo beans and last were the black
beans.
Meat was
done and drained; beans were cooking under pressure, next up to assemble was
the pasta salad. Everything was cooked; it was just a matter of adding the
ingredients to my 8-cup measuring cup and stir. Done, cover and into the
refrigerator! Quickly assemble the chili
for the crock pot, cover and plug-in. Done.
Five minutes
left on the timer. I dump the eggs into a bath of ice water to get them ready
for peeling. Ten hard boiled eggs to peel and only a few minutes remaining on
the timer. As I begin to crack the eggs, pieces of shell opted to remain on the
eggs! NO!!!!!
Working as
quickly as I could to beat the clock, I really didn’t take notice of the eggs
appearance as I rushed to remove the shells. After all, I was the only one
eating them this week for breakfast. Unlike an episode of a “Chopped”, plating
didn’t count in this competition.
“Eggs-aspirated”,
the clock won the challenge. I was “beaten” by some eggs. How ironic. Memo to
self: never include hard boiled eggs in a 20-minute challenge!
SOUND THE BUGLE! Today’s tip: Menu planning is key to
a successful frugal budget. Meal planning promotes using all your ingredients,
eliminates waste while keeping costs down .
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A Jar of Hard Boiled Eggs
Turkey Vegetable Chili
Pasta Salad
Three Types of Beans
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