Let's see, this week involved new neighbors who leave their junk on the stairs and block my parking space making me late for work, a coworker having a heart attack at school, a ticket for going straight at the intersection of Randolph and Oak Park Avenue (which I totally know better) amongst other lesser annoyances and drama. I would like to think that my ever wise and loving husband knew that I needed a battle that would be relatively quick and easy and boozy to boot!
This is one of the first battles that I actually made in under an hour. I opted for steaks smothered in baby portabellos and a Pino Noir reduction, with a side of almond green beans. Yes, I used yellow tail and barefoot wines. I figure, its a step up from cooking wine and not breaking the bank.
Then, for desert I made two kinds of wine poached fruit. Pears were poached in pino noir, and peaches in a pino grigio and then served with a reduction of their poaching liquid and some sweet marscapone cheese.
It's always amazing to me how wine and cheese can just make everything in life a bit better.
