Jim cooked!Jim makes 3 things really well. His specialties are a club sub (made with field roast), mac and cheese and “macho nachos”. These are serious comfort foods in our house and I love that he makes them. But for the Men Who Cook Challenge, he decided to go all out. In order to keep quiet in the kitchen (and keep my hands busy), I took as many photos as I could of his work-in-progress. It’s really kind of a funny feeling to watch someone else turn the kitchen into a disaster area, but I’m convinced if I’d jumped in, this dish wouldn’t have been as terrific as it was.
In Jim’s words, his dinner creation is “Smoked Mexican Tofu with Tomato Stuff and Grilled Apple and Jalapeno Relish Chutney Topping.” Yes, he likes long names. One of the songs he wrote years ago was called “All My Friends Hate it When I Write Songs When the Title is Too Long.” Enough with the jabber, on to the photos! Here’s the step-by-step process.
Jim in one of his favorite shirts with some of his favorite ingredients
Marinating the tofu
Marinating requires concentration
Getting the plates just right requires ninja skills
This dinner was incredible! His chutney relish stuff was the perfect sidekick for the smoked tofu and smokey tomato sauce. Jim had so much fun doing it that he offered to cook me dinner once a week! I gave him a little break after this one, but I think I’m going to hold him to it.
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Jim is the bomb!!! I love the dish and the pictorial. It makes me want to hang out with you guys all over again. I think I’m going to need that recipe. Thanks for taking this on with such gusto Jim. I’m smiling all over.
Kim, I’m thanking you! Jim is feeling so much more adventurous in the kitchen after this…. and he’s always offering to cook if I’m not motivated. This event was such an awesome idea.
Yeah…. we need to get together again!
lol, what a great photo spread. I love the ninja plating skills! It would be so great to have someone else take over the cooking once in a while.
FAB!!! But he STILL didn’t get a dish named after him? Evil woman!
Ok, ok, you’ve got a point, Liz. That can be Jim’s couscous on the side.
so awesome! i miss having a man who cooks for me sometimes haha… it would come in handy right abouuuuut…now. his dish looks very yummy, by the way!
Wow, nice! I keep my dude out of the kitchen or we would have grilled Cheezly every night.
Hey Jim, can you come over and cook for me, too? And don’t forget to bring that awesome grill.