Hello again from quarantine land. I have been already 2 weeks in isolation, just going out for a run/ walk and less often to buy food. I started working from home on Tuesday 17/3 and my flatmate left the flat on Friday same week. I do enjoy the solitude but I have to reinvent a new routine to copy with the new situation. Still trying to configure if I am a morning or afternoon type; it is now obvious that I can concentrate on anything but food after 5pm, so yes I am defo an evening type. I wonder how I copied all these years in a 9to5 work..
In general I am cooking and eating while Ux-ing and designing the new relish/active minds website.
Food of the day turned out to be super delicious; I did a kotopoulo giahni which means chicken cooked in tomato sauce with vegetables and potatoes. Amazing result so I'll quickly write down the recipe in case I want to recreate it in the future
Ingredients
6 chicken thighs skin out and debonned
1 big red onion
1 slice of garlic
3 spoons of olive oil
2 spoons of tomato paste
1 can of chopped tomato
4 baby potatoes cut in 4
Sugar to taste
Red wine 1/3 cup
Salt
Pepper
1/3 cup of flour
Chicken cube
400 ml of water
25og runner beans
2 zucchini
Lemon zest
Peppermint fresh and parsley (optional)
Method
I started with the chicken, cut each thigh in two, cleaned and dried. In a big bowl I mixed salt, pepper and flour and tapped the chicken thighs then added to the pan where I had already heated the two olive oil spoons. Turned the chicken around two times transferred them back to the bowl and continued using the pan to heat the chopped garlic and onion ( I now added the last spoon of olive oil trying to unstuck the chicken pieces that were stuck on the pan).
When the onion was starting to caramelise I've added the paste, the potatoes and gave them a good shake. After 2 minutes I added the wine, let it evaporate and then I put back the chicken in the pan. Now it is time for the tomato sauce and the chicken cube (which I had already diluted in water) to go in.
Give it a good stir then add the bay leaves and leave it to cook with the cap closed for 17 minutes. After this time I added the zucchini, the runner beans and the lemon zest on top. Closed the lid and let them cook with the vapors for 25 to 30 minutes ( the recipe asked for 40 minutes but the chicken started to get stuck on the bottom and the sauce to dry). Albeit the food was properly cooked.
At the same time I am trying too create the site navigation, as things have changes from the last time everybody viewed the prototypes. I am doing two versions for mobile, one with tabs the other with an enhanced burger menu. Then I have to create a new desktop mega menu. At the same time I am thinking of colours and general style as soon i will be working on the UI. And the search tool is still a concern as I will have to think of a strategy myself. Well maybe that's for the best :)
In general I am cooking and eating while Ux-ing and designing the new relish/active minds website.
Food of the day turned out to be super delicious; I did a kotopoulo giahni which means chicken cooked in tomato sauce with vegetables and potatoes. Amazing result so I'll quickly write down the recipe in case I want to recreate it in the future
Ingredients
6 chicken thighs skin out and debonned
1 big red onion
1 slice of garlic
3 spoons of olive oil
2 spoons of tomato paste
1 can of chopped tomato
4 baby potatoes cut in 4
Sugar to taste
Red wine 1/3 cup
Salt
Pepper
1/3 cup of flour
Chicken cube
400 ml of water
25og runner beans
2 zucchini
Lemon zest
Peppermint fresh and parsley (optional)
Method
I started with the chicken, cut each thigh in two, cleaned and dried. In a big bowl I mixed salt, pepper and flour and tapped the chicken thighs then added to the pan where I had already heated the two olive oil spoons. Turned the chicken around two times transferred them back to the bowl and continued using the pan to heat the chopped garlic and onion ( I now added the last spoon of olive oil trying to unstuck the chicken pieces that were stuck on the pan).
When the onion was starting to caramelise I've added the paste, the potatoes and gave them a good shake. After 2 minutes I added the wine, let it evaporate and then I put back the chicken in the pan. Now it is time for the tomato sauce and the chicken cube (which I had already diluted in water) to go in.
Give it a good stir then add the bay leaves and leave it to cook with the cap closed for 17 minutes. After this time I added the zucchini, the runner beans and the lemon zest on top. Closed the lid and let them cook with the vapors for 25 to 30 minutes ( the recipe asked for 40 minutes but the chicken started to get stuck on the bottom and the sauce to dry). Albeit the food was properly cooked.
At the same time I am trying too create the site navigation, as things have changes from the last time everybody viewed the prototypes. I am doing two versions for mobile, one with tabs the other with an enhanced burger menu. Then I have to create a new desktop mega menu. At the same time I am thinking of colours and general style as soon i will be working on the UI. And the search tool is still a concern as I will have to think of a strategy myself. Well maybe that's for the best :)
