October Recipe: Megan's Recipe Reflections

Target Rotisserie Chicken

Okay, here is the deal.  I took a job over 3,000 miles from my home, moved into an apartment I had never seen before, and took a job I knew little about.  I still work on a 100' megayacht but they do not want to us living on it full time so they provide a crew apartment.  I am now living in a retirement community and trying to carve a little life for myself.  Luckily, I have done this before.  My biggest challenge you ask?  It is that I have no social outlet through work.  I only work with two other individuals who have their own rhythm going so it is me, myself, and I.  I am glad I am so much fun!  I really wanted to do this recipe but after cooking and grocery shopping for the boat I am not so inspired to cook in the apartment kitchen for just myself.  The apartment currently does not have internet or cable.  It has been three weeks and I am hanging in there.  I have so far found an awesome Beach Volleyball group and a Running Club.  I even have my first Fort Myers friend.  It also makes me work out often at the gym across the street and when I get home I am starving.  The closest grocery store is Target next to the gym.  I had tried a few Archer Farms products in the last few years but have been trying many more due to proximity.  I grabbed an Archer Farms rotisserie chicken and headed on home.  Why am I writing this if I haven't even tried the recipe that I have been dying to try out and I personally picked out?  Good question!  We are about to have a Beauties and the Feast record of having all six of us post about the recipe this month and I don't want to miss out.  If Missy can be a big cheater, so can I.
I took this rotisserie chicken, heated up a packet of organic brown rice and quinoa from Costco, threw on some Archer Farms Tikka Masala Sauce and voila:

What is that you say?  Doesn't look appetizing?  It wasn't one of my best concoctions but that is the beauty of dining alone.  I just throw a ton of Sriracha Sauce on it anyway.  I mean what else was brown rice created for then a vessel for hot sauce.  Here is my place setting for one:

I paired this with a Red Hook ESB - this meal has to go with beer.  The Original Recipe calls for it and I don't want to change it up too much.  Please notice the kindle next to my plate.  I am not responsible for the gorgeous decorations.  You can't rent taste.  What else could this dining experience include?  Ice cream of course!  I don't ever put it in a bowl.  I eat it right out of the carton.  Tastes better that way.  I don't want to clean an extra dish for just myself.

Here is me enjoying my solo dining experience post gym:

We only have Rachel left to post and we haven't heard from her in many months so please leave comments on how you can't wait to hear about her chicken experience.  I mean she has chickens for goodness sakes she can at least post about roasting them while they watch from the backyard.  That is solid entertainment.