Nikkilooch

This is the first time Nigella has ever failed me.  Nigella, my love, my aspiration, my older British twin.  I tried to make her mustard pork chops and stunk up my whole house.  Luckily the pork chops were not lost since you don't combine the mustard sauce and pork chops until the end.  We just had pan fried pork chops with pesto fettuccine, which was perfectly fine.  I wasn't looking for fine.  I was looking for amazing Nigellian mustard pork chops.

Small disclaimer: I might not have used every EXACT ingredient that Nigella called for.  I may have used honey dijon mustard when she said "grain mustard" and I may have used apple cider vinegar when she called for "hard cider".  Ahem.  But! I'm sure that Nigella didn't get where she is by playing it safe and FOLLOWING recipes.  Even when those recipes have only 4 ingredients and it's probably paramount to get said ingredients and not just things that kinda SOUND like those ingredients.  Adventure!  I was embodying the spirit of Nigella for pete's sake. End disclaimer.

First sign that my (not Nigella's) mustard sauce was a failure?  I leaned over the pan to smell if it was coming together and the concoction burned my nostrils.  BURNED them, folks.  So I decided a taste test was in order because a.) Nigella had never failed me and b.) maybe my nose was wrong.  

Folks, they say the nose knows for a reason.

Now the worst part.  Admitting to my adoring husband that the mustard sauce I had him pick up heavy cream for on the way home from work was inedible.  So I told him.  He said, "I'm so glad you think it tastes bad because it smells TERRIBLE."  Fundamental of marriage: honesty.  After washing my mouth out, I gave him a big kiss and we ate dinner.

Last night we made her chicken schnitzel recipe which has 4 ingrediants (chicken, garlic infused olive oil, white wine, and bacon) and gets ready real fast.  10 minutes or under I'd say, depending on the thickness of the chicken you're using.  It was tender and the combination of the white wine and bacon was ideal.  This is going to be a go-to recipe from now on for a night when I want something really good, but really fast.